: This is a thread of only five years ago, but it seems to me that
: they have passed twenty years...

: Just looking also at how many times these messages were read (20 to
: 50), and how many times are read today!

Go back 8 years with a search for Chronomatic and Siffert and some of the thread views are in single figures. Go back five, and they tend to be low double figures. Today, plenty are getting views in 3 figures.

More interesting, more money to go around but the supply is at best the same. In reality it's probably less - some of the better pieces are "sticking" in collections, others may have been deemed unrepairable or used as parts watches. No surprise the prices are going up then. Question is, whether the interest will be sustained or if we're looking at a bubble.