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Now that we're somewhat in recession territory for many new watches at the retail level (excluding Rolex, of course), I'm curious about the discount levels that can be found from multi-brand boutiques. If we don't count highly desirable models from large brands, what kind of discount off MSRP can be achieved with a little discussion? A brand like Moser, or Armin Strom, makes high quality, cool watches that are priced pretty steeply at retail compared to their devaluation on the secondary market. Even a brand like Omega -- still able to get discounts on anything but the most popular limited releases? Curious to hear everyone's thoughts, including Fed's.

Fed

I am sure you have what I imagine you call "the watch charts discussion" like 5 x/d. I imagine someone says "But watch charts says it is 10K" and you say "well, go buy it from watch charts then" or something like that.

Question: where do you land on watch charts data?

FWIW: I find it directionally accurate for heavily traded pieces meaning if things are trending up or down you get a sense of that. For really heavily traded pieces (an average sub maybe) you can get pretty close on price. On the other hand, it is oftentimes nonsensical for anything rare, old, not heavily traded, etc. My gripes are that they never account for service history anywhere (e.g. service is given zero value) which skews the entire market for what peple should be caring about.

I have other thoughts about how easy it would be to game the numbers on something not heavily traded (I am positive I can throw up some random Reddit posts and ebay listings that nobody would buy but it would get incorporated into the data), why the numbers are extra silly because they include random forum posts that you will never have access to in the future, only really focus on asking price and on and on. I imagine they have some algorithm built in to account for this stuff but without knowing the math I am unable to replicate their data for anything that isnt a hype piece or something like a modern sub.

Interested in your thoughts about the value of WC, how you manage watch charts number, and how you would advise collectors to use the information.

Anything better method out there for a starting point?

Hello:

Where can I find my billing information? When I go to my profile I only see may name and place to update a photo.

Is anyone else having a problem contacting Delray Watch and or the Collective?

Hi Guys,

Quick question. What brands are you looking for. When I do my buying I am always curious what brands specifically my customers are looking for. Don't tell me specific watches, as that can be quite hard for me to remember and sift through, but what brands in general (excluding Rolex) would you guys like to see in the marketplace?

Best,

Fed