13-10-2014, 04:23 PM
When we are talking about buying watches in the 50-150000 dkr price range i think JLC win this competition hands down . Forget personal preference for a while , and think about pure watchmaking achievment and future investment .
We can take three watches and compare them . The AP Royal Oak is a classic watch , but compair the price of a 2 year old Oak with a new model and you will get an idea of just how much this watch loses on its new price . It is the same story with Pateks bread & butter models like the Calatrava - Aquanaut - Nautilus . These watches have another thing in common . They are all for the most time and date only caliber watches , and they are made in the thousands . They are not rare and will be fairly easy to find , also when we look many years ahead . Of course the finish is superb and both brands belong at the near top of the watch tree . They will always hold a good price compaired to most other brands , and they are easy to sell again if the price is right . But lets get rid of the myth that a lot of so called watch experts try to tell you . They say these watches are like money in the bank , and the top of Swiss watchmaking know how . I say Bullshit , these watches are no where near the top of the tree in this respect .
Now i will name just one watch that more than proves my point , and it is in the same price class as a used AP Royal Oak or Patek Aquanaut . The watch is the JLC Master Grand Reveil . This is a true multi complication watch , that is in a different class to the AP or Patek models named above . In terms of watchmaking , it beats them easily . You get a Perpetual Calander - Weekday - Month - Year - Moonphase - and Alarm that can be changed to vibration . It is also the only Perpetual that shows the year in four digits . The caliber consists of 363 individual parts that are finished to the level of most high end brands out there .
Now if we look 20-30-40 years to the future , can you imagine any time date only watch that will cost more than this JLC ? Maybe a very rare model could , but i doubt it . Handbuilt watches will become rare and more and more expensive in the future . And Complication watches made by brands like JLC will not be getting cheaper in the future . A compairable complication watch by Patek or AP would cost well over 500000dkr from new .
JLC is the brand that developed and made most of the calibers that built the reputations of AP and Patek - and many other brands . This is why they are known as , The Watchmakers Watch . If you look at the international prices of watches , and make a special point of looking at the prices of watches that have several complications in them . You will i think see what i mean about the Price of these watches . Usually the more complications means more price .
Just remember that owning such a watch is like owning a Ferrari , complicated means more money for service . This JLC Master Grand Reviel is for sale in Denmark for ca. 94000dkr . Or you can buy a AP Royal Oak for nearly the same price
And i would eat my bloody hat if that JLC does not cost more than the Oak in twenty or forty years time .
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We can take three watches and compare them . The AP Royal Oak is a classic watch , but compair the price of a 2 year old Oak with a new model and you will get an idea of just how much this watch loses on its new price . It is the same story with Pateks bread & butter models like the Calatrava - Aquanaut - Nautilus . These watches have another thing in common . They are all for the most time and date only caliber watches , and they are made in the thousands . They are not rare and will be fairly easy to find , also when we look many years ahead . Of course the finish is superb and both brands belong at the near top of the watch tree . They will always hold a good price compaired to most other brands , and they are easy to sell again if the price is right . But lets get rid of the myth that a lot of so called watch experts try to tell you . They say these watches are like money in the bank , and the top of Swiss watchmaking know how . I say Bullshit , these watches are no where near the top of the tree in this respect .
Now i will name just one watch that more than proves my point , and it is in the same price class as a used AP Royal Oak or Patek Aquanaut . The watch is the JLC Master Grand Reveil . This is a true multi complication watch , that is in a different class to the AP or Patek models named above . In terms of watchmaking , it beats them easily . You get a Perpetual Calander - Weekday - Month - Year - Moonphase - and Alarm that can be changed to vibration . It is also the only Perpetual that shows the year in four digits . The caliber consists of 363 individual parts that are finished to the level of most high end brands out there .
Now if we look 20-30-40 years to the future , can you imagine any time date only watch that will cost more than this JLC ? Maybe a very rare model could , but i doubt it . Handbuilt watches will become rare and more and more expensive in the future . And Complication watches made by brands like JLC will not be getting cheaper in the future . A compairable complication watch by Patek or AP would cost well over 500000dkr from new .
JLC is the brand that developed and made most of the calibers that built the reputations of AP and Patek - and many other brands . This is why they are known as , The Watchmakers Watch . If you look at the international prices of watches , and make a special point of looking at the prices of watches that have several complications in them . You will i think see what i mean about the Price of these watches . Usually the more complications means more price .
Just remember that owning such a watch is like owning a Ferrari , complicated means more money for service . This JLC Master Grand Reviel is for sale in Denmark for ca. 94000dkr . Or you can buy a AP Royal Oak for nearly the same price
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