GUEST: I brought in a watch, a lady's wristwatch that was my aunt's and she passed away about 16, 17 years ago. She was a wonderful woman. She was an administrative secretary for several organizations back East. And upon her retirement, as she was cleaning out her desk drawer, she found this watch. It had not been hers. And no one had ever claimed it, and her boss says, "Well, you're retiring. You just take this watch."
APPRAISER: Well, it was a great retirement gift. Have you ever had it appraised?
GUEST: No, I didn't have it appraised, but I had an offer from an estate jewelry buyer about 12 years ago, who offered about $3,000.
APPRAISER: Okay. Well, your watch was made by Audemars Piguet. It's one of the finest Swiss watches made. And the design of it is absolutely incredible. It's circa 1940. And the watch is made in platinum. The bracelet is also platinum. You have buff-top, calibrated rubies. Those are Burma rubies that have been polished, almost like a cabochon, but we call those buff tops. And then you have trillion triangular diamonds, all the way around. And, also, on the edge of the case, on the top and the bottom, you have trillion diamonds. And then you have kite-shaped diamonds. So they're all very unusually cut diamonds. To me, it's breathtaking. I think I'm going to surprise you. The value today on this watch, retail, I see to $25,000.
GUEST: That's wonderful. Terrific. I'm glad I didn't sell it off before.
