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improviz · 21 February 2017, 06:22 AM

Oh. Well, prices I posted were BNIB over a few years to see how much they've come down, preowned are very dependent upon condition and are tougher to benchmark. But there I'm sure as I mentioned before that some of it is due to the newness wearing off, and doubtlessly that will factor in to preowned prices. PMs in particular are always pretty volatile, and especially rose gold, which has always been kind of an in/out thing with consumers.

Insofar as the market as a whole: I would expect prices to soften in current market as Swiss watch sales were down worldwide markedly last year due to several factors, but not so much here in the US, and prices I've seen reflect this: down but not catastrophically so.

21 February 2017, 06:22 AM	#83
improviz "TRF" Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Tejas Watch: your step Posts: 2,806	Oh. Well, prices I posted were BNIB over a few years to see how much they've come down, preowned are very dependent upon condition and are tougher to benchmark. But there I'm sure as I mentioned before that some of it is due to the newness wearing off, and doubtlessly that will factor in to preowned prices. PMs in particular are always pretty volatile, and especially rose gold, which has always been kind of an in/out thing with consumers. Insofar as the market as a whole: I would expect prices to soften in current market as Swiss watch sales were down worldwide markedly last year due to several factors, but not so much here in the US, and prices I've seen reflect this: down but not catastrophically so. __________________ 116520 white; 16613 black; 116710; 16570 polar; 16600. AP 15400; 15703. Blancpain Fifty Fathoms. Glashutte Sport Evo GMT. Omega Planet Ocean 2907.50.91; Planet Ocean Liquidmetal LE 222.30.42.20.01.001; Seamaster 2255.80.00. Breitling Crosswind, white. Panerai PAM 005. VC Overseas Chrono, black.