Any SS Professional Series Rolex bought as a "walk-in" at RRP within the next decade, PPN within the next century. An Omega SE or LE if they only actually did it once and truly was.
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For what it is, fabulous.
Whether it would command respect in WIS circles is another question.
All theoretical for me though. I don't qualify as I wear my baseball cap with the peak at the front :devilish:
However, given the annual unit production numbers below (source unknown but seem about right, borrowed from WUS), I think it is a question of the sort of respect you wish to engender in other WIS . . . .
Tissot >2,000,000
Rolex 1,000,000
Omega ~700,000
Tag Heuer 700,000
Longines 500,000
Baume & Mercier 200,000
Breitling 110,000-290,000
Cartier ~100,000 (based on 700 million pieces averaging 7000 dollars each)
Panerai ~70,000
PP 40,000
JLC 35,000
IWC 30,000
AP 26,000
VC 20,000
Piaget 20,000
Breguet 17,000
Glashutte Original <10,000
A Lange S 2,000
H Moser 1,500
F P Journe 600
Moritz Grossmann 400
D Dornblüth 200
I would have thought that he sort of person really wanting to do "stealth wealth" is possibly going to be attracted to the lower end of the scale.
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One of the most recognisable watches on the planet - how is that supposed to be "stealth"?
I favour this - it looks old and crappy and small.
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Since when was a 116719BLRO one of the most recognisable watches on the planet? If the manager of a Rolex AD couldn't recognise it then "Stealth" it is.
[QUOTE=Holsterman;5135088]One of the most recognisable watches on the planet - how is that supposed to be "stealth"?
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As been mentioned earlier in the thread: Dormblüth?
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You should try Bremont. Even if a villain recognises it, he won't want to steal it 😈
I'd agree with Grand Seiko. Because, for better or worse it's associated with Seiko and most people think cheap shopping centre watches when they think Seiko. Long may it last, I'm slowly honing down my longlist and GS is featured.
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Panerai radiomir.
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Chopard LUC would seem to fit the bill very nicely.
I used to work in a sector where you'd be talking to a CEO one minute and then someone who has literally just the clothes on there back in life the next.
A stealth watch would have been nice for me when I was in the role, not to impress the few who knew but for safety, both my speedy and my g-shocks would attract lots of attention so I ended up with a Seiko 5 on a NATO which seemed to slip under the radar.
Now I do some voluntary work occasionally and that is holding me back from a custard dial, as it would portray the wrong image to the client base. I'm not one for changing my watches I'll wear the same one for months at a time.
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Smiths.
That’s absolutely fascinating, I don’t understand the Cartier figures though .
Panerai have come a long way in a short time . I thought Franck Muller would be in there somewhere, but stealth isn’t his thing .
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I think the Cartier figure (I copied verbatim from WUS) is dividing their sales turnover by the presumed average price, and that the original author “misspoke”.
Also, the list is definitely not comprehensive. Many brands are missing.
I have to admit that, because it’s my area of interest, I added the last four to the list on the basis of my own research (of which I am fairly confident).
HTH
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The only time you should give a monkey's left testicle about what other people think about your watch, is when those people are likely to be coveting it nefariously and planning to part you from it using a machete if necessary.
If you're wearing a watch to portray an image (whatever that may be), then you should work on your self assuredness. If something makes you smile and hurts no-one else, go for it. If it's all about the image you portray, then I'm afraid I think that's rather shallow.
I think most non-steel vintage watches are pretty stealthy, PP and Vacheron in particular.
I was recently corresponding with Soren Petersen the CEO of Urban Jorgensen and discussed production numbers.
Since 1982 (the start of the brand) production has been about 1000 watches. Thats about 27 watches a year.
You dont get much more under the radar than that.
My thoughts precisely. People get too bent out of shape thinking about this things. You are not making a sly attack on an enemy that you have to think about flying under the radar, whatever that means. You like it, you wear it. Your choice shouldn’t be dictated by whether someone will notice it or what they will think if they notice it.
Ah.
Now there you may have a point.
( My greatest fear is that, should I pass before my wife does, that she'll sell my collection for what I told her it cost me! )
Edit to add...
Thinking about it, divorce is when someone is coveting your watch(es) nefariously and planning to part you from them using a machete if possible!
How about 5 grand for a non-Grand Seiko?
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I used to buy and sell trainers to make a bit of cash at uni. I obviously kept a few for myself as well. I came home and started work and, like most people that age, I owed my mum and dad a few quid. I remember buying some deadstock Reebok Pump Twilight Zone from a collector in Japan for a small fortune. They came through the door and my old man went nuts. I told him they were £15 from TK Maxx (they might have been 50x that). A few days later I found him cutting the grass in them as ‘he couldn’t find the garage key and these were the only cheap shoes he could find in the house’
In retrospect, he knew and was teaching me a lesson. He’s a legend my dad...
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Ellgal: hehehe great story that one.
Agree with the GS suggestiions, especially the old style Grand Seiko, with the Seiko branding. A simple, smaller cased, plain one.
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Nothing says stealth wealth like hiding in plain sight with an Apple watch :D
Platinum 40mm Octa RDM.
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A. Lange & Söhne. Only watch people recognise them and know what they’re worth.
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Second that!
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JLC Reverso in gold. Most peeps will assume it's some piece of crap grandad left you and are only wearing for sentimental reasons
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Is it any different to numerous other items we own? Some people choose ‘flash’ clothes and similarly exhibitionist cars/ jewellery / boats/ holidays; houses, everything really.
Others like discretion and fly under the radar. It was always thus.
Love the Langes and Reverso.
Philippe Dufour Simplicity.
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