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Wise words Richard. Anyway, anyone got a dial for a 1533B???????
: http://www.heuermonaco.co.uk/#/monaco-price-guide/4535761048
: The condition of the economy has caused some softening on vintage
: watch values and this to some degree has affected production
: vintage Monacos as well. Since early 2009 values have drifted
: back and again since I first published my guide approx 3 months
: ago values have softened perhaps 5-10%. 1133b have probably seen
: a 5-10% reduction, in the past quarter. Good 1133G with sound
: dials remain harder to come by and have not been affected as
: much. 73633 variants have eased perhaps 5% although 1533B and G
: variants with mint dials have perhaps remained static or gone up
: slightly, certainly the 1533G is in demand.
: However in the scheme of things this reduction in values qualifies
: for good resistance, as I'm aware some vintage watch brands have
: suffered more than this and I believe vintage Heuers and Monacos
: in particular remain a good way of investing spare cash. Going
: forward I am predicting a static first 6 months of 2010, with
: maybe some uplift towards the second half of the year with
: several important Heuer only sales. These sales are considerably
: more important than the recent Patrizzi one and the quality is
: likely to be exceptional. This in turn may focus more attention
: on the brand and with levels of availability only marginally up,
: any extra demand seems likely to lead at some point to an
: increase in values.
: As always I recommend buyers to seek out quality, especially so in
: the condition of the dial. Whilst hands and cases are important
: for collectability and values, they are not as important as the
: dial condition. It may be tempting to buy one with issues to get
: a better price and enter the market sooner than might otherwise
: be possible but in my experience in the past 12 months, its
: normally a case of "buy cheap, buy twice"...
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