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Watch my Whisky
·DM me for proven tips on retiring and living the life of your dreams that YOU deserve.
Value development in long terms
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Walrus
·This thing gonna return bigly in ten years, I’m talkin Uuuge
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Walrus
·My Nividia is only up 173% this year alone
my short invicta fund is up over 1,000,000% who says watches are a bad investment
my short invicta fund is up over 1,000,000% who says watches are a bad investment
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gbesq
·If I can sell a watch for what I bought it for, I'm happy. After factoring in service costs, straps, etc., it's a money losing proposition. I prefer stocks for making money.
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Larry S
··Color Commentator for the Hyperbole.If I can sell a watch for what I bought it for, I'm happy. After factoring in service costs, straps, etc., it's a money losing proposition. I prefer stocks for making money.
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Bernhard J
·By the way, I "reinvested" less than half of the income from the Rolex in a Fromanteel & Clarke double basket bracket clock (ca. 1705, made in The Netherlands, by one of the top 10 European makers of the era). I am not sure whether this was a "wise investment", at least a bunch of money is still left for buying e.g. stocks. But compare this clock with the workmanship of a modern Rolex, and you really start to wonder about collectors markets .... 😁
A Fromanteel bracket clock will turn up for sale maybe once every 10 years. Look how many Rolex GMTs are currently for sale....
A Fromanteel bracket clock will turn up for sale maybe once every 10 years. Look how many Rolex GMTs are currently for sale....
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Dsloan
·If I can sell a watch for what I bought it for, I'm happy. After factoring in service costs, straps, etc., it's a money losing proposition. I prefer stocks for making money.
Same. But, if I'm being honest, part of the reason I'm ok spending so much on collecting is because I can recoup some of my spending if I needed to, or if I lose interest in the hobby later.
At least, that's how I'll approach collecting until these things go the way of beanie babies.
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Canuck
·Why would you put your money into an account where you expect to earn interest over time, to find after years that your money hasn’t even kept up to inflation! Let alone grown! To sell a watch for what you paid means you’ve lost money on your investment! Not a prudent business transaction.
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Mark020
··not the sharpest pencil in the ΩF drawerA Fromanteel bracket clock will turn up for sale maybe once every 10 years.
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BlackTalon
··This Space for Rent
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gbesq
·Why would you put your money into an account where you expect to earn interest over time, to find after years that your money hasn’t even kept up to inflation! Let alone grown! To sell a watch for what you paid means you’ve lost money on your investment! Not a prudent business transaction.
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Canuck
·Several have suggested as long they can sell a watch for what they paid, it is a sound investment! Read my post again, and perhaps you might get the point I was making (apparently unsuccessfully in your view!). I quote myself:
To sell a watch for what you paid means you’ve lost money on your investment!
To sell a watch for what you paid means you’ve lost money on your investment!
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gbesq
·Several have suggested as long they can sell a watch for what they paid, it is a sound investment! Read my post again, and perhaps you might get the point I was making (apparently unsuccessfully in your view!).
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Canuck
·The last watch I sold, I got for free, and it was from my scrap bin. It needed work. $600.00 worth. I gave the guy the watch for free, and charged him $600.00 for the work I did on it. I was happy with the deal. He thinks he paid $600.00 for the watch! He loves it!
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Canuck
·My comments weren’t directed at your post. It was aimed at those who are actually satisfied that the watch was an investment when they can sell it for what they paid!
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Walrus
·My comments weren’t directed at your post. It was aimed at those who are actually satisfied that the watch was an investment when they can sell it for what they paid!
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JwRosenthal
·That's beautiful. Perfect. Grown men cry when they see that watch. Big men. Strong men.
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Archer
··Omega Qualified WatchmakerI invest in my enjoyment when I buy a watch. What it may sell for at some undetermined later date is irrelevant to my purchase decision.
