Thread: What types of watches do you like?

Originally Posted by tcrideshd

I,m not so sure it ruins value on a watch of that caliber. They all need service at some time in their life, not to mention a well working model will bring more than one that is falling apart and don't work, you know what a watch is that don't work? It's a paper weight. So send it in get it working again, back to its glory days. Nelson knows quite a bit about watches, I don't believe he would steer you wrong.

By the way Andrew nice job getting your Seiko serviced, I like that one myself, see we do think alike, I wear a Seiko 90% of the time. Tc

My two cents on this. I am a watch collector and had sold collections to big auction houses, so I have a little bitty experience on this. Believe it or not, a watch like this is worth more in its current condition. I sold a big collection of Bubblebacks and half of them didn't work, most of the were from the forties and fifties and they fetched more than the ones actually working.

So it comes down to what one wants to do with it. If you want to keep it and wear it, by all means, send it to NYC and let them do their thing. If it has sentimental value keep it as it is until it actually needs service. I love vintage watches and still own a rather large collection, so I'm biased about restorations unless is extremely necessary to save the watch movement.

I currently sport a Hublot Bing Bang King. I don't use my vintage watches, those are sitting pretty at a bank.