Yet another record price
Philippe Dufour 20th Anniversary edition of Simplicity has fetched US$ 1.51 million!!!. at the auction; and a tad above 40x the original launch price of Simplicity.. Perhaps the first independent outside of Daniels to have reached these stratospheric heig...
I concur fully
Not only Philippe Dufour or FPJ are much sought after now, but Grönefeld, Rexhep, Voutilainen and so many others are also having their order book full for a longer period than ever. This is excellent news
Feels like hot money investing in startup 😜
IPO day is the auction day. No questions these are super solid companies 👍🏻💪🏻
Great to hear!
There is just so much value, passion and customer interaction with the indies. Go go indies go!
I see your point but thats with all the hyped rolex , ap , pp and rm watches too (and they aren't as rare or special like most independents imho)
I would love to own a FPJ but I wouldn’t pay any premium to get one . So its also for me a bummer but thats how the market is nowadays. I just see more recognition for indies from grey market dealers and big collectors and think its also good for these sm...
I agree
This makes the market speculative and the investment frenzy to profit takes over rather than a “buy-to-wear“ philosophy. Once again these indie watches will end up being flipped over and over again without true enjoyment of wearing these watches..
