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A Rolex watch a sailor bought for just £32 is set to sell for over £12,000 at auction - 375 times that amount.

He acquired the Rolex Submariner timepiece while serving on a ship in Singapore in 1967 after seeing James Bond wear one in Dr No.

At the time that sum was two weeks wages, but that investment looks set to handsomely pay off when the watch goes under the hammer.