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A watch that was bought at a flea market for 10 pounds have been sold at auction for more than 55,000 pounds. Apparently, flea stuff it is a rare Rolex watches that cater for divers Italy during World War II.
Watches were found by a man in Cheshire in the drawer while cleaning the house of his late father. He was shocked to hear the selling price of the goods that need to be submitted three times by the auctioneer.
Quoted by the Daily Mail, watches Panerai was made by the company in Italy, but using artificial motion components Rolex. When sold, the watch does not have the bracelet again.
The mechanism has also been jammed, but still attract attention and scooped up to 46,000 pounds. After additional other expenses, the price paid by the winner of the auction amounted to 55 660 pounds.
The time was one of 618 Rolex 17 Rubis 3636 Panerai made between 1941 and 1943. Waterproof and display magnitude can be seen in the dark.
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style="text-align: justify;">3636 Rolex 17 Rubis rare Panerai made specifically for human torpedo in the Italian Navy during World War II. (Source Wright Marshall)
Watches were supplied to the Italian Navy for use by divers who served as a human torpedo. The divers swam carrying explosives beneath the surface of the water, and then releasing the warhead to be attached to the target vessel.
The divers can only do its work at night, so the watches they must be seen in the dark.
Most likely these watches are collected as a souvenir by the British soldiers at the end of the war and brought back to England. These watches are then sold at a flea market in the north west of England, where his father bought between 10 and 20 years ago for less than 10 pounds.
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3636 Rolex 17 Rubis rare Panerai made specifically for human torpedo in the Italian Navy during World War II. (Source Wright Marshall)
Niall Williams, these watches sellers through auction in Cheshire Marshall Wright said, "These goods include a rather rare and most of the engravings of the owner's name, but that is not the case."
"This item appears when the estimated costs, was taken by a man in his pocket. The swivel mechanism is not working that were not perfect. But many were interested and 10 phone lines bombarded by bidders. "
"When I later explained to the carrier of the goods that it sold for 46,000 pounds, she thought I said 4,000 pounds to 6,000 pounds. I had to repeat up to three times before he believed. That's a lot to him. An encouraging results. "
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