Horological Meandering

PeterCDE
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Not so sure...

G'day,


picture courtesy of Antiquorum

one aspect which might be recommendable to keep in mind is the age of a specific piece.
In the 1990´s, the list price of a GP Three Bridges was in the neighbourhood of 40K US-$; that´s what pieces of that age seem to go for in the auctions today (sometimes a bit higher).
Since 1990´s, a variety of price lists seem to reflect changes in distribution and, particularly, discounting; traditionally US prices used to be a LOT higher than european prices before, which changed when discounting became a legal practice over here.

In real life, age and prior ownership seems to make a difference; most customers of the 3 Bridges seem to prefer a new and unworn watch and can afford to keep it (in previous conversations, an owner noted in his own, rather dramatical way not to "buy pre-owned shoes or underwear , so why buy an old watch"). 

Among the more appreciated pieces seem to be a number of Rolex models (such as ref. 1665 with cal. 1570) and IWC´s (Porsche Titanium chronograph, Deep One, Portugieser ref. 5441, 2006 "ceramic doppel" ref. 3768).
Not to speak of a Daytona

Cheers,

Peter