Okay so I may have too much time on my hands starting a thread with Rolex and Investment in the title so I predict the usual "boring been done before" posts, but in this climate I feel its relative to weigh up both scenarios.
I was looking into investing in a long term fund and was surprised at the gains and loses compared to Rolex prices which I also keep an eye on, plus its a bit of fun to look back and see how things have moved over the last 5 years.
Below are real life examples of watches sold here on SC (hopefully sellers dont mind me linking their old ads). The fund (Vanguard LifeStrategy 100% Equity fund) is based on investing £10k in March 2015, as can be seen from the graph the fund grew well over the last 5 years to just under £16k until the last few months, with CV hitting the markets its dropped to £13K currently and heading south.
https://www.vanguardinvestor.co.uk/i...fund_fund_link
Below are two Rolex 1665 Seadweller's, first one is a full set the second is a rail dial, both were posted for sale here at £10k'ish around the same time you could have invested £10k into the Vanguard fund in 2015.
Now Chrono24 has some 1665's with prices all over the place as expected but I think its fair to say the below watches are now £20k+, saying that, most expect material assets to lose money over this tumultuous period like investment funds but I think the 1665 will hold better value than the Vanguard fund.
https://forum.tz-uk.com/showthread.p...665+Seadweller
https://forum.tz-uk.com/showthread.p...665+Seadweller
As a bit of fun you could have also had this Red 1680 Sub for £6995, now probabley £25k- £30k
https://forum.tz-uk.com/showthread.p...highlight=1680
So, in times of austerity gold was the main port, is Rolex the new gold??
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