anyone noticed lately - watch brands like to do price increase and discount cuts?

[Watcha]

I don't find omega cheap. Panerai is more expensive than Rolex to me.

[pegasi]

I don't find omega cheap. Panerai is more expensive than Rolex to me.

x2

But our guru is always right, so surely he knows something that we don't know.

[desfrie]

Mind boggling there are snobs around who claim that Omegas and PAMs are cheap. He should check out the latest price list. Well, of course he will claim those movements are inferior etc. and not worth the price....

[seiko.citizen]

it could be that some people have moved away from mainstream towards something more exotic?

hence rolex/pams/omegas have become "cheap"?

[Watcha]

Rolex is already cheaper than panerai.

Regular production, non auto, no date, no bracelet, plastic crystal, no cosc.
14~15k.

[seiko.citizen]

Probably But rolex is still worth collecting

no point.... later rolex become too cheap you will be wasting your money. time to move up a tier.

[satch]

i think the regular price increase is really to sustain the perception of "resale value" for buyers... with newer releases coming up every year, older pieces will definitely drop in resale value (unless it's a certain collector piece) simply because relatively newer pre-owned pieces are coming up every year... e.g. a K series PAM fetches lesser than a N series, assuming similar condition etc. however, since prices of Pams keep going up every year, pre-owned prices will also tend to follow-suit, and hence reduce the "depreciation" for resale pieces..

my 2 cents.