Watches to appreciate or hold their value
Discussion
Looking to get a nice watch budget £1k to £10k that will hold it's value and be easy(ish) to offload if I need the cash in say 1 or 2 years.
The Orange bezel Omega Seamaster has always caught my eye, but realise there are 1000's of them at c£2k
or
1969 Moon-watch if I can find one.
or
AP Royal Oak Offshore right at the top end of my budget.
My current watches are an Tag Carrera Automatic and a Tag Monaco Automatic.
What say the crowd, any ideas?
The Orange bezel Omega Seamaster has always caught my eye, but realise there are 1000's of them at c£2k
or
1969 Moon-watch if I can find one.
or
AP Royal Oak Offshore right at the top end of my budget.
My current watches are an Tag Carrera Automatic and a Tag Monaco Automatic.
What say the crowd, any ideas?
Mr Overheads said:
Looking to get a nice watch budget £1k to £10k that will hold it's value and be easy(ish) to offload if I need the cash in say 1 or 2 years.
The Orange bezel Omega Seamaster has always caught my eye, but realise there are 1000's of them at c£2k
or
1969 Moon-watch if I can find one.
or
AP Royal Oak Offshore right at the top end of my budget.
My current watches are an Tag Carrera Automatic and a Tag Monaco Automatic.
What say the crowd, any ideas?
The AP ROO could be a good choice if bought used (which it would need to be at £10k).The Orange bezel Omega Seamaster has always caught my eye, but realise there are 1000's of them at c£2k
or
1969 Moon-watch if I can find one.
or
AP Royal Oak Offshore right at the top end of my budget.
My current watches are an Tag Carrera Automatic and a Tag Monaco Automatic.
What say the crowd, any ideas?
The steel sports Rolex models have always been a good bet.
As an aside, there's a bloke on TZ-UK selling a '97 COMEX Sea Dweller for £39K. Now that's an investment!
In 2003 I bought a 10,007 Ltd die another day omega Seamaster
It's gone up quite a lot since I bought it so some models will appreciate if they're scarce
Like any hobby there are collectors that pay for rarity
I'm thinking of selling it because I don't really wear it but I'd always wanted a nice watch
The problem is where to advertise it , I'm loathe to put it on eBay but it seems to be where the money is
Perhaps have a look at completed listings on eBay to see what's selling at a premium over new would be an indicator of what to buy
It's gone up quite a lot since I bought it so some models will appreciate if they're scarce
Like any hobby there are collectors that pay for rarity
I'm thinking of selling it because I don't really wear it but I'd always wanted a nice watch
The problem is where to advertise it , I'm loathe to put it on eBay but it seems to be where the money is
Perhaps have a look at completed listings on eBay to see what's selling at a premium over new would be an indicator of what to buy
I know you might not be a fan of Rolexes in general, but what about either of these far less typical Rolexes?
The first is a bi-metal GMT from '81, the second a really rare 'rail dial" cream Explorer II from '86.
The first is £3.2k the latter £8.5k.
Both of these are less common than your 'average' but lovely steel Submariner. This is especially true for the Explorer II cream dial (an uncommon and now highly valued manufacturing defect with the dial paint funnily enough), which will in time rise significantly in value IMO. Regardless the Explorer II cream dial already has special collector status amongst the detail obsessive, thick walleted vintage Rolex sports watch collectors - without being as expensive as a Mil.Sub or Paul Newman Daytona. This will ensure retention of value.
The GMT is much cheaper and almost shockingly versatile, sure to hold value. Both will be robust enough for any reasonable use, and in my opinion are first rate and attractive rare watches that are different to your standard Rolex yet with even better residuals. Enough from me... Good luck.
Edited by anonymous-user on Thursday 13th August 23:15
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