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A 5% drop in value in the seiko is purely hypothetical. Try and sell it.
It will be worth what someone is prepared to pay you for it.
I had a client who wanted to part ex a recently purchased Grand Seiko against an Omega aqua terra day date. I said no as after I asked about nobody would even bid me ANYTHING on it. And I was the third or fourth Omega stockist who had turned him away.
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You're right, I just based it on chrono24 listing prices - no idea if it will sell at all but i'm also not trying to sell it.
I don't understand why resale should always factor into ultimate worth. For an investment - absolutely; but why does it have to factor so much into buying something you like and want to keep?
Soul
I've spent ~£5.5k on a 'Seiko'
I've also spent ~£2.5k on a Rolex
The Rolex has gone up in value (maybe 60%, though a lot of that is exchange rates) and the Seiko has gone down in value (about 5%, though it's only 8 months old so too soon to tell long term value).
I don't plan on selling either.
The Seiko feels nicer to wear, i get more compliments on it (I don't remember the last time anyone complimented me on the Rolex) and it's clearly the higher quality of the two. I wear the Rolex more often because it feels less special but also because I don't have to worry about it.
It's possible to like both; I like both.