/fa/ - Fashion

>>15866331
For Omega, Panerai, and Roger Dubuis, I'm definitely right. I've been following their prices on the secondary market for the past 2 years, and since last July watches have been dumping onto the market in numbers far larger than before (with fewer buying them, hence the deflation in prices as well as the excess numbers).

Rolex is the only, and I mean ONLY manufacturer that is seen as an 'investment'. Finally, remember that the increase we're seeing is not only individuals selling but also brick and mortars who have been directly affected by the Covid shutdowns and can't do business.

The only way to sell a watch that isn't a Rolex is to either do so at a significant drop to a brick and mortar (if they deem it something they can resell) or doing so at a significant drop on Chrono24 and eBay. If the seller needs cash sooner, then the price drops further.

If you add in the issue of collectors retiring and getting old, you have something of a perfect storm. Older collectors are selling off their pieces one by one, not necessarily due to economic concerns but just because they're getting old and don't want to have all the money tied up. The problem is that normally the buyers would be 'informed collectors', but the majority of informed collectors are the same age and also trying to offload their watches. If the new collectors had the capital and the interest, things would be fine, but the interest in mechanical watches isn't going down by 2 generations, nor does the population 2 generations down have enough capital to buy.

It's a fucking great time to buy watches if you still have a job, and it's difficult to sell a watch if you need the money because you've been laid off or money is tight.

>tl;dr Old collectors offload their watches, but younger buyers aren't interested or have capital. Covid destroys brick-and-mortars, so everyone is selling before bankruptcy. Only way to sell a watch is at deep discount, so now's the time to buy.

>>15303601
I can see that, for sure.

15303606
No, (((U))).

>>15303608
>>15303613
>>15303617
Now THAT is awesome shit. Where did you get that stuff? (is it given to service techs?) I've never seen that before.

Where do you guys get your watch boxes from?

just one that holds 4 pieces or even just 3 to limit my collection

how soon is too soon to buy a new watch after just receiving one in the mail?

>>13898324
Interesting. I remember seeing some stuff posted about this watch when it came out. For the modern VFA though, do the Seikos suffer the same potential complaints that I've heard about high-beat movements in general, that of increased frequency of service due to the wearing of parts? Or have they managed to solve this issue?

>>13898328
Okay, that makes sense. But don't you guys use proper equipment (i.e. digital timers in the lab, atomic clocks, that sort of thing) for procedures like that? I would have thought...

>>13898332
Hmm....I had a look at some other ones as well from that collection....hmmm......I ....hmm.....I don't know what to say Anon. I wish I could find a way to appreciate them as you do.