Watch Value

[lilly1]

My now wife, bought me a watch on my 18th which is 40 years ago it cost £50 then can anyone work out what it would cost at todays price and a rough value ,it is a SEIKO QUARTZ stainless steel fantastic watch only ever changed the battery every 3-4 years.

[alavahalf]

In 1976 .. £50 would have been worth £375.07 in todays money...according to this.
http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/bills/article-1633409/Historic-inflation-calculator-value-money-changed-1900.html

Cant help you with the value as it is only worth what someone will pay for it. Some will be in more demand than others.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/gds/Your-Guide-to-Valuing-Your-Vintage-Seiko-Timepiece-/10000000178523242/g.html

[bhg481]

You might find it interesting to go to the Seiko website and find a similar watch to yours. I bet the price will be a lot less than the £375 that alavahalf quoted for today's equivalent of £50 in 1976.

[EDDIE51]

Quartz watches have very little value, the collectors want wind up watches.
You can buy good quality quartz watches for well under £50 now.

[ToraToraTora]

what is the model? it's written on the back.

[lilly1]

Thanks for your replies. the only writing are numbers,963816 under this is a N also a small number possibly 47 The numbers on the circumference are
7545-7030 A1 in a box.

[Fitzer]

Here is a link to a recent(ish) ebay auction for a Seiko with the same model number, as you can see it didn't go for a large sum, as per Eddie, except in certain circumstances, quartz watches do not hold their value
http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Vintage-Seiko-Mens-Quartz-Dress-Watch-7545-7030-Stainless-Steel-Case-Bracelet-/391180113524

[Svejk]

Beer costs x30(12p to £3.60) what it cost 40 years ago, which would make it £1500 of course. (It's how I calculate inflation)

[aelmpvw]

where did you buy a pint for 12p in 1976?

[alavahalf]

Can remember 1976 in detail... I always saved a quid for beer on a Thursday night when I played cards at our local club... that quid got me 9 pints... and if I returned the empties off our table to the bar, the landlord would slip me another free one. They were the days.

[woofgang]

googling, bitter beer seems to have been between 20 and 32p a pint so either you were drinking halves, your capacity wasn’t what you remember or you were in a REALLY cheap pub!

[ToraToraTora]

pretty well worthless I'm afraid:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Seiko-Quartz-Watch-SQ-7545-7030A1-/152016924467?hash=item2364ea2f33:g:q9oAAOSwAuNW6B~B

[retrocop]

I had an early Gents Tag Heuer. It was Quartz and I bought it new from Sanders & Kaye in the Strand. 20 years later I asked them what they would give for it in p/x and because it had never had a TAG service they didn't want to know. The service cost more than what I initially paid for the watch.

[alavahalf]

Can be sure about it as it was the only time in my life when I was in a wheelchair and I had cut down dramatically on my alchohol intake at that time... towards the end of the year I remember a revolt. The beer went up to 10p and all the locals started to drink at the next nearest pub. They soon came back as the beer in the pub was 12p a pint.