How to Collect Watches with High Value?

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As watch collectors start to collect watches, they always aim to pursue those with high value and special meanings, for example, antique watches. Antique watches are divided into two types which are wrist watches and pocket watches. Generally speaking, people from oriental area like collecting wrist watches while westerners prefer pocket watches. As we all know, nearly all watches collected should be famous brands with high value. At present, there are ten well-known brands of watches in the world including Patek Philippe, Vacheron-Constantin, Audemars, Blancpain, IWC, Piaget, Cartier, Jaeger-Lecoultre, Rolex and Girard-Perregaux. High-quality movement, classic appearance and historical significance as well as value can be found from the ten top brands all over the world. However, what’s more important in collectors’ mind is the quality together with historical value of watches collected. Some watches of little-known brands are also precious due to their first-class process and long history. Actually, not all famous brands are high-class.

If collectors intend to collect precious antique watches, they have to possess profound understanding towards those watches. Collectors should read related books on antique watches and consult their history from experts. After all, there are just several brands considered as antique watches so it’s not a hard job for people to know more about them. Participation in watch auction is the optimal way to obtain precious watches. Christie’s holds watch auctions twice in HongKong annually. In London and New York, watch auctions are also often held. Antique watches with history traced to 1940s and 1950s are quite popular in New York, Switzerland and London etc. At present, as the economic environment is gloomy and prices of watches auctioned could not rise rapidly. So collectors have the chance to purchase watches which are worth being handed down to descendants at low price. Collectors can also from time to time resort to various shops specialized in selling antique watches and they will have unexpected gains. Nowadays, internet is a useful tool which could help collectors find excellent antique watches.

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