Seeing the volumes of watches for sale, it looks very similar to what Car manufacturers do (Aston Martin Vintage for example) selling pristine vintage items to collectors. They will go quickly and the discussion will stop šŸ˜‰ Best, E.

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What do you think?

 
 By: MikaWatches : January 25th, 2023-14:55
After Rolex, it's now the turn of JLC to launch its venture in the vintage market. More info here: THE COLLECTIBLES SHARK DEEP SEA 40 mm - Acier60 000 ā‚¬ THE COLLECTIBLES MASTER MARINER DEEP SEA Acier24 000 ā‚¬ THE COLLECTIBLES MEMOVOX POLARIS II 43 mm - Ac... 

The prices are NUTS

 
 By: andrea~ : January 25th, 2023-15:13
67k for a geophysic that goes for ~20k? I can accept a considerable bump in price, but come on... 67k for a steel geophysic is bananas

Low prices on grey market is a problem for a brand to increase their own prices...

 
 By: Alfihar : January 25th, 2023-15:37
It's true that most of JLC are undervalued on second hand market if you compare with Rolex AP or PP... For example... what would be the price of a Duometre if it was written PP on the dial... and what is the price for a black dial LE 200 piece JLC Duometr... 

Well said. +1

 
 By: J K : January 25th, 2023-16:03

+1 in a nutshell

 
 By: myles721 : January 25th, 2023-16:05
What would it go for at auction?

Interesting retail exerciseā€¦

 
 By: myles721 : January 25th, 2023-16:21
By scooping up ā€œvintageā€ pieces JLC is providing all the things people want (certification, provenance and box etc) as well as an attempt to control supply of ā€œpiecesā€ and perhaps an attempt to set pricesā€¦supply etc. it costs JLC almost nothing to do this... 

Agreed.

 
 By: amanico : January 25th, 2023-21:34

šŸ‘

 
 By: Alfihar : January 26th, 2023-06:32

Same here ā€¦. šŸ¤Ŗ

 
 By: HSTE : January 25th, 2023-23:06
Cheers, HSTE

....and then it doesn't (that's problem #2, and the bigger of the two! ;-))

 
 By: FabR : January 25th, 2023-17:54
Seriously, you perfectly put it my friend, as you often do... I can't see how this is the trick that finally works for JLC --- rather than increasing the popularity of the brand and its current product, these high vintage prices are actually more likely t... 

In complete agreement. What this brands fail to realize is that the brilliant marketing Rolex has, would never work without a bulletproof product. I have never heard one Rolex advert saying our X,Y,Z watch us better than the other brand, however...

 
 By: ZSHSZ : January 25th, 2023-19:56
... I frequently hear the other way around. In short, brands should focus on the product(not one you have to take back a moth after purchasing). Whatā€™s the point of an ā€œinterior angleā€if the watch is unwearable on a daily basis?! After that set an attaina... 

And from where Richemont/VC got it?

 
 By: ZSHSZ : January 25th, 2023-19:41
Remember, I believe it was 2018-2019, when Richemont bought back the unsold watches and destroyed them to create the shortage? The only difference is that Rolex doesnā€™t create the shortage they just canā€™t make enough product as itā€™s clear by now, thatā€™s t... 

Ah, good point šŸ˜€

 
 By: Fastwong : January 25th, 2023-20:40

+1

 
 By: amanico : January 25th, 2023-21:24

Looks that way. Six already sold!

 
 By: cfn : January 27th, 2023-12:21
First the Reverso, then the Polaris II and now 4 more ...