Quote Originally Posted by geoffbot View Post
Agreed - it was pretty fluffy. They should compare it to other investments like houses or shares. And they should use better examples - like standard rolex sub. This is, in my uneducated opinion an excellent counter argument http://www.ablogtowatch.com/rolex-pr...ling-analysis/

Can you guarantee that buying a limited edition patek today will yield a better return than investment in x in 10 years?

That's a good article. I think I might summarize it as "Rolex pricing is tracking the growth in personal income and wealth, not inflation." Indeed, I suspect luxury watches are generally overpriced for this very reason - not because they offer investment opportunities, but to offer expensive baubles to help people spend disposable income.