“KITH Heuer” still grinds my gears. The branding alone is an abomination IMHO, and yes, I think the pricing was too high.
Nonetheless, I’m happy for those of you that like it and these releases.
I would be very pleased to see a 33% rise for the people who bought these.
Do you happen to have info on sold prices, rather than asking prices?
A quick search of eBay in the UK suggests a different picture of the latest ones which appear when I filter to sold. Bear in mind the ones with green lines are those which did not end up with the sale fully completing.
Agree. I didn’t buy one due to the branding.
It felt like a missed opportunity, make them slightly bigger ~38-39mm and brand them TH and trickle them onto the market like the moon watch. That way the hype stays alive.
Suspect TH have misjudged the luxury watch market and world economy, whereas a bunch of exciting $1500 watches would keep selling when people can’t afford a $10k Monaco.
After I did the Chrono24 search, I had a look at eBay, but it gave me a headache. I was trying to get information on the current market, to avoid the ones sold in the early days when the hype was highest, and eBay also has a lot of the vintage TAG Heuer F1 watches being listed as Kith watches. I was not trying to present detailed, authoritative market information, but only to get a sense of whether the prices would "collapse" or gradually decline, as predicted by some of the folks on this forum. I don't see any evidence of that kind of softness.
Jeff
There were some super dumb purchases in the wake of the Kith watches, some really crappy originals going for silly money. Most likely bought by people who didn't know any better and hoping to ride the hype train.
That certainly shows the difference in appetite between the UK and the US. Very different numbers showing.
Interesting.
Worked out well for you, didn't you sell your black one for about triple what you paid?
Here's 2 more OG TAGs that recently sold for silly amounts.
After checking the specs, I don't think it can be the Ronda 515, because it's too large.
However, I did see that the Ronda 705 is listed on the TAG Heuer website under their vintage Formula 1 page. (Which I believe leveraged DC's Calibre11.com source material.) The Ronda 705 is approx. the same size as the ESA and ETA movements listed. Although I know my ESA is a 965.313, like Jeff's, not the 965.312 stated below.
I do know that the ETA is not interchangeable with the ESA. The hands and the dial's backside pegs will not fit from one to the other. That's why an ESA movement is a clear sign of an early first run F1.
