I love private label dials. But I know from years of collecting experience that a lot of people do not. Rarity is an interesting thing to discuss. There is no doubt that the watch in question is rare. However "rare" does not necessarily mean valuable. Demand pushes value not rarity. I wrote the following on another watch nerd discussion forum the other day when a new member was touting a scarce but marginally desirable watch.

"This is a really interesting discussion. I love the watch but I am not sure how much the rarity contributes to desirability or value. I have quite a few very low production watches including grades/examples where the entire production is 100 or less. The fact is that there are about 10 people in the world who care. Among those a couple already have another example, A couple are too old to be adding to their collections, and the rest are too broke to buy more watches.

I am not saying that a person should not buy/collect these obscure "rare" watches. I collect them. I am just aware that my wife will not get rich on this part of my collection when she and the kid have the auction."

I never used to think about the auction. My wife always did. Now that the date of the auction seems closer and more inevitable I think about it a bit more. I do like this Private Label Rindt but...

JohnCote
"Come to my wife's auction with money"