If things get to the point where we're burying gold in the backyard to hide it from the government, I think the last thing on our minds will be watches ;-)

I'm not too worried about the "next generation" of collectors totally losing interest in Heuer. I'm 23 and started adding Heuers to my collection last year, and I doubt I'm the only younger guy out there to do so. I know I don't see Heuers as old-looking watches (at least not the 70s models), which had a lot to do with the case size and modern dial designs.

: i agree there are only little very nice watches coming up at ebays.
: this is true also for breitlings and rolexes.

: of course most is in collectors hands.

: you can buy many watches for parts, refurbishment ect on ebay and
: many of them also get offered via other market chanels.

: Anyhow I still beleive more and more that watches being 40 years
: old and older are going down some day: the collectors lack of
: being reinvednted by young people thing I was talking about. I
: always ask myself what does 40 years mena: that menas for us,
: 1985 you collect stuff from 1945...so 2000 from 1960 and 2010
: from 1970....in other words in 1985 when I was 15 years I was
: never interested in stuff from 1945...and in 2000 i was even
: less interested in stuff from 1945...same will happen to young
: people.

: I believe we will see a big drop down in prices when we have the
: euro amagedon coming up. its not the euro which might be dying,
: its the spiral which has been initaited with unemplyment in
: spain at 25% and more...same with greece, portugal, italy...so
: there is less money outside now from people concentrating on
: watches...thy need to concentrate on food and health...this
: spiral of unempleyment will also effect germany and other states
: and plus the inflation risk might slowly end in a situation like
: in the 20s....and at the very end you cant eat watches...neither
: porsches...and finally all is about securing the money in
: gold....and finally from the government by hiding the gold ...so
: dont put into bank safe...

: yes and at this time the watch and all collectors market will
: collaps...and than afterwards will not come back to its todays
: level....i know it will take more time till we see the
: scenario...but in the next 10 years we are there for sure.

: so no market and finally no new upcoming people is killing...as
: finally the market are fueled by us here...we keep the price
: high...for us :-)...and i agree we more trade in between us than
: to newbies....so when we stop buying,, prices will drop
: anytime....as not a lot of people are wiling to pay there prices
: outside...with deceasig population plus the euro scenario...a
: high risk hobby.

: ape

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