Brand new or pre-owned?

[Navarro8080]

Logic same as buying car...
Plan to drive 10 years.... Buy New
Plan to drive between 1-3 years..... Buy 2nd hand

But do watches depreciate as much as cars?

[nahte]

Logic same as buying car...
Plan to drive 10 years.... Buy New
Plan to drive between 1-3 years..... Buy 2nd hand

+1 to this....

lots of money is lost when ppl think they are driving 10 yrs, but end up changing after 3

[stanmore]

new if i can get a good deal overseas (and decent VAT)

[See]

Logic same as buying car...
Plan to drive 10 years.... Buy New
Plan to drive between 1-3 years..... Buy 2nd hand

[phai]

pre-own if you don't want your net worth to fall sharply

[mrkane]

3/4 of my watches were bought brand new with the 4th bought from a friend who purchased new.

Second hand is great as long as a reputable dealer.

[Night]

preowned since the depreciation rate quite high

[kcwong]

Have owned brand new from AD. At first felt shiok unwrapping and wearing. After a while feel so heart pain seeing the scratches even with the plastic stickers on. Felt even more heart pain seeing the price of second hand pieces on sale on forum and shops.

[Watchless]

I think it very much depends on each individual. Some prefers brand new as he/she will be 1st owner. Some don't mind pre-owned but in good cindition watch as it save certain amt of money.

[xander]

i dont mind getting preown if the price and condition are good.

[jerjes]

For me i usually go the pre-owned pieces as i do not have massive nor deep pockets for BNIB...and i have no pangtang issues regarding the previous owner history of fortune or misfortune...as long watch condition,package,price are met to my expectations, i pull the trigger for the watch....

Same here mate

[thesnakeboss]

Of course brand new but at the same if the pre-owned piece is in good condition and from a reputable seller i wouldn't mind anyways

[SsimpliCcity]

See which one is more worth the price and which one lose so much money .. so got to study more and dont buy in a poisoned condition.

[Shinsengumi]

New only purchase through Rolex AD as too many fakes frauds and scammers out there plus with used never know what your going to end up with .
Far less headaches stick with new purchased from AD

[rolexbeginner]

For popular models, pre-owned Rolex might be more expensive than the brand new ones from Europe, especially Italy. Prices for Rolex in Hong Kong are very good too.