Very nice. Missed the boat on these also. I was never big on the blue white ring but it's really grown on me.
If you have 40k USD you can BIN on Ebay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-1968-U...186961?hash=item3d461b1c91:g:y1AAAOSwNqtZoaxDPurchases made through these links may earn this site a commission from the eBay Partner Network Will UG bubble keep rising? Will it burst? When??
yes, I saw that one. it has a mis matched register hand. When will the bubble burst ? as soon as the heuer bubble bursts ...
I do think that the exotic dial stainless have gotten a little crazy, but I still feel like most UG are relative values. Though it is getting harder to find quality pieces.
As already said I think there are other brands that are way more overvalued than UG, Heuer to begin with. To be fair UG, as more expensive as they became, they are still relatively good value, especially their 40s stuff that I actually think it is still very undervalued at least for very good and all-original examples that are now next to impossible to find....
UG watches prices evolve like every other quality manufactures... The demand is exploding and the quantity of pieces is fixed. I agree that a few pieces may be overpriced, but we will never see again the prices we saw a few years ago, and this is probably only the beginning ... just look at the patek prices !
There are still some undiscovered gems in the small and sleepy villages in Italy where young lads went off made their fortune and returned with presents for the family, so next time you are travelling through europe's undiscovered roads and you happen to come across one, your first port of call is the Osteria and the second is the local watchmaker ...