Reply With QuoteAs the current models rise in price, the older models follow.
For less than £8.5k you could have the SDC which is to my mind a much better watch.
What on earth is happening?
Was looking at a jewellers site and they had a seadweller on there at £8k. Bloody hell I thought they're trying it on so just had a look at the Watchfinder site and they have 5 seadweller 16600's from 2005 to 2010 and the prices are from just under 6k up to £8.5k.
When did they get so expensive and why is there a £2.5k difference between a 2005 and a 2010.
Please can someone educate me as I thought they were doing around the £4k/£4.5 mark.
Am i missing something?
Neil
As the current models rise in price, the older models follow.
For less than £8.5k you could have the SDC which is to my mind a much better watch.
Last edited by -Ally-; 27th June 2017 at 18:08.
I had the chance to get a nice 1660 at this price early in 2016 for less than 8.5k
Aren't the WF models at £8.5k NOS?
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I still regret sending my 1992 tritium dialed SD back a few years ago because the clasp was cr@p.
How much? £4,000!!!!!
I've got a 2008-2009 16600 that I find the bracelet really good on compared to the six digit ref nos! I had a SD4000 for less than 24 hours, not for me, but I do find that with most modern Rolex! We are all different thank God..
I had no issue with the bracelet but the clasp just didn't inspire confidence. That strange groove that the bar fits into made it easy for the clasp to spring open all by itself.
Good shout Vince, it feels slightly more robust than a 93150 and the polished ends to the links make it just that little bit special. Just given my M serial 16600 to my son so I am still traumatised.!!Originally Posted by Snoodles
Think mine is a M too Bob. Hope you are well Chief? Ah your a good Old Man! Taking my son to FOS Thursday, no doubt he will be paying for all the food & drinks in the Hotel Tomorrow Night! 樂
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High demand for the best watches out there
Have 2 brand new in the safe for the kids studies funds among other things
Looks to be a few nice UK SD's on eBay for mid 5k's, I recently bought an LV off eBay and did a face to face deal with a great seller. You might get a better deal going this route.
If it makes you feel better, I sold my LV for three grand a couple of years ago.
Mark Worthington have two unworn 16600's in, both just under £10K.
They offered me £5K for my Z serial SD two months ago.
Bloody hell!
I love the 16600, I'm on my 4th now, having had 3 SD4K's in between. Finally settled on a very tidy 1997 tritium dial which I've fitted with the 97200 bracelet from a SD4K so I now have the best of both worlds.
Rolex SS watch market is now FOMO driven. People will buy at any price because prices can only go up, forever.
We'll see.
Whoa, that's a kick in the nuts right enough 😳
You must be having palpitations of the wallet. Have you checked the selling price of these recently. Not much on Chrono24 below £10k.At least neither of you sold an Ed White for £3250 three years ago
On the SD Mike Wood has a nice example below £5k.
Last edited by Wallasey Runner; 27th June 2017 at 22:38.
Three and a half ;) . If it makes you feel any better, I repeated the mistake and sold it on for the same price a few months after - I share in your regret.
And I still think about 11erv's Daytona...
Good 16600 sets can still be found for under £5,000 and at that level offer excellent value.
Compare with the prevailing market for contemporary 16710 GMTs and 16610s, and reflect just how few SeaDwellers were sold.
H
Looks a good one. No papers. There was a loose one on SC recently for £4.2k.
In this market, at that valuation, wouldn't stay for long...
I did 😓At least neither of you sold an Ed White for £3250 three years ago
No one would buy my Ed White 3 years ago for £3k so I still have it!!
£3k is too low. I offer £3,010
It definitely seems like it. As a skeptic, it has made each purchase a real thought consuming process - "would I want to spend $XXXX on a watch when the market might collapse leaving me with a $XXXX/2 valued watch?". It makes the buyer experience a lot more deliberate.
Ignoring the 16610LV, do you really have a hot market for 16610s in the UK? In the USA the three models that seem the most under priced are the 16610LB, 40mm Explorer 2, and the 16600. People have attempted to pump the Explorer 2 market with the 3186 movement, and been somewhat successful - leaving the two most classic Rolex divers the distinctly "least hot" references available.
Everything at the right price of course, but the 16610 black is indeed a steady banker. Historically it was always better than the 16710 GMT but that has reversed somewhat of late. It is interesting that the 14060, traditionally a little lame and sold in far fewer numbers than the 16610, has almost closed the gap on its big brother.
I still cannot commercially see the Explorer II in the same league as the other sports models. That should elicit the usual protest from the "I juggle diamond drill bits for a living and my Exp II bezel is still perfect" club...
Many years ago when I bought my 16710 (original pepsi bezel even) I did so because it was the cheapest model that had a rotating bezel - like the 16610 which I really wanted but couldn't afford at the time. Times have definitely changed.
Tony, if you don't bond with the ceramic Daytona I will do you a swop for an Ed White
My 16600 is going absolutely nowhere.
Andy
Wanted - Damasko DC57
Mike has had it for sale for a while now, I know because I have looked at that watch about 50 times over the last few weeks..
So tempted for my first Rolex and a trusted seller, I have read many a time "buy the seller"...
He also has an Explorer II which is more likely to become my first Rolex..
UWTC - it may be small consolation, but I very nearly did. It's such a gorgeous watch I downloaded your excellent shots. For example....
I feel your pain, happy to alleviate that chap..
Ugandian shillings ok?
Ok, bidding war...£3,020 plus a packet of Jaffa cakes bid.....
That has to be one of the cleanest dials that I have seen on an Ed White. Is it a service replacement as it doesn't have the T either side of Swiss Made and it doesn't look like it has a stepped dial. Would explain why it looks brand new.UWTC - it may be small consolation, but I very nearly did. It's such a gorgeous watch I downloaded your excellent shots. For example....
Last edited by Wallasey Runner; 30th June 2017 at 14:09.
For Ed White owners who sold for £3k to £4k a few years back, one has just been auctioned in Cheshire and although it wasn't the best example it did have original bracelet and box and papers and went for £12.9k - that's just under £16k with fees etc added.
Is that crazy money or a reflection of where the vintage Speedmaster market is going. Come on Simon, hurry up I want mine back.
Ouch!
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"Too late, too late" will be the cry when the man with the bargains has passed you by
All the previous generation Sports are in shorter supply and keener priced than ever before with only the 16610 classic sub being the easiest to find on a budget largely due to the sheer volume of them sold compared to no dates and sea dwellers. That said even they are healthier than ever and will continue to grow and prove to be a very shrewd investment.
RIAC
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