With the popularity of watch blogs and articles increasing substantially, it didn't take long for the SKX to arrive on the scene and start getting attention left right and centre. With the explosive growth of the internet, a huge platform was born for people to talk to others across the world and increase everyone's reach. The Seiko SKX is quite possibly the most iconic affordable watch of the past 20 years. However when it comes to Seiko I'm going a little more modern. The old Seiko Hi-beat models,(commonly known as early versions of the modern day Grand Seiko) can be picked up for anywhere around the £300-£400 mark, which over time does have the potential to increase in value. When it comes to watches for potential investments, there are many options from Seiko which fall under affordable. It's impossible to talk about popular modern day watches without ending up covering Seiko. By playing such an important role in the history of watchmaking, it's hard to believe that the value of Swatch watches would ever plummet to zero. For the sake of tens of pounds, I believe its worth snatching a few Swatches while you can. Swatch have also done many collaborations with brands, artists, creators over the years so its worth keeping an eye out for those in your search. Un-opened and un-used would be even better. Stick to the ones that still have the original box, ideally with the original strap is still intact. When it comes to purchasing a Swatch watch as an investment, keep your eyes open for a complete set. What started off as quick, easy, throwaway watches have now become a haven for watch enthusiasts (like yourselves) to jump on board and pick up a vital historical slice of horology. This initiative from Swatch arguable saved the Swiss market, which is why some Swatches can demand high prices on the second hand market. In 1983 up stepped Swatch with a simple message, to create affordable Swiss quartz models for the fashion conscious consumer. It was a worrying time for all Swiss companies, many had to quickly attempt to change their strategy to keep up with this new age of watchmaking. Two thirds of all watchmaking jobs ceast to exist and around 50% of Swiss watch companies had shut their factory doors. At this time, watchmaking was rather quickly looking like an extinct profession. With a well thought out plan devised, the Japanese dominated the watch market with more than 25 million watches being exported compared to the Swiss only managing 3 million. A new era of digital Japanese watches were born from the likes of Seiko and Citizen. Created by merging the terms 'second' and 'watch', Swatch was first developed in the early 1980s as Europe's reply to not only an influx of new age digital watches from the far East, but also as a way to try and save dying Swiss watchmaking. We can't discuss affordable watches that hold their value without talking about Swatch. Invest in some of the models mentioned below, play around with some vintage watches around £20-£50 and learn from the ground up. My advice is if you were looking to pick up a few watches, I would start with small, manageable purchases. Now, I'm no expert in buying and selling watches but I do spend all my days and evenings surrounded by watches and I believe I've got a good idea on what's hot at the moment. It's a risky game unless you know your stuff. Doing it this way should hopefully ensure there should be something here for everyone, no matter how deep your pockets are.Ī word of warning, when it comes to investing a lot of money in watches. I'm going to start from the ground up, stopping around a few thousands of pounds. One mans affordable is another mans expensive. Now I use the term 'affordable' carefully. Look at this article as a friendly chat going over a few suggestions, from one collector to another.
It can be extremely daunting exploring this side of horology, that's why I've got together a selection of watches I believe would be worth investing some money into now. Now, don't take this as me complaining about these watch fans, these are some of the people that keep the watch industry popular and consistently moving forward ( look no further than Paul Newman's Paul Newman for example). just exciting.Īs with anything however, there will be people who look at watches just for the potential financial gain that can be made on purchasing rare, desirable watches. The idea of a combination of many different parts all working away in a confide area to accurately portray time all while being attached to your wrist is for some reason. Many of the watch fan base is here because we love watches. There is quite simply more people out there after many types of watches, from a £200 Seiko to a £80,000 Patek.
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