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Vintage rolex prices are rediculous though...he bought a late 60's sub in italy last year, it think it was about 10,000Euro...not sure but lets call it that for simplicity...in the year that his had it, his seen the price go to 12,000Euro...not that he wants to sell it, because he loves it...but that has to be the best investment!
My pride and joy is a tag heuer monaco re-issue from the mid 90's. In that time i managed to find a VOS heuer buckle and besides the pesky "Tag" logo, it looks like a proper '69 monaco. I also had an old 80's Heuer Pasadena which I stupidly sold it...the movement was a little fucked, so would have cost a bit to fix it...but now when I think back, I should have kept it.
I have my eye on the new Tudor's...the Black bay with the nato type strap...its ETA movement, which means it will wont appreciate or hold its value, but my monaco has the same movement and its done well for the last 20 years...and really i'm buying to wear rather than investment...and these black bay's look really nice.
The Tudor will have a 2824.
I have no doubt your DJ has turned out to be a great investment and you have had the pleasure of ownership for all those years.
Vintage fine makes of watches have appreciated like vintage guitars over time.
Quality never goes out of fashion.
I've always had a problem with them, they are the "poor man's Rolex", which is a perception I just can't shake off. I would sooner spend that money on another brand, that isn't under the shadow of its more prestigious sibling.
Bremont are doing some nice stuff, for not bad money, and it's something a little different, British, albeit Swiss made.
TBH I can't see myself buying another watch. I've got three good ones now. That's me done.
For anyone hunting a new watch, one of the best places I've found is Watches of Switzerland at Heathrow. With the VAT off, and a bit of haggling, you could get an unbeatable deal. Its worth booking a cheap flight out and not even bothering flying, just to get into the departure shopping area.
Actually I think the Tudor BB is more realistic being based on older models, better looking too.
Tudor - I may be being harsh, but I just see them as cheap (relatively) Rolexes. A bit like Squier to Fender, Epiphone to Gibson. For less than 2k, maybe worth considering, but at 3-4, you can get a nice IWC or Breitling for that (from LHR duty free, lol). Saw a lovely IWC Pilot watch at T5 for about 3.5k, great value.
They were not designed for the space programme because of automatics being useless in zero gravity though. Auto's work fine in space.
NASA wanted a chronograph for the Apollo programme and as auto chrono's were not invented until 1969 they had to look at what was available.
The Omega Speedmaster was chosen as it did best in the rigourous testing that NASA put a variety of makes of watches through.
Bulova Accutrons were used as instrument panel clocks however.
Omega licensed the TF movement from Bulova as the f300 and made them for a while but as you say with the advent of quartz TF's became a thing of the past.
The one thing i dont like about rolex is that every kid who makes a bit of money wants to buy a rolex because they want to show off their money...they dont get it or understand what they are buying, they just want a watch to show off....The vintage side of things is a very different story.