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Antiques Roadshow expert Richard Price was left issuing a warning to a guest over the true value of a gold pocket watch which was gifted to him by a family friend. Get daily celeb exclusives and behind the scenes house tours direct to your inbox We have more newsletters Get daily celeb exclusives and behind the scenes house tours direct to your inbox We have more newsletters An Antiques Roadshow guest was gobsmacked after an expert issued an eye-watering £10,000 valuation of his intricate gold watch - but followed it up with a warning. During a recent episode set at Windermere Jetty Museum in the Lake District, which featured host Fiona Bruce and the Antiques Roadshow experts, Richard Price took a closer look at a stunning gold watch.

He remarked, "Well a very, very beautiful, engraved watch on both sides so it's what we call a hunting case watch. If it's got a very beautiful dial as well, which it has, look at that lovely silver dial I can say pretty categorically that it is for the Spanish market." The owner shared the backstory of the watch, explaining, "It was a gift by a Spanish lady, a friend to the family, one day she said, 'I got no one to leave it to.



You have it." To which Richard responded, "Well, what a lucky couple you are. Absolutely typical for the Spanish market, beautiful dials, it's 18 karat gold, dating from the 1860s.

Now, do you remember anything special about this watch when it was given to you? ". The guest then mentioned that the original owner had "d.

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