Thought it was worth 6 million won—turned out to be a priceless heirloom
원본 (Korean)
Translation + Context
FT = ForbiddenTome — tap to see Korean slang explained

(Family Treasure) omadnews7 @hotnewst
A man pulls out a broken antique clock claiming it's a family heirloom from his great-grandfather, calling it a family treasure

But it turns out it wasn't a beat-up old watch, it was the ultimate king of watches, 'Patek Philippe'

(preservation game is insane)
kept the full set including a warranty from over 100 years ago

(( A genius at their main job has descended ))
True to being the watch endgame king, it's an ultra-precision manual watch with multiple hands

(Is that tech legit?)
Even came with a 'repeater' function that told you the time by sound back in the day

(Please be careful with your heart)
But the real jackpot is supposedly on the back of the watch...

@hotner (contains the universe)
It was a 'perpetual' version where the date even shows up on the moon shape

(It was a humble dream)
The watch owner says it would be jackpot even if they only got 6 million won

@hotnews7 (atmosphere of the calm before the storm)
The expert sighed and then suddenly got serious and said something

@hotnews (filming set static flow) 7
Listen up, this starts from 330 million won right now, so get your head straight

(Mental breakdown deleted) nonokemony @ hot.news7 @ antnews7 (Mental breakdown deleted)
I came thinking about 6 million won but when they said the starting price was 330 million, my soul left my body

Ended up hitting a final value of '4 billion' (in current value terms it's like hundreds of millions lol;;)

If you just keep your family's honor, it's way better than winning the lottery
(It's the glory of the family)

🦪) Oyster Paradise
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10 comments
Our family doesn't have an heirloom...........
Me too...
You're your own treasure now
How much is it?
Daily wage is 110,000 won
You can't put a price on a person's worth
We have Seung-hee the dumbass as ours.
You should be your family heirloom from now on
Ah... I messed up and there's no way to fix it?
But the thing is you sold the heirloom...
If it's 4 billion won, even great-grandpa would tell you to sell it
This is the same as people saying they bought Hynix at 135 won. Even if it's a treasure, you need to be confident you can hold onto it for 100 years straight
At that price point, it must've been expensive back then too... wonder how much it was
You can't compare it to Hynix at 135. That was insanely expensive even back then
Back then Hynix was 135 won, but this was already pricey back then
I heard from a YouTuber that watches especially don't appreciate in value. Because metal has good durability and mass production means lots of supply. Unless you have the top brand with the top product and warranty paperwork for like 100 years straight, I don't think you should get greedy
Our family heirlooms and land all got flooded lol
Moon phase = perpetual calendar = theoretically doesn't need adjustment for 100 years. Repeater = necessary function for that era. Pretty much a complicated pocket watch
Ding ding ding ding tinging-ding tinging-ding tinging-ding tingting-ting
This would be the ultimate flex to pull out when rich people are bragging about their watches
Uh... among Patek Philippe grand complications, some sold for over 20 billion won...
But that's not a 100+ year old watch though
wait so they almost SOLD a family heirloom?? that could've been such a disaster lol
Perpetual calendar AND repeater lmaooo https://youtube.com/shorts/9OZ957JXdm4?si=z6DvGWN-eP8WTq-n Repeater works like this: the first ding-ding-ding is the hour, ding-dong once is 15 mins, the rest of the dings are 1 min. The video shows ding 5 ding-dong 2 ding 11 = 5:41
I looked it up and it's not just an old watch—it's a one-of-a-kind custom order for this wealthy guy named George Thomson back in the day, AND it's the oldest watch among two-sided open-face watches. So basically it was literally an insanely rare bespoke watch, which is why it's so expensive.
the way i would've sold it immediately without thinking twice... some people really do have restraint
You kept the warranty paperwork and still didn't know it was a luxury brand? It's not even an obscure joke
If I was a descendant, I probably wouldn't know either for real
The level of generational wealth fumble here is incomprehensible
honestly this is why you should always get stuff appraised by experts first, not just assume the price 💀
this is so wholesome, imagine finding out your grandma's thing was actually worth way more than money 🥺