Thursday, 3 September 2009

the nine major elements of collection watches



1. Value of Material

This is a very important factor. The value of case materials can often decide to make this watch value. In general, platinum, gold and other precious metal case is always more expensive than conventional materials many, in the case inlaid jewelry of precious metals is even more to see the high line.

2. Attractiveness

Each watch will be only bears the imprint of an era, mainly in two aspects of technical and times. A number of classic and epoch-making style makes it difficult to forget, even people unable to extricate themselves.

3. Rarity

Some of the watch section due to special reasons, the quantity is quite rare, and thus more precious, for example, a super complex watch test products or models, not including some so-called "limited-production models." Limited number of watchs shall be called the real, there should be only one.
4.Special Features
Many people watch are in line with the traditional practice of modeling standards, such as pointers, scales, rules of the case shape. There are some particular shape and decoration, as with the then people's aesthetic standards or values different and unique look, for example: non-traditional scale arrangement of the word-type instructions jumping, jumping seconds (mechanical calculating a grid of seconds per jump), mosaic stones or special materials (such as meteorites, minerals, enamel, etc.) of the dial, case and so on.

5. Historical value

Like with the "Apollo" 11 spacecraft on the moon Omega Speedmaster Chronograph, the first watch only to cross the English Channel, etc., because of their "first" or a special historical background and reputation in, and The pursuit of posterity. Collection history watch shall never be lonely.

6. Condition

watch whether cheap or expensive watch, the watch is better than a genuine change of polished-off or non-standard parts of the original watch, to be worth much more.

7. Quality

Including calculating the quality and case processing, grinding or jewelry mosaics. Calculating a number of high-quality polishing, installation, adjustment process and the different processes, such as: polished and brushed effects of co-existence of case processing, also makes the value of the watch a lot of extra points.

8. Age

Watch the history of human invention only a short two and a half centuries. The form has been more than 30 years can be called an antique watch, a full -

Product phase is very rare antique watchs, but if found in a 100-year all-items relative to "antique" watch, or perhaps it's the year only one year.

9. Completeness

All the many watchs with beautiful packaging or sales receipts and certificates. These accessories are proof of identity can be enriched by a lot of value for the protagonist.

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