Watches

davids · August 11, 2020

BornBlue76 said:
Kurt, don’t want to burst your bubble but it’s almost impossible to find a watch for less than £1000 that would be an investment watch. Reckon you would have to travel the antique markets and hope to get lucky. I have a mate, used to be a collector, who reckoned anything less than $10k and you might as well buy that Casio you always liked... he was a watch snob of note.

If you have no interest in the watch I reckon there would be a lot more growth in pure equity shares or some other investments that would deliver a better return.

Edit: I see you’ve been answered very well above. Seems the 10k bench is the standard minimum investment.

Not really accurate,a small company called Precista have launched a few watches over the years in limited edition runs that have doubled in price within a year or so. If you are really careful (really) and you could find an original Seiko 6105 they have climbed in price steadily. Buying vintage can be a risk but if you do your homework there are investments out there.

malcson · August 11, 2020

verreauxi said:
I was just saying they haven’t gone up in value in an investment sense. They are not cheap but their used price is lower than their new price.

Agreed and you are correct most luxury watches depreciate as soon as they are sold

d34noj · August 11, 2020

BornBlue76 said:
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 know mate, my Seamaster is the last year of Omega ownership.

Gwladys St. Glory · August 13, 2020

Not subscribed or anything but I enjoy this guy's vids...yup, I'm that boring.

davids · August 13, 2020

Gwladys St. Glory said:
Not subscribed or anything but I enjoy this guy's vids...yup, I'm that boring.

Amazing skills I bought the tools to do a fairly straightforward handset change on a Seiko... really bolloxed it up!

BornBlue76 · August 13, 2020

Gwladys St. Glory said:
Not subscribed or anything but I enjoy this guy's vids...yup, I'm that boring.

no it’s amazing the skills..
Got some favs on YouTube I seem to go back to:
Jenni Elle
The Urban Gentry
Long Island Watch - his Watch and Learn series
Watchfinder and Co
Crown and Calibre
ID Guy

sure there are many I should know about but find myself going back to these guys

verreauxi · August 13, 2020

BornBlue76 said:
no it’s amazing the skills..
Got some favs on YouTube I seem to go back to:
Jenni Elle
The Urban Gentry
Long Island Watch - his Watch and Learn series
Watchfinder and Co
Crown and Calibre
ID Guy

sure there are many I should know about but find myself going back to these guys

I also watch (and have bought from) Crown and Caliber. Good stuff. I also love "talking watches" on Hodinkee: https://www.hodinkee.com/browse/talking-watches

carlos21 · August 13, 2020

What is your favorite watches guys.

Alan Whittle · August 13, 2020

carlos21 said:
What is your favorite watches guys.

Watch this space.

carlos21 · August 13, 2020

Alan Whittle said:
Watch this space.

Alright Alan how are you doing today.

Alan Whittle · August 13, 2020

carlos21 said:
Alright Alan how are you doing today.

Ticking along Carlos. You ok mate?

The binman chronicles · August 14, 2020

Alan Whittle said:
Ticking along Carlos. You ok mate?

I bet you could carry on for hours with these.

Alan Whittle · August 14, 2020

The binman chronicles said:
I bet you could carry on for hours with these.

Yeah, got plenty of time on my hands.

davids · August 20, 2020

Care needed when buying.

wm02 · October 5, 2020

I’m coming up on a service anniversary at work and am thinking of getting a nice watch. I’ve never spent more than $100. I like the look of some of the Longines watches. Do they have a good reputation? Also, I like the look of the Frederique Constant moonphase watches. Seems that we have a lot of informed folks here. Any insight would be appreciated.