What time is it? Watches and horology

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Momentum in reply to @Regal

I wouldn't recommend buying any Tudor as an investment that wasn't either an extremely good example of an MN snowflake sub, or one of the Only Watch piece uniques.

TBH I wouldn't buy any watch as an investment and I don't think many people would recommend doing so.

I agree with your overall point on watches as investments, but all the Tudor subs have seen big increases over the last five years or so, not just the MN snowflakes. Same for Big Blocks. Not sure that will continue given the economic situation we are in, but as for all vintage watches there is a limited supply, so if demand continues to stay strong then prices will only go one way.

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Regal in reply to @Momentum

if demand continues to stay strong

That’s the thing isn’t it. The Tudor sub market is being driven by the Rolex sub market, so it depends on that staying strong... which it might well, but who knows? Whereas the truly rare and exceptional stuff is likely “safer”.

Anyway - better to buy to collect and enjoy. And definitely don’t take investment advice from people on internet forums.

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Momentum in reply to @Regal

Fair point. Lots of the watches I wanted to buy a few years ago are now totally out of reach, but no idea if that will keep going. So I agree that it’s best is to focus on buying what you enjoy. And definitely think modern Tudors won’t make good investments, even though I own one!

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