1963 Rolex GMT Master | McNay Art Museum, Hr 2 | ANTIQUES ROADSHOW | PBS 

is it really??

@@PiranhaJaw22 what is wrong with you people?

That’s real love.

I love how she said "we" are retired military. She seems like a wonderful woman.

seems more proud of herself.......she never had a job is my guess

👍😁👍

She should put her Memory DNA juices in a bottle, in give it to the ones whom has lost theirs. She's gorgeous n perfect.

The Absolute Opposite of what you say.....

Really? 😒 All that money grubbing talk about "community property" put me off. Like any woman, she perforns her wifely duties with the added bitterness of old love.

@@chopin65 Yep - a lot of simps and c.ucks in these comments. This old bat needs to be taken down a notch or two, and know her place.

Pulp Fiction?

😂😂😂

He'ld be damned if he let some slope take his sons birthright. So he hid it in the one place he knew they wouldn't find it

Robert Duval played her husband in Apocalypse Now. (Just Joking)

Panana is south America you doofus

and yet he did two tours in the nam....hmmmmm

I want to marry a woman like her, she looks and sounds like a great lady. 😍❤️

Seems a bit to interested in cashing in her husbands stuff.

@@johnready630 yeah I noticed that too but maybe she was just fascinated by the appraisal as well, it’s nice knowing you have something valuable

Yeah i stopped too and watch it again lol

She actually said “community property state,” referring to State law in Texas (which is one of nine community property states in the US) which says that all marital assets are jointly owned.

Thank God she served in the military to earn the money to buy it. 🙄

Kinda seems like entitlement to me ..

@@Moneymannn02 she's having a laugh... We are allowed to do that you know.

I'd definitely recommend a service tho

Without a service, all those gears and jewels are grinding away with little to no lubrication. Think of a car going an extreme period of time with little to no oil (old oil too). I too recommend getting that puppy serviced ASAP if it’s being used/worn still. Poor thing is screaming for help, but no one can hear it😭😂

@@bobsmithinson2050 it is serviced yearly, do not worry

Yearly? I’d do every 5 years. The more it’s serviced, the more risk that fasteners could get worn out. Like the little screws.

I've worn my father's early 80s Oyster Perpetual Datejust in stainless steel with a jubilee bracelet since 1992.

Is he a "friend of ours"? or a friend of yours?

@@WatchReporter He's an actor. No longer with us, but I enjoyed his stint on the original Law & Order.

Ya worth more than money that's 4 sure!!!! priceless!!!!

Hubby doesn't wipe or wash his hands.

It cant talk but it can tell you the time..

John Lester I did the same thing with my triple six Sea Dweller. They wanted to change the bezel insert and dial. So I left and took it to an authorized service center where they just tuned up the movement and returned it UNPOLISHED.

@@closer71 Good move.

hr 777 I’m sure he loved the smell of napalm in the morning 😎

My mother's first cousin's husband died in la Drang in 1965

Is her husband hal Moore?

No it makes it worth about $8000 bux.

You stole my line lol

She stole her husbands watch...

aaronpaul06 She looks like Lady Bird Johnson.

@@summerrr1 Bro shut up

They didn't smoke weed as kids like we all did haha

I think it's because they a.) kept journals more often, which reinforces key memories, and b.) didn't have smartphones/computers cramming more and more useless--and quickly forgotten--information into their heads on a daily basis.

​@@gasstationpeanuts1814 Man, you got a crazy perspective. You gotta be well less than 40. She's not that old. They had television in the '60's. They had tons of vacuous media like Billboard, Ladies' Home Journal, Reader's Digest, etc. Adults in the '60's and '70's weren't writing journals and studying serious subjects in their spare time. They were serving fondue, and throwing Tupperware parties. You know why folks like her still have sharp minds? She didn't drink heavily basically. Clearly didn't overeat. Probably didn't smoke either. Look at her face. For an 80 year old, she's got great skin. Probably didn't lead a sedentary life style.

Wearing a trench coat too I'm sure.

Gloria Stuart.. RIP

Revered for her story telling abilities

Thank you for your father's service. 💪🎖

What a judgemental thing to say. Oh. And you're wrong.

Good call some people are not educated as you and I. That’s why people should do their homework

GR just gotta tell them wat to do. One of the first things a collector will ask about is service history.

Ray still are

Rolex are still a everyday watch. I wear mine everyday.

They still are. Rolex sports watches with the Oyster case aren't dress watches.

I wear my GMT Master every day, and have done so since it was new in 1996, except when it has been in for servicing.

Rolex after WW2 offered discount watches to veterans for their service in WW2. When Allied troops were captured and held in German prisoner of war camps they would get their watches stolen by the germans. And they had no way of telling time when planning escapes. Rolex at a risk to itself with the aid of the red cross smuggled Rolex watches into the camps for the troops. My grandfather post WW2 bought a service Rolex and he for the rest of his life swore by Rolex and gave me a 1950s Submariner variation. When I went into service my self he bought me one as a gift. They had a reputation among military personnel and adventurers. Both Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary had military service.

GeorgeBridgetower 😴🙄

Go and do something with your life. It is the way you can feel proud.

Not to mention keeping those parts for themselves!

I think Rolex are a bunch of criminal bastards. They stole that lady's watch and replaced it with junk. They should be brought to court and charged.

gmshadowtraders Yes, those terrible criminals repaired that watch. We should send all these kinds of criminals to jail, like people that fix old cars. There’s not Rolexes responsibility to worry About the value, that’s up to the owner. Rolexes responsibility is to repair the watch as best they can.

"they will make your watch function like it was new, for a fraction of the cost of a new watch" geez sounds like a terrible deal. Secondary market weirdos praising vintage over function.

I read they don’t return old parts because they don’t want people to sell the parts and devalue the brand. Is that true? Never owned a Rolex and likely never will so I have no direct experience with that.

And exactly how long have you been appraising antique watches?

Not some punk stock broker/ banker , I'll take this watch any day !

I think her husband has for many years, lol :)

Hopefully her younger relatives will get her on video telling all her family history and life's story. Her husband too. Charming, delightful woman. Thanks to them both for their service.

@@andrewherbert8125 oh he did more than just talk to her wink wink

do they still sell Rolex at the PX ?

@1SaG That inflation figure that you quoted does not take into account purchasing power of the era as a whole. That $150 watch would have been 1 to 2 weeks salary for the average person and today that Rolex could be about 20% to 50% of a yearly salary.

Not really clueless. Their thought process is it should be restored to the best condition it can be and if that means fitting new parts, so be it. Your take ( and mine) is the originality needs to be preserved...warts and all.

Where I come from we say that she talks too much

Harry van der Veen lol

He explained to her to get the watch movement serviced but not the watch body.

Thats not true. Look at Geico which Buffett has owned for decades.

lapamful you forget inflation. 150 was a lot of money back then

Arthur G. Gonzales you’re 100% right mate, 8 million serial is 1983

Jimmy split 77 thanks for confirming! I was starting to second guess my information. My serial begins with 875XXX. I can’t imagine Rolex producing 7 million plus that same year after mine was produced.