Will quartz watches be collectible someday?

Surely - though it will be representative examples. Eg quartz Seamaster  divers will continue to grow in popularity..

Absolutely. Especially if there is a " reason" a watch is quartz. HAQ and ani-digi watches come to mind immediately. I also think issued military watches that use quartz movements will garner a collectible status.

They are collectible already. But there many models that's not very interesting to enthusiasts (at the moment), just like with mechanical models 😊

I would think that some would be “collectible” due to their backstory or history. But, in my mind, does that make them more valuable?  Probably not. 

They are already collectible, have you looked at prices of Swatches?

Vintage quartz watches are totally collectible. 

I would argue that the fact they aren’t made as much now actually makes them more collectible. 

Which brands are 'moving away from it?' On what basis do you say 'a lot of people think little of it...? Quartz watches are certainly collectable. I would like to see the evidence you have for your comments. 

Similar to how kids now are bringing back wired headphones as a collectible/trend (yes I know I’m a kid in many of your eyes). I could see quartz watches becoming trendy/collectible once smartwatches reach a valley in cost. If 90% of the population is wearing a smartwatch, eventually quartz watches will make a comeback as a nostalgia item.  Once a certain generation of technology is forgotten/seen as obsolete, another generation with see it as unique and trendy.  It’s possible to argue that is what has been happening with mechanical watches these past few years. They’re obsolete, but if you’re part of the select few that still use them, it feels cool!  Shoot even crappy digital cameras from the 2000s are making a comeback and selling for tons online due to the fact that kids never got to grow up using them, all they had are smartphones, so I think that eventually kids that never got the chance to wear a normal quartz wristwatch will want that chance one day, and they could become collectible, but as mentioned above, Quartz Swatches are crazy collectible and have a massive following. 

Yes - this. I mean there are madlads out there who drop thousands on the LED watches from the 70s. Good luck finding an Heuer or Omega digital for decent money. Quartz and vintage digital is even more of a minefield in places than typical vintage.

I think there is a vintage quartz market to an extent now, and there are some interesting new quartz movements being produced in the US, the Ameriquartz movements. Watches with those movements seem to hold value pretty well in the pre-owned market already, and may become valuable in the future.

As with mechanical watches, it will depend on the "story". What's is the history behind that particular model. Come on .. the vast majority of mechanical watches are not collectable. 

My Seiko tuna diver sbbn043 uses the legendary 7c46 quartz movement. The story of the development of this movement and saturation diving is pivotal to Seiko's rich diving watch history. 

The original Seiko Astron 35SQ is certainly collectable and rare to find. 

The truth is that most of the innovations happening in horology is on the quartz side. The atomic clock 6 band sync. The solar charging. Meanwhile Rolex expand their case by 1mm and call that innovation. Titanium instead of steel? incredible! 

We've only been building quartz watches for a short time. There are already quartz watches as cultural icons. Many NASA personnel have worn quartz watches. They are starting to appear frequently in movies. 

Quartz and similar tech will continue to evolve. And the stories told about them will become more compelling with each passing year. 

To the rightpeople, yes, i wouldn't say all models will be tho but for example i see the older G-Shocks on thet category, or the early quartz watches with LED displays.

As has been demonstrated by others already, yes they will be collectible but without as large of a market as mechanical watches. 

Icons of the quartz revolution will be uber-collectible, but most quartz will be very available & in low demand. 

There are a whole bunch of quartz watches that are already extremely collectable / hard to find. For instance, the Seiko Rotocall or the G757 Sports 100.

I too think the military thing is comming.

This is subjective of cource, but in my experience people are more favourable to quartz than ever.

I think it's a cycle that collectors go trough, first it's all about mechanical cos quartz doesen't have "soul". But after collecting some time you realise all quartz are not equal.

I think when it comes to Swatches it's about the design and they are not collectible because the are quartz, but despite they are.

What I mean is that when you look watch listing watches from the same era sell quiker and for more money if they are mechanical than quartz. And I wonder will this change someday.

Yes, this is exactly how I feel, but then there are exptions like vhs and casettes, they are a nostalgic things and are from the era that other things are comming collectible.

But of I had to ques, I would also think, that quartz will have it's time.

It's impossible to predict whay will be popular in the future. Paul Newman daytonas were not, and even better polerouters, but now they are.

When you look in yhe car world, often times the basic become hard to find and collectible. Why? Becouse if people see item being something special they take good care of it, if they feel it's just a thing to use, they don't and scrab it more easily.

I feel this is what might haopen to quartz. They are not interesting to people noe, so brands move away from them and people throw them away, until someday people realise, that most of them are gone and then they will become collectible, or atleast some of them.

Interesting, haven't heard of the ameriquartz. I'll have to look that up.👍

The reasons are less important than the results: Quartz watches are collected and traded at premium, no need to wait for something that already happened.

The vast majority of my watches are mechanical. I do have these ani-digis, gshocks and Rolex OQ, but have been leaning to the mechanical side hard.

Now I feel that there is room for more quartz in my box. I also probably have started to thing about the maintainance cost. If I have 15 mechanical watches, it cost's a lot to keep the running in the long run.

This is a thought exercise and weather quartz will be collectible or not has no affect to my collecting.

Just feel that some quartz watches should have more love given what they have done to horology world.

The Ameriquartz movements are made by Fine Timepiece Solutions. Their website has a list of watch brands that use Ameriquartz movements. I have an Islander, a Vaer, and a Bertucci with Ameriquartz movements.

The originality os a good point, didn't think of that.

I actually have bit of a trouble servicing the watch in yhe picture, since there are no parts available.

It depends on your definition of collectible, but I would say there are presently quite a few collectible quartz watches at present

Ok, I would suggest that pretty much everything in here also applies to vintage quartz.

It’s the same issue, age + complication + lack of parts + lack of people to work on watch = do I buy the watch. I would be wary of older vintage quartz, electronic, tuning fork, etc… and anything digital then you better be good at electronics.

I think they're collectable now. I've heard of people collecting different models of the Breitling Aerospace and I could definitely see collecting different Grand Seikos with the 9F quartz movement. 

Some of the most iconic vintage digitals will be selling for bananas, I am sure of that and be well outside of reach for majority. Personal quest of mine is a mint or NOS Hewlett-Packard HP-01 but as each year passes I appear to be getting only further away from it. 😭😭😭