Comments:
Red rubies vs. clear rubies
Should this have an effect on price of these watches? It is my understanding that the older models are the ones with red colored rubies, but not sure if this should have an impact on resale value (specifically speaking for a RM005). In other brands, small changes can have a substantial price difference.
There aren't enough RM fans yet to make any difference IMO
On the other hand, if this happened with Panerai's, Paneristi's are mad crazy and die-hard so any little difference like this will be blown up into huge proportions and affect secondary mkt prices IMO.
With RM, there isn't enough of a fanatic crowd for slight changes to affect secondary pricing IMO.
Cheers,
Anthony
Rolex is that way too
Just look how some collerctors go crazy over the "Paul Newman" Daytonas. Another example is the Submariner (red lettering or not, gold through the clasp or not, holes in the case or not, etc).
Don't they change them to clear at a service anyway..??
I'm sure this has been raised before and I'm sure somebody said they are changed to clear when the watch is serviced unless you specify you want them to stay red. This would suggest it is purely cosmetic and won't affect the future value.
Yours,
Andy.