The future of watch making

[willy]

(03-01-2021, 04:48 PM)pbr Skrev: Now, I can only speak for myself - but I do see people getting tired and annoyed of the major brands holding back the most popular models from their authorised dealerships and thereby throwing customers into the arms of grey-market dealers paying in some cases twice as much as the RSP !! Rolex is notorious for this.

If they met the demand of their customers, by supplying the nessecary amount of the desired sports models fx. they would sell more watches, earn more money and keep their customers loyal on a long term basis.

For my part, I refuse to pay 2-3 times the RSP for a watch that is costly enough in the first place - and then, when it is time to service them, have to accept arrogantly high service costs, disregard for personal preferences of not having case polished or not replacing original hands and/or dials, and as the icing on the cake, having to accept ridiculous service periods of + 6 months etc.

All this makes me feel, that I as a customer am being taken for a ride, and having to overpay for it at the same time 

Hence, my new found love of reasonably priced (read = cheap) watches, that I can wear and love, and eventually will not shed a tear for, when they go in the bin or will be serviced with a movement swap by the local watchmaker.

Well said Peter  Supply and demand is a difficult problem.Take Rolex for example. If they increase production maybe it would affect the quality in their watches, and could drive the used market prices down. Rolex take the brunt of this criticism, but you could say the same about AP-Patek-Lange etc etc. We should remember it is the public that create the demand, and not the brand.