BornBlue76
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Watches
- Thread starter Nobby Nobbs
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Newer ones are made by Swatch essentially.
BornBlue76
Player Valuation: £35m
Swatch own many brands.. like LVMH owns Tag, Hublot.. or VW owns Porsche In the car world.
Omega is still Omega.. and a Porsche is still a Porsche
I messed up big time. Been watching the seamaster for years. I should have bought it last year when the new model was introduced. Older model went down to £2200 new... Slipped up there.
BornBlue76
Player Valuation: £35m
that’s a bargain hey! Take it you can’t find the older model new anywhere and the 2nd hand market is probably even more expensive still?
Yep second hand price has risen. I remember the price suddenly dropped from £2800 to £2200. I ummed and arred for a week or so and they all sold out!
davids
Player Valuation: £70m
Watches are funny things,they seem to breed like rabbits. I started off years ago with a Seiko Pogue and as birthdays and anniversaries have come and gone now I've ended up with twenty plus. I've got a Deepsea but end up wearing a G shock solar more often than not.
New models with the horizontal waves only come in 42mm (except for one chronometer that is 43.5mm). If you're gonna drop that kind of money, then go with the watch that speaks to you; consider your lifestyle: if you spend 80% of your time in "jeans and trainers" (so to speak) then don't worry about having a watch that can dress-up or dress down because you mostly dress-down. You can always put the Seamaster-Diver on a black leather strap and it will look plenty "dressy," but in general diving watches aren't considered "dressy." That said, don't worry about conventions: I assure you 99.99% of people won't care/notice what you have on your wrist, so buy something that only speaks to you. I never understood the idea of watches as status/wealthy symbols.
Also, note that all watches are poor investments: this SMP will not go up in value and won't hold its value. The watch you are looking at is already about 1000USD less on the grey market than its original cost, and I reckon you could get it used on a reputable watch site for cheaper. So buy it to enjoy, to keep, and to give to one of your sons.
And my opinion is that the diver you're looking at is more interesting than the Aqua Terra (though the blue dial ATs are quite nice--I have a pic of a AT chrono a few pages back). And once you get a watch, you can have fun, at very reasonable cost, with different straps.
Following up, here is my SMP Chrono on a few different straps, apart from the metal bracelet that I purchased it with:
So, I know nothing about watches but see them as a good investment if bought for keeping for a few years and moving on. If you had a 1k budget what would you be buying ?
That's literally like saying you have 40k for a vehicle...too many options. Need to narrow it down to function/style before you even consider brands.
It’s not to wear, purely for investment. Once bought it would be stuck away for 10 years . I understand there are hundreds out there but was just asking for suggestions.