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Offline HusH

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Alternative Investment - Watches
« on: December 01, 2011, 09:28:17 PM »
Expert discussion on this topic:

http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000058390

Fund manager investing in watches  :o Learnt something new...
http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000058391
« Last Edit: December 01, 2011, 09:33:25 PM by HusH »

Offline TheHobbit

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Re: Alternative Investment - Watches
« Reply #1 on: December 02, 2011, 05:50:13 AM »
Hush,

Thanks for the interesting links. Very educational. I like the part where the presenter joked about his 'Swatch'. Little did he realised that the Blum Collection of Swatch watches sold for a record USD 6.6 million a couple of days ago.
« Last Edit: December 02, 2011, 05:56:01 AM by TheHobbit »

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Re: Alternative Investment - Watches
« Reply #2 on: December 02, 2011, 07:44:56 AM »
Nice, so need to invest into those luxury watches into to make $$$  ;D
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Re: Alternative Investment - Watches
« Reply #3 on: December 02, 2011, 09:32:21 PM »
It was a useful video,thanks for sharing
Btw,anyone of you know how much does a pre owned Patek Philippe vintage watch cost

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Re: Alternative Investment - Watches
« Reply #4 on: December 04, 2011, 05:48:27 AM »
the initial start is tough. it is like walking uphill.
also need to justify a lot to fellows family members... finance controller...
also battle within self as too many gadget wanted to try ... with limited fund

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Re: Alternative Investment - Watches
« Reply #5 on: December 04, 2011, 11:02:38 AM »
only 2 or 3 brands are vividly mentioned, Patek, Rolex and Cartier. hmmm....

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Re: Alternative Investment - Watches
« Reply #6 on: December 04, 2011, 11:35:59 AM »
Hey u forgot VC.

Time to rethink about the collection path?  :laugh:

only 2 or 3 brands are vividly mentioned, Patek, Rolex and Cartier. hmmm....
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Re: Alternative Investment - Watches
« Reply #7 on: December 04, 2011, 11:44:57 AM »
1 hand u reminded me VC and on the other you r suggesting me to rethink my collection.... :P

I will try to stick to 5 watches now.. with 1 or 2 extras

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Re: Alternative Investment - Watches
« Reply #8 on: December 04, 2011, 01:04:56 PM »
1 hand u reminded me VC and on the other you r suggesting me to rethink my collection.... :P

I will try to stick to 5 watches now.. with 1 or 2 extras

Hahah now time for you to rethink about going to the haute horologie route. Our dear friend is going down that journey with PP and VC  :thumbsup:
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Re: Alternative Investment - Watches
« Reply #9 on: December 04, 2011, 05:58:03 PM »
Our dear frenz has exquisite taste and money... let me upgrade myself to tat level 1st :)

1 hand u reminded me VC and on the other you r suggesting me to rethink my collection.... :P

I will try to stick to 5 watches now.. with 1 or 2 extras

Hahah now time for you to rethink about going to the haute horologie route. Our dear friend is going down that journey with PP and VC  :thumbsup:

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Re: Alternative Investment - Watches
« Reply #10 on: December 06, 2011, 08:13:37 PM »
Sorry bro,I have no exquisite taste or $ but greed, show off and cao ah beng wannabe...
I thk myself is more like a flipper, own a pc for 1-2yrs thn flip ..Holy trinity is long journey man... We are not like James with big pay check..

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Re: Alternative Investment - Watches
« Reply #11 on: December 06, 2011, 08:20:39 PM »
will use this source to "justify" more funding to watch. wow... it is new year budget allocation of the year.

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Re: Alternative Investment - Watches
« Reply #12 on: December 09, 2011, 09:41:38 PM »
"investing" in watches is a little bit like coins and stamps. do you really know it's going to go up in value?

i think real estate and gold are better in that the total amount is finite. only problem is what's the best time to get in.

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Re: Alternative Investment - Watches
« Reply #13 on: December 17, 2011, 04:32:03 PM »
IMHO, there is no good time or best time to invest. No one can guarantee you. The key is holding power.

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Re: Alternative Investment - Watches
« Reply #14 on: January 04, 2012, 01:46:38 PM »
its really subjective, i guess its a supply and demand situation after all, if im holding a great limited edition watch from previous years and bump into some1 who really likes it, he / she may just give me a great price for that piece, so it does really depend on the situation
of the market.

IMHO, i guess it does pay to get something that is rare if we are thinking of getting to flip for some return.

Appreciate if there is any alternative investors in this forum to share their thoughts?
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