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     Richie New member Username: Richiecar Post Number: 4 Registered: 01-2004 Rating: N/A |
Please tell me the value and approx age of this Futurematic..It is gold filled with all original and signed lizard band and gold filled buckle.It is in an original presentation box with original warranty and manual.  | ||
| Zaf Moderator Username: Zaf Post Number: 276 Registered: 05-2003 Rating: N/A |
Assuming it is in clean condition, a gold filled Futurematic with box and papers is worth around $1000 to $1200. | ||
| rp13245 Unregistered guest Rating: N/A |
Jeez Richie, do you have appraisals done on all my auctions? I find my pictures floating around everywhere! By the way, the watch closed at $2,247.22 | ||
| Zaf Moderator Username: Zaf Post Number: 289 Registered: 05-2003 Rating: N/A |
A nice GF Futurematic is worth $750 Max, so someone paid $1500 for the box & papers? That's pretty crazy to me, but a great result for you. | ||
| rp13245 Unregistered guest Rating: N/A |
It was NOS, never worn. Original strap didn't even have a bend in it. I'm not sure why you say $750 max when your earlier post says $1,000 -$1,200. If box and papers are worth $200, that means you earlier thought $1,000 max. Of course, you weren't told the condition of the watch which is most important of all. Certainly $1,500 for a NOS GF F-Matic is high, but not crazy. Condition is everything, as you well know. Regards, Greg | ||
| Zaf Moderator Username: Zaf Post Number: 290 Registered: 05-2003 Rating: N/A |
If you re-read my post, all it says is Futurematic (assuming it is used) with box and papers is worth $1000 to $1200. Not sure where you get the $1000 Max from. So the valuation was based on $750 for the watch and $250 to $450 for the box and papers. If the person doesn't say it is NOS, I'm not going to make that assumption. A used Gold filled Futurematic rarely gets over $750. They made 53,000 caliber 497 Futurematics, so it's not like it is particularly rare, even with papers. Attached is a chart of the last 53 we have sold.  | ||
| rp13245 Unregistered guest Rating: N/A |
Zaf, I know you weren't told all the details. Thats why I said in my post "you weren't told the condition of the watch which is most important of all". The original poster gave you a picture of my watch that he was bidding on at auction and neglected to tell you it was NOS. Thats also why I signed my post "regards" in hopes you wouldn't mis-read my comments. I got the $1,000 max by taking the $1,200 max ($1,000-1,200) you stated in the first post and taking off roughly $200 for box and papers. This is about the going market price for box and papers. This result didn't sync entirely with your later post where you gave a "$750 max" valuation so I wasn't sure why the difference in the 2 valuation answers you gave. In closing, I absolutely believe your market data on the F-Matic and wouldn't question your judgement or experience in this area. As I mentioned in my earlier post, you just weren't given all the data. Regards, Greg | ||
| Zaf Moderator Username: Zaf Post Number: 291 Registered: 05-2003 Rating: N/A |
Ok, not a problem, my gut feeling is that the papers on FMatic add a little more value than to a Mystery dial (other than maybe the Galaxy), that's all. It's a ballpark range anyways and I only do this as a ballpark estimate as a courtesy to people that visit this forum. Of course a personal examination can add or subtract to the estimate. |