Old gold datejust Rolex to overhaul. Worth it?

[louis777]

Yo all, my dad gave me one gold Rolex but not working well ardy.. Thinking of overhaul it n resell or trade in for gmt master or sub mariner? Or I should juz trade in like tar which I think price may not b good like that..

[seiko.citizen]

overhaul it and keep it as a family heirloom

[jackjack]

Maybe post a picture and you can have better feedback?

[simple2kie]

overhaul it and keep it as a family heirloom

agreed.

[3kingdom]

agreed.

triple agreed

[louis777]

But the watch is juz one of my dad collection is of no memorable value one.. He got better ones to pass down next time hehe.. Any good place to overhaul Rolex? I think I will post a pix here soon..

[seiko.citizen]

id keep all of them and not think of selling any.

[Darkangel]

As I always say, pay the necessary cost, get it fixed and running. It's worth every penny paid.

[louis777]

yoyo...finally taken pix of my old rolex datejust. i suppose should be real gold bracelet. so any idea where can i get it polish? what should be the market value for this watch? worth to trade in for another rolex?

[triton]

if my dad were to hand over any of his rolex, i would restore it to working condition regardless of the cost. it does not matter if there are more valuable (monetary) ones to hand over next time. about 4 years ago, his 30 odd year rolex wast not functioning well. sent it in RSC, cost of repair is the same cost of the watch bought. i still went ahead with the repair. it is the sentimental value of it.

however, different people have different perceptions.

other than the bracelet which i feel is in quite bad shape, the rest are just cosmetics.

[Darkangel]

Wah this is one of the typical combination of yesteryear...

16013 head with an aftermarket solid gold bracelet...I guess back then it was cheaper (gold price wise) to get a solid gold bracelet and add on to the Datejust than buying the actual thing.

This is a 18k(750) or 22k(916) bracelet...typically 916 back then. Worth it's weight in gold, that's all cos it's not an original bracelet. But that's easily like a 4k or so just the bracelet alone depending on the weight. The condition of the bracelet isn't very good from what I see.

Ok my personal suggestion..if you want to wear this,

You can get this restored no problem, polish the watch up, change a new crystal. Service it and you are good to go.

If you don't wish to wear this WITH the bracelet, sell the bracelet, you can probably buy another Rolex. Keep the head, fit in a leather strap and restore the watch. That would be my preferred choice.

[Alexlow]

I recently overhauled and restored one of my grandad oysterquartz and have no regrets. I i love just bringing the vintage out to look at it once a while. My grandad also have another full gold president to pass down but I want to keep everything possible that belongs to him. Once u sold it, it will be gone forever but u can buy a gmt or sub anytime.

[Darkangel]

I recently overhauled and restored one of my grandad oysterquartz and have no regrets. I i love just bringing the vintage out to look at it once a while. My grandad also have another full gold president to pass down but I want to keep everything possible that belongs to him. Once u sold it, it will be gone forever but u can buy a gmt or sub anytime.

That I must agree...yeap. Once you sold it...it's gone forever.

[louis777]

Thanks for all the suggestions n advices.. Keep the head sell off the gold bracelet sounds good idea.. Now I have few qn,
1) where is a good place to service the head?
2) how to chk whether the bracelet is 18k or 22k gold?
3) how can I sell the bracelet?

[Darkangel]

Thanks for all the suggestions n advices.. Keep the head sell off the gold bracelet sounds good idea.. Now I have few qn,
1) where is a good place to service the head?
2) how to chk whether the bracelet is 18k or 22k gold?
3) how can I sell the bracelet?

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