Buy what you like, I got into watches because I liked the mechanical element, I’ve also got clocks and wall clocks at home, mainly Edwardian and Victorian. As much as I like the workings of a watch they are still jewellery. An iPhone will tell the time and Apple Watch or Casio will perform the...
Burlington Arcade well known tourist trap for some Rolex overpriced dolly mixtures. Red and Blue would be the GMT’s (Pepsi). Older and more tatty, or original, is preferred, hence sky high prices. Had one myself once, when not so popular, long since gone.
Try Watchfinder for a quote or Blowers. They will probably be the easiest sell for a desirable model. They will knock off money for a service cost though.
Post a picture and it will give us a better idea.although Rolex hologram would give model number not serial number of the watch. You have the bargain of the century or a good night out.
Don’t know much about Brietling but if it’s an old Navitimer it will be worth a bit more than that. Lots of watch forums that will help you and give you information. https://www.rolexforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=33
Some look OK some look ‘restored’.
Here’s a link to a very reputable dealer who specialises in vintage watches Mike Wood.
http://theoldwatchshop.com/tudarc.html
A couple of my 50’s watches are redials. I knew that when I bought them and at about £100 each it was a fair price. Most watches of...
Looks like an old re-painted redial. The originals of these were radium. It may be that it was done for safety reasons or the original dial was damaged. Definitely should have had a rose logo and the fonts don’t look like the originals...
Good watches have a look at Nomos too. Along with Tudor probably current best bang for buck in watches. Seiko presage another consideration for lower price.
Used to be into watches in a big way but became too obsessive so sold a few high end ones. Trouble I found that the increase in value took out a lot of the fun of ownership and was increasingly worried about being a target if wore them out. Had vintage Tudor sub 76100 and a Rolex GMT 11 (Pepsi)...