Interesting. The only thing I'd say though is that re-conditioning my Speedmaster with Omega was circa £650, but I'm sure there's plenty of other independents that would have done it for a lot less.
Yeah, only so high I'll go on this. Was going to use it as a tool to keep my apprentice busy. Got most of the bits In the workshop. Lets see what happens.
Items like this will ALWAYS sell for more then they are sensibly worth to honest people. You have to factor in their value to a dishonest person who has a new for old home insurance policy.