I know that I haven't been collecting anywhere near as long as
many of you here, but in the time I've been collecting I've seen the
prices seem to drop myself. Even within the past 18 months.
This could be because I am more knowledgeable now, and
I can find watches I want for low prices, but I think that's
only a small part of the equation.
I can't speak for sales at the NAWCC Mart's and how(or if) prices have held up or
decreased there, but there is a big(tremendous) divide between
prices of current listed watches, vs. actual sold listings(using Ebay).
When I see the prices that some people ask for, and then
as I said you search for completed listings of similar watches
they are no where near each other.
It seems that if it's a 16s RR watch (with a well known company name) it will sell
fairly easily, but look at other sizes and their sales seem to be dramatically less.
Pure Gold watch cases(with watches or not) always seem to sell at a premium, hopefully there not all scrapped.
I think(as I have said in other posts) it's a buyers market and not an investors market
because other than precious metal prices, watch prices are decreasing.
I do believe that in my lifetime there will always be a market for pocket watches
and sometime there might be a resurgence of interest(or not), For me (a person who doesn't
sell watches) it's nice to get watches that people only dreamed of owning in the 1800's-1900's
for the same price they paid back then. And, less than the inflation adjusted dollars.
Rob
many of you here, but in the time I've been collecting I've seen the
prices seem to drop myself. Even within the past 18 months.
This could be because I am more knowledgeable now, and
I can find watches I want for low prices, but I think that's
only a small part of the equation.
I can't speak for sales at the NAWCC Mart's and how(or if) prices have held up or
decreased there, but there is a big(tremendous) divide between
prices of current listed watches, vs. actual sold listings(using Ebay).
When I see the prices that some people ask for, and then
as I said you search for completed listings of similar watches
they are no where near each other.
It seems that if it's a 16s RR watch (with a well known company name) it will sell
fairly easily, but look at other sizes and their sales seem to be dramatically less.
Pure Gold watch cases(with watches or not) always seem to sell at a premium, hopefully there not all scrapped.
I think(as I have said in other posts) it's a buyers market and not an investors market
because other than precious metal prices, watch prices are decreasing.
I do believe that in my lifetime there will always be a market for pocket watches
and sometime there might be a resurgence of interest(or not), For me (a person who doesn't
sell watches) it's nice to get watches that people only dreamed of owning in the 1800's-1900's
for the same price they paid back then. And, less than the inflation adjusted dollars.
Rob
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