The myth of value retaining? Where we go next?

[Godzillaz]

You must be an economist. Only them can talk so much without real communication involve. 

Sorry, I was joking. Please don't get upset. 

I like your comment. Even though I don't understand all of it completely but all the bold, highlight and underlines makes it really canggih.  Like professor like tat.

And let not forget the banana. Gotta love the banana, man.

All power to you. Malaysian boleh!

Regards
Tyler

The best way to ensure that will be value to our collection is to POISON as many people as possible about the joy of watch collecting.

Economics 101: Price is dependent of the Supply-Demand curves

Since flooding the market with more watches will have a negative impact on our investments, we should instead focus our efforts to convert more people to be watch collectors, hence increasing the demand factor and hence the value of our collection!! 

QED

[meoramri]

You must be an economist. Only them can talk so much without real communication involve. 

Sorry, I was joking. Please don't get upset. 

I like your comment. Even though I don't understand all of it completely but all the bold, highlight and underlines makes it really canggih.  Like professor like tat.

And let not forget the banana. Gotta love the banana, man.

All power to you. Malaysian boleh!

Regards
Tyler

The best way to ensure that will be value to our collection is to POISON as many people as possible about the joy of watch collecting.

Economics 101: Price is dependent of the Supply-Demand curves

Since flooding the market with more watches will have a negative impact on our investments, we should instead focus our efforts to convert more people to be watch collectors, hence increasing the demand factor and hence the value of our collection!! 

QED

no worries!

[Watchnewby]

My point is watch collection is expensive hobby. So better prepared the new comers mentally rather for them to rush in without a fair experience from third parties.

Any hobby can be expensive if we want it to be. Watch collecting does not have to be expensive and it is not. It is just perception and the want and need to be one off with the rest or keeping up with the Jones that cause it to be expensive. Buy and collect what you want  and can afford and not what you think people want or expect you to have.

I agreed with the comment that "Any hobby can be expensive if we want it to be."

For me, I love collecting Asian brand watches. I have Casios (used to have > 6 of them), Orient, Citizen & Seikos (currently 3 as I disposed 1 already). My Casios collection started since school days (none of them cost me > RM250), Orient + Citizen + the 3 Seikos totalling around RM1.2K only. Most of them are new, in pristine condition. So, to some, my hobby in collectiong watches is "cheap", but some may say it otherwise. For me, if I have a Submariner, a PP, a ML or an ALS or even a Panerai as my collection, I can say my hobby is an expensive one. Agree? 

[meoramri]

In this hobby, it is so easy to be poisoned. Once "poisoned", its no longer a hobby

[Enkidu]

In this hobby, it is so easy to be poisoned. Once "poisoned", its no longer a hobby

Hi, Meor,
You are quite right. But it is a very fine line between hobby and addiction.  I guess many of us cross into and out of that fine line pretty often over the years.

[Angryrodent]

think many of us are addicts... but we still go to work every day (atleast in my case... well not today since home taking care of sick daughter but was still working) take care of our kids make sure the wife is happy more often than angry at us.... then when we can we buy something

[IWCking]

meo totally agreed with you. its pretty much addiction than hobby i will say. Once addicted, we just keep looking forward to what new edition the watch makers are coming out each year and our desires are pushing us to go all way out to acquire it. Thats more than hobby. These days, I have been telling myself and endeavour my very best to convince myself to appreciate the newly released rather than to own them. But its not easy. lol