Lying in the wooden box right now, was a standard steel antique watch, and it’s in fact none other
than the infamous Rolex watch.
This watch had obviously gone through the ravages of time, with the clock face slightly yellowish
that turned into a pretty shade of vintage yellow, even though the shell seemed to have minor
scratches due to years of wearing, it still looked pretty new in general.
Luis Zarate immediately turned serious and he took out a magnifying ss and observed carefully,
with no hint of arrogance from before left.
In the meantime, Harvey York simply stood far from the watch and took a few nces of it without
much change of facial expressions. He seemed to be more professional than Luis with his calm and
steadyposure.
Shane Naiswell nodded in approval while Rosalie Naiswell stared at them with amusement, Harvey
gave off such a dominant vibepared to Luis, who looked like a mere watch repairer.
However, Charles Zarate chortled to himself, thinking how young people those days like to act
pretentious, a bit too much to his liking.
The industry of antique appraisal requires one to be extremely careful, precise and observant, and
to do what one thinks is right and best.
If one focused too much on looking ‘cool’ and dominant over another and failed, he would lose his
reputation forever.
Harvey was done observing while Luis took half an hour after that.
Rosalie who was standing by the side became impatient as she furrowed her delicate eyebrows.
“Mr. Zarate, do you even know your own thing? If you don’t just give up then.”
Luis raised his head up with the tiniest hint of uncertainty in his gaze, but he nodded and said, “I’m
done and I can tell the authenticity of this antique watch already, I''m just concerned whether
someone else has already finished observing or not.”
“I’m already done a long time ago.” Harveyughed lightly.
“Okay then, tell us about your judgments first.” said Shane.
“This watch is absolutely authentic and valuable.” Luis started off with a serious tone.
“It’s a fake, you can easily buy this from the subway station entrance for thirty dors.” Harvey York
stated simply.
Hearing Harvey’s answer, Luis snorted instantly. “Harvey, you really know nothing about antique
appraisal, don’t tell me just because you saw that ‘Tiffany’ sign down there and you decided that this
is fake?”
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Harvey York replied nonchntly, “This is a fake at one nce, there’s no need to even observe it
more deeply.”
Luis sneered and said, “Don’t act as if you know anything, do you have any idea how high is the
value of this Rolex antique watch? Let’s interpret it bit by bit.”
“Starting off with its shell, Rolex watch’s value would drop drastically if it’s polished before.”
“And then about the clock face, this was the ingredient used by the 1940 Rolexpany for the
coating which would turn from the colour of white to a pretty shade of vintage yellow after time and
centuries.”
“Last but not least, the logo. A lot of so-called antique watch appraisers made their decisions too
early once they see the sign of ‘Tiffany’ on a Rolex thinking this is fake, because Rolex would have
never coborated with any other brands!”
“But that’s in the modern days, back in the year of 1940, to extend their market to America, Rolex
watches were sold under ‘Tiffany’ shop branches.”
“And based on the rules of ‘Tiffany’, any jewelleries sold under their name must have their logos
branded on them, Rolex wasn’t as famous back then so they weren’t an exception.”
“They only coborated for a short period of two to three years which is why it’s extremely rare to
find these watches on market, any one of these would be deemed extraordinary. If it’s on auction
the value would be at least one hundred fifteen thousand dors!”
After sharing his analysis, Luis nced at Rosalie with pride.
The appraising process of this watch required knowledge on history, chemistry and economics, it
was definitely not something that could be achieved by normal appraisers.
As he expected, Rosalie’s gaze at him wasn’t the same anymore, she herself wouldn’t have
guessed that Luis whom she always looked down on, had such a good talent in this industry.
Charles too was all smiles, his student was clearly as talented as himself or even better, not only
could he tell the authenticity of the antique watch without even touching it in such a short time,
moreover, he supported his judgement with valid reasons and analysis.
Only Shane stood there with a yful expression on his face without saying anything.
Harvey smiled to himself and hadn’t even started talking before Luis started sniggering. “You
bumpkin, don’t try going around and fool other people if you don’t know anything! If I notice you
fooling people in the name of antique appraisal again I would expose you without even blinking an
eye!”
Rosalie looked at Harvey with a questioning stare, she thought Harvey was the real antique
appraiser, but looking at the situation now it was probably just his luck back then.
“If I can tell you how this watch is fake, how would you apologise to meter?” Harvey smiled lightly.
“Fake one? If it’s a fake one, I’ll swallow this watch right in front of you!” Luis replied hotly in disdain.