If you buy ANYTHING today and try to sell it just a few months later, that's stupid.

Nice advice. As you say, not an investment but still an asset. For me, I love NEO-vintage. 1990 to about 2010. And yes, they are in a similar fashion to current production watches and yet, they tend to hold their value better. They are also more iconic IMHO. I love the GP laureato 8010 and the a laureato-olimpico 8017 for example. Mechanical and 36 mm and 40 mm respectively. My next go to choice for the GP laureato is the laureato 81000 at 41 mm which was a Basel novelty to start Gen 5. Best wishes from Singapore. 🤝

Well exactly, the point is, my black dial sub date has in 7 years gone up by 30% in retail price, meaning if I wanted to sell my watch used, I can do so with a small profit, compared to what I paid, because it still saves the buyer, at least 20% vs new, so that’s why a Rolex holds its value, even increase it. That said, with the new much higher unit production, this might change. It becoming easier to buy a Rolex at the AD, impacts on resale prices, mind you, not everybody can keep up their savings, with the fast rising Rolex prices, so there will always be some, buying 2nd hand, to ever be able to become a Rolex owner. Now 7 years later, my latest date just cost me the same as my black sub date and in 3 years time, when I might be wanting a perpetual, that will cost me the same, hence why I doubt I will buy any more Rolexes. The quality doesn’t made the fast growing prices anymore.

If you buy at list price for most models YES, in grey market you loose money (if you correct with inflation and interest lost)

Used watch dealers are worse than used car dealers if you ask, there is a lot of this going on (polished watches being sold as ‘unworn’). I would rather buy a used watch with scratches on it myself, I don’t think I’d ever polish a watch of my own or certainly not in the first 10 years of ownership. These watches are passing hands all the time and getting polished repeatedly in the first few years of their existence.

Reneging, nothing worse than it. You could easily spend an hour of your time showing your product and negotiating a fair price for both buyer and seller. Shake hands then hear I’ll get back to you tomorrow. Bye Bye to the customer. Waste of your time.

You making this vid in a Pub?

How do you feel about your mate Thorpe ?

Hi David, i hope you and all your family & friends are all keeping healthy & you are all having a positive, joyful, happy abundant year so far, another genuine, honest video i always enjoy watching listening & Leaning keep up all the positive hard work & content wishing you a positive productive new week filled with joy happiness kindness love & gratitude for everything we receive each day 🙏 best wishes

Looking to buy my first rolex, would you advise buying without a box and papers even though the watch has been checked for authenticity?

I Always say that public perception drives and denotes the worth and value of all things. Your talking about 24,5 here for one of the most beautiful treasures in all of watchdom… By All rights I feel it should be a 200K jewel but people nowadays would put a rare Daytona or far less well made Patek far over this price wise. To those who know and appreciate go the finer things in life. In this case the value completely eclipses the price. Thank You David for showing this beautiful timepiece the Reverence that it commands. It would be the prize in my collection if I owned it✨👍✨

Enjoyable video David good to see different watchs

Hi David If Rolex are pulling out of F1 and watch prices are falling, do you believe now? They will start to restrict the flow again to keep the hype going to try and keep the exclusivity in the value of them high

That bluish glair on the cyclops normally indicates that it’s a Replica due to the Glue the Replicas don’t get right . That Watch might just be a superclone

Can’t beat gold polished Roman numerals that sparkle like jewels in the sunlight. Loving the sun ray dial man that pops!AMZWATCH watches. What a beautiful subtle piece.

AMZWATCH 's watch really surprises me！

It’s not hating to disagree with you mate. Here’s the thing, your advice is great for flippers and dealers, but if I took your advice, I’d have a watch I don’t like on my wrist. When I purchase a watch man, I could give a flying flux about value retention cuz I’m not looking to make money with watches. I don’t sell my watches because It was love at first sight. The average owner is not sweating the value because if they’re willing to spend 10k on an OP, they’re probably making a pretty good living. Not everybody wants a 60k+ watch. Horrible advice lol, but I understand, you’re a flipper and you probably have said watches that you need to unload. Watches are HORRIBLE INVESTMENTS IN EVERY WAY….

