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This is my dream watch. Absolutely. Too expensive though :(

anonu 8y ago
The internet and eBay have ruined watch collecting... Especially if you're trying to get things on a budget. One article or blog post and it's over...
- apostacy 8y ago
  Vintage computing used to be fun because it was cheap. Not too long ago exotic computers were sold for their scrap metal prices. It is still unbelievable to me to see a cigarette stained 386 selling for $500.
- grkvlt 8y ago
  OR... the Internet and eBay have made watch collecting accessible and broken down a lot of the barriers to entry that used to exist, and were jealously guarded by gatekeepers. Yes, the likelihood is that most collectible watches now cost more, but the prices are probably much closer to a far value for the seller as well as the buyer due to the lessening of the huge information asymmetry that used to exist. Now, the watch you found in grandpa's attic when looking through his estate after he died can be researched and priced accurately using the Internet, and it becomes much harder for unscrupulous dealers to obtain it for peanuts. > "Oh, these Rolex Milgauss watches with a certificate showing it was presented to your grandpa while he worked at CERN? [0] Yeah, there are loads and loads of them floating about, sorry, they're really common. If it was new, could be worth about five or six thousand pounds [1] but this is old, used and pretty well worn so probably only worth a couple of thousand quid, but I'll take it off your hands for GBP 2500.00 just to be nice, ok?" 0. https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/christies-watches-online-play-time/rolex-milgauss-cern-dial-ref-1019-68/62180 https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/christies-watches-online-... - Estimate was from 10K to 14K and sold for GBP 17000.00 1. https://www.rolex.com/watches/milgauss/m116400gv-0002.html https://www.rolex.com/watches/milgauss/m116400gv-0002.html - Brand new from Rolex is GBP 6300.00
apostacy 8y ago
You know, I have one that I found at an estate sale in upstate NY. It was never used. But I just can't bring myself to sell it.

The internet and eBay have ruined watch collecting... Especially if you're trying to get things on a budget. One article or blog post and it's over...

apostacy 8y ago
Vintage computing used to be fun because it was cheap. Not too long ago exotic computers were sold for their scrap metal prices. It is still unbelievable to me to see a cigarette stained 386 selling for $500.
grkvlt 8y ago
OR... the Internet and eBay have made watch collecting accessible and broken down a lot of the barriers to entry that used to exist, and were jealously guarded by gatekeepers. Yes, the likelihood is that most collectible watches now cost more, but the prices are probably much closer to a far value for the seller as well as the buyer due to the lessening of the huge information asymmetry that used to exist. Now, the watch you found in grandpa's attic when looking through his estate after he died can be researched and priced accurately using the Internet, and it becomes much harder for unscrupulous dealers to obtain it for peanuts. > "Oh, these Rolex Milgauss watches with a certificate showing it was presented to your grandpa while he worked at CERN? [0] Yeah, there are loads and loads of them floating about, sorry, they're really common. If it was new, could be worth about five or six thousand pounds [1] but this is old, used and pretty well worn so probably only worth a couple of thousand quid, but I'll take it off your hands for GBP 2500.00 just to be nice, ok?" 0. https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/christies-watches-online-play-time/rolex-milgauss-cern-dial-ref-1019-68/62180 https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/christies-watches-online-... - Estimate was from 10K to 14K and sold for GBP 17000.00 1. https://www.rolex.com/watches/milgauss/m116400gv-0002.html https://www.rolex.com/watches/milgauss/m116400gv-0002.html - Brand new from Rolex is GBP 6300.00

apostacy 8y ago

You know, I have one that I found at an estate sale in upstate NY. It was never used. But I just can't bring myself to sell it.