Used or New?
In my current sotc, all 100% purchased in second hand market (except from gifts). For mainly these reasons
1. Cheaper
2. I love to buy discountinued watches
3. I have no problem with "battle scars" as long as the dial is fine
4. I thought new watches are so shiny and blink 😂
What abour your preference and current sotc composition?
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3 used purchases, 3 times problems. Never again for me
Only ever bought a couple new in the last 20 years ( king turtle and Murph, neither of which I kept.
Posted this on another thread, so excuse the repetition if you've already seen this , but in last 3 years -
Quartz Aqua Terra - £1300
Alpinist 1959 reissue - £350
Really, genuinely don't see any motivation to buy new 🤔
Only ever bought a couple new in the last 20 years ( king turtle and Murph, neither of which I kept.
Posted this on another thread, so excuse the repetition if you've already seen this , but in last 3 years -
Quartz Aqua Terra - £1300
Alpinist 1959 reissue - £350
Really, genuinely don't see any motivation to buy new 🤔
Totally agree with you, with lower acquisition cost, it's also easier to sell it again (less loss) 🥂
It has to be new for me. Blame the OCD..
About 50/50 for me, so far. I don't buy super expensive watches, but I love getting a deal. For watches I want to keep (as opposed to fix up and resell), if the person has the box it typically indicates they take care of their watches. So I look for the box!
Of the last 330+ watches have owned, am guessing has been about 85% new.
I have about 20 watches and just one of them I purchased used. A birth year Accutron. I have not worn it in years. I will eventually buy another birth year hand wind or automatic watch and part with the Accutron. It's nice and all but I just can't stand dealing with batteries.
I buy used because depreciation of most watches is huge.