BBC Antiques Roadshow guest stunned as damaged watch valued at staggering sum

An Antiques Roadshow guest was left stunned during the latest episode on Sunday night (March 26) when he discovered the estimation of a scratched watch. Fiona Bruce and the team were at Sefton Park in Liverpool for the new episode of the BBC One programme.

Among the latest items to be looked over and valued by the team was a medal given to one of the first men to land on D-Day, a dress by 70s fashion designer Ossie Clark, and one of the first vials of penicillin.

And while the latter was given a hefty valuation, there was another item in particular that left one guest's jaw on the floor. One man brought a Rolex watch along to the show to be valued. The Rolex watch was an Oyster Perpetual and was named The Explorer.

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Expert Richard Price told the man that the watch could have been older than him, to which he replied: "It was my stepfather's watch. He gave it to me just before he died." After looking over the vintage watch, antiques Richard decided it would have been made back in 1959.

He then told the owner that the strap and the hands of the watch were most likely 'service replacements'. And despite the Rolex being damaged with a scratched face, the 64-year-old timepiece was still valued at a staggering amount of money.

Sharing his valuation verdict, Richard revealed: "I reckon, that in today's market, between £7,000 and £9,000," to which the owner gasped in surprise: "Wow, it's a lot of money that." Richard then added: "It's a lovely, lovely thing to remember him by. And also, it's a fabulous watch to wear."

Meanwhile, a tiny bottle of penicillin, as mentioned, dating back to when the medicine was first produced in