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Lottie Gibbons

BBC Antiques Roadshow guest told his £32 watch is worth £30,000

A guest on Antiques Roadshow was stunned to learn a watch that cost £32 was now worth up to £30,000.

Alastair Chandler had the task of valuing a Rolex Submariner watch on tonight's show. The guest explained that he used the watch for underwater spearfishing after purchasing it in Yemen in 1961.

The guest said he was in the Royal Navy on a passage from Malta to Bahrain. He said: "I'd saved up enough money to buy a Rolex and bought this one."

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