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Your dollar will buy a lot of fruits Horo!
Are we seeing a buyers market now, especially for pre-owned and vintage? There should be more flexibility in pricing for these compared to new watch prices, eg. Patek, which are pretty fixed.
Just this morning someone called me offering their vintage Rolex for sale. This has never happened to me before.
Sign of the times? There's still some hope for that P. Newman then.
Thanks for the input Horo.
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Risk aversion.
By: fernando : September 27th, 2011-05:44
With the current financial turmoil, it really isn’t a good time to splurge on unnecessary luxuries, e.g. watches. But what are we going to do to feed our insatiable appetite for these superfluous timekeepers? Go pre-owned or search for bargains in the vin...
Pleasure in watches has nothing to see with ( big ) money, indeed.
By: amanico : September 27th, 2011-06:14
And thanks, Fernando, for reminding us that " golden " rule. For example, I spent even less than your Tudor Chrono, with the RCAF Breitling Chronomonopusher, and I can tell you that the pleasure I felt, once I found it, was immense, and absolutely not pro...
I can feel your pain..
By: fernando : September 27th, 2011-06:39
with the Langematik anniv. Nicolas. It not a piece you see often and I really hope you can get it back one day. I have no idea about most of the vintage prices but when I see some of the ones you have and they project a certain aura, looks good on the wri...