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lowside67 · 03-28-2023, 06:41 AM

It's a very specific niche of hated watch that becomes valuable I've noticed. You need a weird/undesirable color on an otherwise desirable watch such as a yellow/pink/blue OP. A watch that just genuinely has little interest such as the Milgauss just fades into relative obscurity and the prices changed maybe $1500 since being discontinued, and I haven't seen any actually sell at the "new" pricing, just asking prices.

There are definitely many ways to own expensive watches for the long term and not have them cost you a bunch of money, but to buy them thinking they will actually appreciate beyond what a stock portfolio would do is basically impossible - the watches that might do that, you and I will not get our hands on at close to MSRP.

TL;DR is buying any Rolex that you love and want to own will likely cost you very little - a 20 year old Daytona similar to mine sells for about what I paid for mine. But that's not an investment, that's just a less expensive toy than something that isn't worth anything later on.

-Mark

03-28-2023, 06:41 AM	#4498
lowside67 Old School RS Join Date: May 2004 Location: Port Moody Posts: 4,641 Thanked 4,157 Times in 1,262 Posts Failed 130 Times in 80 Posts	It's a very specific niche of hated watch that becomes valuable I've noticed. You need a weird/undesirable color on an otherwise desirable watch such as a yellow/pink/blue OP. A watch that just genuinely has little interest such as the Milgauss just fades into relative obscurity and the prices changed maybe $1500 since being discontinued, and I haven't seen any actually sell at the "new" pricing, just asking prices. There are definitely many ways to own expensive watches for the long term and not have them cost you a bunch of money, but to buy them thinking they will actually appreciate beyond what a stock portfolio would do is basically impossible - the watches that might do that, you and I will not get our hands on at close to MSRP. TL;DR is buying any Rolex that you love and want to own will likely cost you very little - a 20 year old Daytona similar to mine sells for about what I paid for mine. But that's not an investment, that's just a less expensive toy than something that isn't worth anything later on. -Mark __________________ I'm old now - boring street cars and sweet race cars.