First AP asking for advice
I’m 26 and I’ve been given a steel Royal Oak, it belonged to my dad purchased retail in 1990. I’d really love to keep it and wear it so I looked up as much info as I could about it and here is the position I’m in..
The watch is a quartz movement and needs a service to get moving again. It seems like that’s $7k from AP and I can’t afford that, also from what I understand it’s not a sophisticated way to build a watch so I don’t really see that being worthwhile to “invest” in if I were to save up
https://www.reddit.com/r/audemarspiguet/s/vqV1QrQ4B9
The bracelet is too small by a few links, I’m wondering if I should even get links for a watch I can’t service
Finally, I’m worried attempting to sell a watch in this condition would be considered bad faith because the buyer would then have to service a glorified battery watch. I’m at a total loss of what to do here.. as it stands it’s kept safely and put away
Anyways if you read this far I’m open to being made fun of or jokes at my expense, I recognize the situation is a bit strange. Maybe I have the wrong idea about a few things so I’m just looking for any kind of insight, advice or information on how I might be able to move forward with this so that I’m not just sitting on a watch I can’t wear or sell. Any input is appreciated, thank you