Lying in the wooden box right now, was a standard steel antique watch, and it’s in fact none other than the infamous Rolex watch.
This watch had obviously gone through the ravages of time, with the clock face slightly yellowish that turned into a pretty shade of vintage yellow, even though the shell seemed to have minor scratches due to years of wearing, it still looked pretty new in general.
Luis Zarate immediately turned serious and he took out a magnifying glass and observed carefully, with no hint of arrogance from before left.
In the meantime, Harvey York simply stood far from the watch and took a few glances of it without much change of facial expressions. He seemed to be more professional than Luis with his calm and steady composure.
Shane Naiswell nodded in approval while Rosalie Naiswell stared at them with amusement, Harvey gave off such a dominant vibe compared to Luis, who looked like a mere watch repairer.
However, Charles Zarate chortled to himself, thinking how young people those days like to act pretentious, a bit too much to his liking.
The industry of antique appraisal requires one to be extremely careful, precise and observant, and to do what one thinks is right and best.
If one focused too much on looking ‘cool’ and dominant over another and failed, he would lose his reputation forever.
Harvey was done observing while Luis took half an hour after that.
Rosalie who was standing by the side became impatient as she furrowed her delicate eyebrows. “Mr. Zarate, do you even know your own thing? If you don’t just give up then.”
Luis raised his head up with the tiniest hint of uncertainty in his gaze, but he nodded and said, “I’m done and I can tell the authenticity of this antique watch already, I'm just concerned whether someone else has already finished observing or not.”
“I’m already done a long time ago.” Harvey laughed lightly.
“Okay then, tell us about your judgments first.” said Shane.
“This watch is absolutely authentic and valuable.” Luis started off with a serious tone.
“It’s a fake, you can easily buy this from the subway station entrance for thirty dollars.” Harvey York stated simply.
Hearing Harvey’s answer, Luis snorted instantly. “Harvey, you really know nothing about antique appraisal, don’t tell me just because you saw that ‘Tiffany’ sign down there and you decided that this is fake?”
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