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Resources on evaluating watches and getting them sold. Have been names a seller for a coworkers lot of inherited watches.

Baume & Mercier
Hamilton
Bulova
Movado

Etc.

I've posted the first watch I removed from the box.







Thanks.

Are precious metals involved (yellow gold, white gold, platinum)? 14k or 18k gold??

Are they quartz (battery powered) watches? That's a negative except for the prestige/luxury segment (Baume & Mercier, etc.). Quartz movements (except for prestige/luxury) have a definite lifespan, they die and the watch becomes a fishing weight.

Do they have the original boxes/papers? That's a negative if not.

As always, it's worth what somebody will pay for it, check against eBay or Amazon prices.

Otherwise search by brand, "Hamilton collectors forum", "Bulova collector forum" and see what each particular model is going for.

You can also search the better known auction houses to see what representative examples are going for.

http://www.antiquorum.com/home/

http://www.ha.com/

http://www.bonhams.com/departments/CAT-WAT/

That watch is a self winder, automatic. Winds on the movement of the arm. It is not a quartz or electric.

Here's the first lot

There's all different kinds. The movado is a tungsten carbide. One of the hamilton's is 18k yellow gold, one 14k, etc. I'm in the process of photographing each one.

This Hamilton is a winder. Still running, and says "14k Gold" on the back. The band says "Genuine Lizard"

I believe that Hamilton is an electronic. PM sent.