Amp360
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Very sad story but I got a phone call a few weeks ago and an uncle of mine that I was very close to passed away. Even though he lived several states away I was his emergency contact and he had no wife or kids.
Sadly, one of his friends went to pick him up and saw him on the floor, called 911 and he had already passed away. In his will I was made the executor and he left me a few specific things from his estate. Most of the property is to be divided up between myself, a cousin of mine, my dad and his brother. My uncle had turned 80 in December and his death was non-Covid related.
Not to derail my own thread, but he and I were very close. His estate includes a very large antique car collection (1934 Ford, 1955 Chevy, etc...), about a dozen Indian, Ariel and Harley Davidson motorcycles from the 40s-60s, and enough guns and ammo to start a war plus a lot of land and two boats. As you can imagine, this is going to be a huge task, especially since I'm far away.
Plus I have an older brother (and another cousin) who are very upset about not being in the will but have had zero contact with my uncle for maybe 25 years so you can imagine how that's going over. Basically, I hired a probate lawyer and am letting them deal with getting that sorted and then I'll go with whatever the court says.
Anyway, one thing he left me was one of his Rolex watches. I remember him always having this watch since I can remember and I know Rolex is a classy brand. I also have seen some watch threads here so I thought some folks may know about it. I'm not selling it, so even if it's worth like $100 I'm still glad to have it. If by any chance it's worth a lot of money I figure I should add it to my insurance policy. I do know he collected watches and a few years ago my dad got a box in the mail with a note saying "I have too many watches and thought you would like this one" and the watch (it was a Breetling? IIRC for flying as my uncle was also a pilot but thankfully had sold his plane a few years ago) was worth about $6000. He wasn't the kind of guy to buy cheap stuff.
So here's the picture. Any info would be very helpful.
Also, those are smudges on the glass, not scratches. I was changing a headlight in my car and my hands were dirty when I took this (I was not wearing the watch when I did that!).
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Sadly, one of his friends went to pick him up and saw him on the floor, called 911 and he had already passed away. In his will I was made the executor and he left me a few specific things from his estate. Most of the property is to be divided up between myself, a cousin of mine, my dad and his brother. My uncle had turned 80 in December and his death was non-Covid related.
Not to derail my own thread, but he and I were very close. His estate includes a very large antique car collection (1934 Ford, 1955 Chevy, etc...), about a dozen Indian, Ariel and Harley Davidson motorcycles from the 40s-60s, and enough guns and ammo to start a war plus a lot of land and two boats. As you can imagine, this is going to be a huge task, especially since I'm far away.
Plus I have an older brother (and another cousin) who are very upset about not being in the will but have had zero contact with my uncle for maybe 25 years so you can imagine how that's going over. Basically, I hired a probate lawyer and am letting them deal with getting that sorted and then I'll go with whatever the court says.
Anyway, one thing he left me was one of his Rolex watches. I remember him always having this watch since I can remember and I know Rolex is a classy brand. I also have seen some watch threads here so I thought some folks may know about it. I'm not selling it, so even if it's worth like $100 I'm still glad to have it. If by any chance it's worth a lot of money I figure I should add it to my insurance policy. I do know he collected watches and a few years ago my dad got a box in the mail with a note saying "I have too many watches and thought you would like this one" and the watch (it was a Breetling? IIRC for flying as my uncle was also a pilot but thankfully had sold his plane a few years ago) was worth about $6000. He wasn't the kind of guy to buy cheap stuff.
So here's the picture. Any info would be very helpful.
Also, those are smudges on the glass, not scratches. I was changing a headlight in my car and my hands were dirty when I took this (I was not wearing the watch when I did that!).
