Profit time: Man snaps up $6 watch and sells for $35k

USA: A watch collector spotted a rare Swiss timepiece in a Phoenix second-hand store, bought it on sale for $5.99 (€5.27) and then sold it for $35,000 (€30,700).

Profit time: Man snaps up $6 watch and sells for $35k
Fri, 20 Feb, 2015 - 00:00

Zach Norris said he went to a Goodwill store in January to look for a golf cart.

He recognised the 1959 Jaeger-LeCoultre diving watch, he told KTVK-TV.

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