Someone is trying to get rid of some crap...literal crap...and is using the word Rolex in the title to get eyes on his crap. Try harder next time dude.

Shitter

Yuck. 🤢 shitters are never good value for your money. Stick to Rolex lol

What?

Would you buy these watches for yourself ? Do you have these kind of watches in your collection ?

Bro i will sell gari is it real rolex

What unknown brand is this?

Very nice and unique watches! Love it!

Duh! ! Rolexes are the BMW of watches. Everyone with a bit of money and zero personality has one.

Love that roger dubuis and arnold.

They look interesting but a percentage off retail means nothing as the retail is set by the maker....... If I make something and say the retail is £100k that is just a figure I've made up!!!! So then 90% looks amazing but it means nothing

This clown is a feckwit.

Investment. 🤣🤣🤣🤣big lie

These watches look stunning. It’s only for the rich or famous who do not look at depreciation.

Is this guy for real? Good luck to anyone buying this crap to even try and sell it at the price they bought it. He bought them for pennies on the dollar which is what they are really worth. 😂

Wonderful watches, and very interesting points about where real value lies. Great video - more please.

While i see you're point about value of such outstanding pieces yet the problem with these unrealized designs linking them with a staple brand is that it might be confused with fashion watches.

Great to see the REAL David back! I chanced upon your channel many years back for such content as i'm a passionate 5 digit Rolex collector. Along the way the channel deviated from the why it started. Very glad to see that you're back to do content like this, where you're most passionate about. Thank you for this great and wonderful video! Totally agree with you on the comparisons you've made in this video :)

Nice watches, but when you go to sell them it will be at another 70% off. So you better love it

Firstly, when you trying to sell a watch with 70% off and still nobody interested to buy it, it does not mean it's good value for money - quite opposite in fact. Secondly, if these watches are so amazing you would not put them on sale but keep them instead.

Stick to Rolex steel sports and all is well.

I bought my submariner 4 years ago. I never felt the slightest regret. I love that watch

All awful.

The issue with these sort of brands is that value retention is a factor for many of us who aren't millionaires. Chopard LUC has some amazing high end watches that can easily compete with Patek and can be bought for 70% off retail (used) however when it comes to selling them they are very difficult to move so even at 70% you still buy them "expensive". Look at the amazing Chopard LUC Quattro. Retails for £25,000 and you can find them for £9000 but still won't sell easily. Their diamond version used to retail for £37,000 as I recall yet at £12,500 on chrono24 and still nobody buys them. Delaneau at 70% brand new is a great deal provided you don't want to sell them afterwards.

I want a Rolex Cosmograph Daytona Full Yellow Gold Sadly in London my arm will get chopped off for a watch

Hi very interesting video some lovely watches but it's a hard ask to spend 25k on a brand you haven't heard from before do they also make watches with less precious metal put similar design s so you can get into these brands before you spend on the bigger priced watches? Thanks John 👍.

butterfly watch is stunning

Some truly remarkable and exquisitely made watches there! Great craftmanship too. Great salesmanship as well David!! Yes you did get your point across!! As much as Rolex hold their value and a normal watch person will always opt for Rolex, AP, Patek and other similar brands depending upon a persons budget/likes! Despite Rolex not being too adventurous and colourful in their designs apart from a few recent designs like the OP Celebration... I wish they would be more colourful!! They seem to make minimal changes like a little colour change on a bezel...give us more Rolex!! Keep up the good work David!!

These are all very ugly watches.

If you're considering raw material value of a watch you've already made the wrong decision.

oh god - seems more at home with an uncouth Middle Eastern or Chinese market

Those watches are very nice but I’d like to see the box with the AP’s, PP’s, and Rolex’s that are 60-70% off AD retail. And that’s the reason why people are willing to pay more for best in class. I do not consider 60-70% off grey market highs a true measure of the watch’s worth. The real lesson here is do not pay over AD retail price for the three watch brands above if you want to maintain your watch value. And if you love/want the watch no matter what the price then cheers. Buy what you love.

Unless you’re going to melt these watches to sell them…buy a Rolex.