Davidt
·I’m aware of that watch at Philips.
I’m not trying to bring you down, just trying to add some realism as someone who fairly frequently buys vintage watches from original owners.
Re the Philips example, it and the price realised cannot be compared to yours for several reasons.
1. The condition is significantly better. Don’t under estimate how much the likely broken dial feet will impact the value of your watch.
2. Timing - in 2018 vintage watch values were on the way up. Today they’re very much on their way down.
3. The seller; Philips is a marketing machine and routinely achieves very high, or record prices. A private seller cannot expect to achieve such prices 99% of the time.
4. Not to mention the Philips watch had an extract (and to a much lesser degree an original bracelet).
I’m not trying to bring you down, just trying to add some realism as someone who fairly frequently buys vintage watches from original owners.
Re the Philips example, it and the price realised cannot be compared to yours for several reasons.
1. The condition is significantly better. Don’t under estimate how much the likely broken dial feet will impact the value of your watch.
2. Timing - in 2018 vintage watch values were on the way up. Today they’re very much on their way down.
3. The seller; Philips is a marketing machine and routinely achieves very high, or record prices. A private seller cannot expect to achieve such prices 99% of the time.
4. Not to mention the Philips watch had an extract (and to a much lesser degree an original bracelet).