It was one of those eBay listings that antique dealers and horophiles dream of: A vintage Rolex Submariner dive watch, the kind that Sean Connery wore in the early Bond films, with an opening price of just $9.95.<\/p>\n
“This is a one-owner watch,” wrote Bob, the retired neurosurgeon who listed it on eBay, “purchased by me at the Navy Exchange on Kwajalein Atoll in 1958.” He continued:<\/p>\n
It has served me well, but Father Time having caught up with me, I no longer dive. For the last several years it has been sitting in a dresser drawer, and now it’s time for somebody else to take it over … Now that I’m in my ninth decade, I’m downsizing and need to unload a lot of what are really just souvenirs. So here’s your chance to pick up a rare iconic timepiece.<\/p>\n
Someone might have indeed scooped it up for a song, except that it started to draw the attention of the watch-collecting community. When Bob saw the bidding rise above $30,000, he was flabbergasted. “I thought it was a mistake!” he told the watch-enthusiast site Hodinkee.com, adding that only then did he ask his son for help researching the timepiece’s significance and value.<\/p>\n
When the bidding finally ended Bob netted $66,100.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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