Here's the two watches I have. Not pictured is a watch that I drove teachers mad with in high school. It was a TV remote control watch. The watch's band on the left I messed up at my old job and I need to replace the band. It also needs a new battery. I actually bought a watch case remover at China Harbor to do it myself.
This is a video of my Breitling catalog I've owned since the year 2000. I've never seen better watches then what's in this catalog.
tag is worthless it just like a MK watch They are pretty thoughI am not into expensive watch but if I ever win the lottery, I would not mind to have a Tag Heuer like this one. Or a classic Rolex would be nice.
What? That's not even close to true. I'm not saying they're the best watches, but they use Swiss movements and do most of their movements in-house.tag is worthless it just like a MK watch They are pretty though
tag is worthless it just like a MK watch They are pretty though
I like that a lot. Kind of steampunk with some art deco touches.
Dude that is frickin... as my co-worker and I like to say... "BA" (badass).
What? That's not even close to true. I'm not saying they're the best watches, but they use Swiss movements and do most of their movements in-house.
Worthless? A few thousands USD is worthless to you? I am sure you would not mind buy me one of those "worthless" watch, right? LOL.
What? That's not even close to true. I'm not saying they're the best watches, but they use Swiss movements and do most of their movements in-house.
Well. I have many a watch ranging from crap (I am not sure why I bought it) to hand made. I am thinking about reducing my collection to these three.
They don't hold their value well at all. I couldn't even get a quarter of what I paid for my TAG-Heuer even though it is in near mint condition with box and papers. Most watches fall into this category unfortunately.
Only a very few brands hold their value reasonably well and nearly all of them are in the >$10k category. Basically, Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet, JLC, Vacheron Constantin, Rolex and maybe some Cartier watches. Everything else you can expect to lose 40-50% of its value as soon as you walk out of the store with it and it will not be easy to sell.
Well. I have many a watch ranging from crap (I am not sure why I bought it) to hand made. I am thinking about reducing my collection to these three.
D.Dornblueth & Sohn Cal. 99.1
Grand Seiko SnowFlake
Sinn T1B
Sell the rest and buy a GO panomaticlunar. Which is 10-15k AUD. I don't actually own this watch...yet....
The thing with these types of watches is you have to maintain them. My GS has to go back to japan every 5 years or so for servicing and it's not cheap. So I have come to the conclusion that I need to consolidate.
Very nice collection! I was wondering about service on those watches. Also, how robust are the movements? Will the Glashutte or any of the others take a knock?
Thanks. They should take a knock usually watches like these will be built using various standards (ISO/DIN) one of which will be "survivability". The watches are mechanical though with moving parts and I know from experience if you drop a mechanical from a height of ~5 feet onto a hard surface that's all she wrote.
Servicing isn't cheap. It's at least 1k to have the grand seiko serviced and it has to go back to seiko in japan. The other two I can have serviced in australia but there is only one place that can service those watches. The Sinn has an inert gas filling as well as a copper sulphate capsule so it requires special equipment and the dornblueth has a highly modified eta/unitas 6498 which requires training from the manufacturer in germany to service.
Still that's the cost of ownership. Just like having to regularly service your car but with watches it's a lot less frequent.
What is the tittle of the thread? Does it say anything about watches as investment/retain value over time? Nope, nada, zip.
Buy what you like and enjoy it.
Want to invest? There are other places to do that.
I don't feel any luxury watch is a smart buy brand new.
It’s not smart, but they can be reasonable purchases if you choose wisely. A friend of mine bought a Rolex Submariner around the year 2000, he spent $5000 on it, and he could sell it today for more than he paid for it. It was a better buy than a TAG Heuer would have been. I don’t mean to bash the brand, I like some of their time pieces, but I’m not sure I’d buy another one.
If you could buy a car, drive it for 17 years and sell it for more than you paid for it would you consider that a decent purchase? Granted, the price of gold might have some effect on this but I don’t think buyers are melting down Rolex watches for their gold content.
I sold my Datejust in 2013, bought it in 1994, I sold it for more than I paid, but I didn't buy it new. I am not really a Tag fan either, as I have said before in other threads, its not that I don't like the looks, its just I feel they are a way over priced brand. Here is a new brand I learned a little about today, one on ebay right now, he is asking $2500, which from my limited info is high for a used one, its very nice looking though. Brellum Duobox chrono.
That's a gorgeous Chrono