But that doesn’t mean there aren’t still thousands and thousands of buyers waiting.
Try walking into the high-end jewellers with your small fortune in hand, ready to be spent, and you’ll likely be turned away watchless.
The watch is likely to be very popular in the coming months for anyone looking for a statement piece to show off.
A US Air Force veteran had no idea that he was sitting on a small fortune, until he showed an old watch to an appraiser on ‘Antiques Roadshow’.