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  • RICK: Hey, how's it going?

  • Good.

  • Got a watch here I want to get rid of. $1,000.

  • Let's talk some money.

  • RICK: OK.

  • You're pretty sure of yourself.

  • [LAUGHS]

  • LES: Absolutely.

  • I know it's English-made, and I've been

  • told it's about 400 years old.

  • RICK: That is definitely cool.

  • So have you ever taken this apart or anything like that?

  • I never did because I was afraid I might break something.

  • RICK: OK.

  • LES: I don't know how to do it.

  • RICK: Well, give me a second, I might break it myself.

  • [LAUGHS]

  • LES: I found the pocket watch at a motel.

  • I contacted the police department.

  • And the lady said, I guess it belongs to you.

  • Just put it in your pocket.

  • So that's what I did.

  • I put it in my pocket and kept it.

  • [LAUGHS]

  • RICK: So we have--

  • if you look right here, you'll see a lion.

  • LES: OK. I see that.

  • RICK: That tells me it's sterling silver,

  • which is 92.5% silver.

  • Hmm.

  • RICK: And right, here you see an anchor.

  • LES: Uh-huh.

  • RICK: The anchor says it's made in Birmingham, England.

  • See this little T right here?

  • That would be the date code for Birmingham, England.

  • LES: So do you know what year it was?

  • Well, that's the great thing.

  • I can look all this stuff up.

  • All you have to do is go online and type

  • in English silver hallmark, some million sites will pop up.

  • OK.

  • I used to have to keep around tons of reference books

  • to look things like this up, but now a lot of it's online.

  • And here we go, right here.

  • 1893.

  • LES: 1893, that's a little--

  • RICK: A littler newer.

  • Yeah, not quite 400 years, then.

  • Yeah, but it is 120 years old, and it does run

  • very well for a watch that old.

  • But they don't go for a lot of money.

  • OK, what are we talking about not a lot of money?

  • 100 bucks.

  • LES: No.

  • RICK: Yes.

  • No.

  • There's-- there's $100 worth of silver in it.

  • No, there's probably, like, $20 worth of silver there.

  • Remember, it's silver, it's not gold.

  • Silver is worth 22 bucks an ounce.

  • You probably got right around an ounce of silver there.

  • LES: Can you do 500?

  • Nope.

  • Uh, like I said, 100 bucks is a generous offer on this watch.

  • LES: Oh.

  • 200?

  • RICK: Nope, 100 bucks.

  • I-- I can't do it for 100.

  • I've got all these grandsons.

  • I figured I could split the money

  • a little better than I could--

  • BOTH: --the watch?

  • [BOTH LAUGH]

  • Um, I'd give you, like, 120 bucks.

  • LES: Yeah.

  • No, I can't-- I can't--

  • I can't let it go for that.

  • I just can't do it.

  • OK.

  • Well, let me put it back together for you.

  • I went in hoping to take him by surprise.

  • I just said give me $1,000.

  • Let's not argue about it.

  • But didn't quite work out that way.

  • [LAUGHS]

RICK: Hey, how's it going?

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