I'm already getting annoyed by YouTube gurus telling people not to buy the blue Tudor 58 because it's not a good investment. Who f**king cares? It's a nice watch, buy it, enjoy it... the only reason you should ever buy a watch is because it appeals to you. If not, just buy yourself a Casio and put your money in the bank!
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We don't get many here, but on the Omega Forum we get a couple people each month showing up asking "Should I buy this watch as an investment?" and the answer is always NO
I recently sold my Black Bay 58 black in order to buy the blue version. Made about £100 profit but the main reason for that was because Tudor increased the retail price since I bought it. I think that's an excellent result.
I certainly haven't bought the blue with the intention to make money - if I had, it would already be for sale. As I bought it brand new, I'm not expecting it to retain all its value, but it'll be nice if it does. At some point I expect supply will catch up with demand, and then we might see used prices more in line with Tudor's other models.
I've definitely seen a few up for sale at crazy prices. Question is, are they selling? Watch this video to see how artificial price inflation works. Not saying that's definitely happening, but some could certainly be trying their hand at that game.
Nobody can predict the financial future. Just look at what has happened this year for example.
I've always taken the view that I will enjoy my money more if I wear it on my wrist rather than have it sitting in the bank. Not looking to beat the stock market or anything. 😀
Watches are going to end up performing a lot like older cars - what appeals to one generation may be disinteresting to another. Look at American muscle cars vs air-cooled 911s, from 2000 to today.
This is a really good point. One could argue that 60s and 70s watches are hot right now because those are the decades a lot of us grew up in. Of course those decades produced some great designs too, but how many of us have considered a birth year watch for instance? Who's to say these watches won't fall out of favour like antique furniture has done?
I think '60s watches (or reissues thereof) will always be the most popular, since that was really the decade that watches came into their own as lifestyle pieces. The real period IMO is 1953 (introduction of the Zodiac Sea Wolf and Blancpain Fifty Fathoms, the first dive watches) to 1972 (introduction of the Royal Oak, the first "luxury" steel watch) but the 60s was when all the major players of today found their niches really.
Mid '70s watches through the early 90s tended to focus much more on design statements, since that was one of the few ways they could differentiate themselves from quartz.
How many are looking for birth year watches? Well, not me - I was born in the '80s, so not much to go for there unless I want a Swatch 😀😜uke:😀... Could try to find an '80s Speedmaster Professional but those are really hard to pin down the years of, plus they were the same spec between 1978 and 1989 or so.
