Best Watches You Can Invest in Right Now

While the millennials are replacing mechanical wristwatches with smartwatches and fitness trackers, we still believe that there is no substitute for a classic timepiece. A wristwatch serves two purposes – telling the time and making a strong style statement. Thus, whether you wear a strong, tech-rich chronograph or a classic leather-strap dress watch to complement your suit, your watch will say a lot about you.  

This is why; we are here to help you pick the best investment watches that not only hold a great value but also great quality.

When you are buying a watch and spending heavily on it, you want to make sure that its value will sustain if not increase over time. This could be a short and simple answer – luxury watches. There’s a wide range of different tier luxury brands that range from a Rolex watch to a Breitling watch. However, we would take a longer route and talk in detail about some of the best kinds of investment watches.

Before we jump on to talking brands, here is a reality check. Horological speculation may not always be fruitful. At best, a classic wristwatch may appreciate only by a slight margin. Sure, there have been exceptions when guys held onto Paul Newman Rolexes – but that happens rarely. It still, however, is not that much of a bad deal because there is hardly a drop in the value of wristwatches.

Go Vintage

If your mind is still made up, then be sure to follow a way about it. One of these ways could be to go vintage, giving attention to some of the nifty, less famous brands that have yet to kick off. This would have been Omega a couple of years ago, but the ship of cheap purchases has sailed a long time back. Older Cartiers still hold good value, and in case you are hooked on an entry-level time machine, then Seikos are definitely worth a pick.

Watch Investment Recommendations

If this is your final decision, then we would suggest investing in a watch that you would not have problems being stuck with. It will not devalue more on your wrist than in a crate, so in case you are hanging tight for its value to go up, you should start flashing it off. The only hitch is that if it does make it to a collector’s item, you probably will not be able to let go. However, most of the people will be happy in such a position.

Currently, we are not going to predict which watches will or will not appreciate with time. If anyone guarantees you that, he is most likely Nostradamus. Nonetheless, there are a few brands you can generally depend on to be a delightful earner, none of which should come as a surprise to you.

• Breitling

Breitling was found in 1884 and since then, it has only made its way up to the category of most luxurious watches. The brand has consistently produced vintage Navitimers, Aerospaces, Superoceans, and Chronomats. Breitling can be accounted for creating the ‘look’ of modern-day wristwatch chronograph. They have successfully kept pace with other top of the line watchmakers with regards to complication capabilities (chronographs, perpetual calendars, tourbillons, connected watches, emergency locator beacons, etc.). Given their success, this brand is definitely worth an investment shot.

• Rolex

We do not think there is much explaining to do under this brand name. Get the Rolex – the golden crown that can never go wrong. If you desire to get one of their sports watches, then get your name added on the waiting list. When you finally get it, you can perhaps turn it around there and then, particularly when you get your dingy little paws on the most recent Daytona.

As per our advice, we would suggest going for the rose fold “root beer” GMT-Master II. First of all, nothing else has the value that gold does; furthermore, and above all, it is simply dazzling. It is also  

• Patek Philippe

Next, we have the brand that we know as the most prestigious in the world: Patek Philippe. Their market is smaller in a way that they produce low quantities of the high-end timepiece. Thus, this is going to be a bit more of an investment than Rolex; however, there are better margins of return if you grab a cool piece. To name of the models, The Patek Philippe Calatrava Pilot Travel Time 5524G is certainly that.

• Panerai Luminor Base

The Panerai Luminor Base comes with a hand-wound Panerai OP I caliber and a 56-hour power reserve. The designers are from Italy but the makers are from Switzerland. The experts say that Panerai’s stout, cushion-shaped watches belong to the modern cult wonder and a standout amongst the best investments one can attempt. This brand has an incredible base of collectors. Even if there takes place a small change, each model is exclusive and limited. Thus, whichever Panerai you purchase will become a collectible item soon enough.

• A. Lange & Sohne

Last but not the least, our sure bet is to jump over the border to Germany, Glashutte particularly, and the name that made it the Saxon watchmaking center it is: A. Lange & Sohne. They are not as powerful as Rolex and Patek in terms of collectors, yet those that they do have are unquenchable. Move away from their classics and try grabbing the Datograph Up/Down Lumen.

The Datograph is as of now one of the brand’s most preferred pieces. To score an intense collector’s piece, change it with a smoked sapphire dial and enough lume to make a Geiger counter nervous. Likewise, you will have one of the most desirable Langes ever built, which is only a bonus.

The ideal thing about these brands is not that they are going to make you money (they might as well). No, interestingly, they are the watches you will wear all this while. They are not some low-cost replicas, but genuine pieces that the buyer must treat with more regard than some horrendous painting by a tormented painter choosing to impose it on the world through the canvas.