Chrono24. But I’d pump the brakes on checking the price and mentally banking that cash. If your grandfather was wealthy enough to ignore a valuable watch then great, you might be in luck. But if he was not particularly well-off it seems unlikely that he’d leave an extremely expensive piece just bumping around randomly. Was it specifically listed in his will? If it’s real, it probably should have been.
I’d look at it another way. Audemars Piguet Royal Oaks have never been cheap. They were always luxury from the day they were created (unlike, for example, some Rolex). So this would have always been an expensive and exclusive gift. I only say that because you mentioned in another comment that it was gifted to your grandfather. There’s a (remote) chance he didn’t know the value and left it banging around, but there’s zero chance the gift-giver didn’t know the price. So the question is: did Grandpapa know anyone who could give gifts like that and did he do anything worthy of that kind of gift? I’m not talking “he was top used car salesman for July in Ford Pensacola”, I’m talking “he signed the deal that brought the Rams back to LA”.
If the answer is “I don’t know” then I’d assume it’s fake until you get the authorized document from AP (which will cost you a few hundred bucks by the way).
Chrono24. But I’d pump the brakes on checking the price and mentally banking that cash. If your grandfather was wealthy enough to ignore a valuable watch then great, you might be in luck. But if he was not particularly well-off it seems unlikely that he’d leave an extremely expensive piece just bumping around randomly. Was it specifically listed in his will? If it’s real, it probably should have been.
I’d look at it another way. Audemars Piguet Royal Oaks have never been cheap. They were always luxury from the day they were created (unlike, for example, some Rolex). So this would have always been an expensive and exclusive gift. I only say that because you mentioned in another comment that it was gifted to your grandfather. There’s a (remote) chance he didn’t know the value and left it banging around, but there’s zero chance the gift-giver didn’t know the price. So the question is: did Grandpapa know anyone who could give gifts like that and did he do anything worthy of that kind of gift? I’m not talking “he was top used car salesman for July in Ford Pensacola”, I’m talking “he signed the deal that brought the Rams back to LA”.
If the answer is “I don’t know” then I’d assume it’s fake until you get the authorized document from AP (which will cost you a few hundred bucks by the way).
Thanks for your response it’s always fascinating the insight you can get from a random sub
Brilliant response.