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: So what do we get here the coming months, next year: a deflation of
: prices in the real world sector....and with this a lowering of
: watch prices?

: Obvious I have seen a lot of beautiful and rather scarce time
: pieces the last 8 weeks. Still they make it to normal price
: level. However I have also seen some drop or "regular watch
: models": e.g. the 1806 navitimer you can get around
: 1200-1350 euro now. ok some luck needed still but 6 months back
: we have seen them at 1600-1650 euro. among others we have seen
: at leat 5 1000 m omega ploprofs and same number of big blues.
: prices slightly dropped. the lowest 1000 m was offered for 7500
: euro to me: MINT nd fully serviced.

: Yes the USD is stroner and gets may be stronger too, so some shift
: now the other direction.

: Autavias have gained a lot of momentum. There is virtually nothing
: below 1750- 2000 usd ...without bracelet. So here we see some
: increase. For my opinion this comes from the fact, that the
: market was already very dry in this model.

: Market of spare parts is still very very hot. Have seen alot of
: parts now, people kept in their drawers: not only monaco but
: also breitling and autavia stuff.

: Yes and Mint Siffers selling at 4000 euro mark now (jeff please
: adjust...again :-).....

: So what have you seen and what is your own impression: what can we
: expect from 2009...will we see a christmas watch race in
: 2008....and do we get a maddox flee market inbetween the years?
: So actually 4 questions now :-)

: Alex