What Makes Luxury Watches Lose Value?

JwRosenthal · Jul 23, 2021

There are speculators and profiteers in every hobby. I’m sure this conversation happens in every collectors forum under the sun. We just happen to take the watch flipping issue personally because it’s our thing.

Waltesefalcon · Jul 23, 2021

STANDY
Why buy watches for investment.

There is so much money in knives. 100% in Spyderco LE sprints at the moment.
Custom knives off a 8 month waiting list knife maker you have doubled your money before you even have the knife.
Buy a knife distributor special colour that’s limited to 600 pieces and if your lucky to get one in the 11 minutes before they sell out there is hundreds waiting to pay triple on EBay.
Instagram has made anything EDC (every day carry) hot. Lanyard beads, prybars, pens and knives.

These lanyard beads are $70 a pop and are always sold out.

$200 a pop on EBay a day later are always sold out just as quick.

What are those lanyard beads made out of to command that kind of a price?

STANDY · Jul 23, 2021

Waltesefalcon
What are those lanyard beads made out of too command that kind of a price?

$10k stainless steel watches and you ask that 😗

Walrus · Jul 23, 2021

STANDY
$10k stainless steel watches and you ask that 😗

Touché

owl. · Aug 5, 2021

I buy watches that I like.

Obviously, it would be cool if they held their value or even better increased!

However, watches to me are not an investment.

Suppose you have $20k laying around (because the popular, hot, "investment" watches can't be had for $10k)

I say you put that in real estate.

Buy an investment property, let the tenants pay it off.

That will grow a lot more than buying a submariner or stainless GMT will.

Also, remember that watches are like anything else, what is hot today may not be hot tomorrow.

There was a time when the Rolex Daytona was not a big seller.

Now it is one of the most wanted watches, with people paying almost 3x msrp

What Makes Luxury Watches Lose Value?

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