Small knowledge of antique watch collection

Most people will think that watches are old, even those that are more than 100 years old are antique watches, but watches that have been worn on your wrist for more than 100 years can be said to be pitiful. What kind of antique watches are worth collecting;

First, it must be perfect. That is to say, the appearance is better.

Second, we must identify ourselves. Make clear the manufacturer, production year, basic function, style and mechanical structure.

Third, you must have the workmanship of high-end watches, and the materials used must be the best. In other words, under normal use, its service life can exceed 100 years.

Fourth, the original appearance must be maintained and cannot be modified.

Five, its mechanical structure design must be precise, solid and durable.

Six, keep the accuracy of time and the integrity of parts.

Antique watch collection

In recent years, with the heating up of collection fever, antique clocks and watches have a great appreciation trend, which deserves attention. At present, the prices of some famous watches in the past are not low at home and abroad. In the 1920s, Patek Philippe diamond jewelry watches were worth HK$ 600,000, Cartier 18 watches were worth HK$ 80,000, the best Rolex? The prince watch is worth $70,000; 1890 A piece 18K gold ancient pocket watch is made in London, England. It has a gold watch cover, 32 gems, a sun, a moon and a star, and a thin needle, which is worth about 800,000 Hong Kong dollars.

There are about 50 kinds of world famous watches. Patek Philippe, Cartier, Belle Pony, Audemars Piguet, Cooper Ling, Xiahuo, Chopin, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Earl, Rolex, Tiffany, Cosmos, Vacheron Constantin, etc. are all brands that collectors are eager for. Other famous watches include Shi Ming, Longines, Kunlun, Fan Fei, Baizhi, Zunhuang, Dumei, Flywheel, Radar, Tito, Athens, Wheeler, Carpet School, Ebro, Breitling, Baoluhua, Elqin, Gao Luyun, Minerva and Oulujian. They are all brand-name watches that we pay attention to when investing.

There are many kinds of clocks and watches, among which antique clocks and watches are the main ones, which have real collection value. The longer it takes, the more it can attract people's enthusiasm for collecting and preserving value; Rare ancient clocks, pocket watches and watches appreciate rapidly and are worth collecting. Of course, modern, rare and quantitative commemorative watches also have collection value. According to a veteran who collects watches, under normal circumstances, if it is a watch of the same brand and quality, the square shell is more expensive than the round shell, and the square shell is more expensive than the shell; On the surface, the pointer font is also related to hedging. Solid Arabic characters are the most valuable, followed by Roman characters, bar scale, lettering and redrawing. The most precious case is platinum, followed by 18K gold, 14K gold, 9K gold, silver, gold plating, silver plating and steel. Among K gold, red gold is the most expensive, followed by gold and platinum. But there are also special alloy cases that are more expensive than gold cases.

Finally, it is very important to see whether the dial is complete and whether the parts of the movement are pieced together. The value of the "things" table is extremely low, and the collection value is not great.

Nowadays, the common old pocket watches and watches have a market value of about one piece in 30 yuan, and some famous old watches are around 200 yuan. Early high-end watches, the price is higher, but they can't be met, depending on the luck of collectors.

Matters needing attention in collecting master watches

Collecting master watches is a very keen project for collectors, especially the original watches of famous factories such as Rolex and Patek Philippe.

Strictly speaking, master watches should not be collectively referred to as "antique" watches, because according to the traditional custom, anything over 100 years old can be called "antique". From this point of view, the history of watches is actually very short, only from the beginning of the twentieth century, only a few watches can reach a hundred years.

Many Rolex watches in the collection are modified, such as the "bubble back" watch in the 1940s, and many parts in the movement are not original. For another example, some "moon-phase watches" that claim to be from the 1960s are most likely fakes or fake "noodles" and are worthless.

Another common way of "counterfeiting" is to add some fine diamonds to the old women's watches of "Rolex" in the 1970s or the cheaper "coin watches" to increase their value.

In fact, those newly cut and ground fine diamonds are not very valuable. In addition, the inlaid work cost more than 1000 yuan, but they became antique jewelry watches. An ordinary old watch originally worth two or three thousand yuan sold for three or twenty thousand yuan. Therefore, when you buy a collection, you must study it carefully.

Guide to the collection of world famous watches

When it comes to famous watches, ordinary collectors will naturally think of watches with high domestic prices, such as Rolex and Omega. Indeed, this kind of watch is valued by Chinese people because of its high price, but in a top ten watch selection held in 2000, Rolex only ranked ninth, while Omega fell out of the top ten, only fourteen. It can be seen that famous watches, which enjoy a high reputation in China at present, are still in a low position in the field of world famous watch collection. So which brands are among the best in the world famous watch collection field at present?

The world's first watch was generally recognized as born in 1587 in Switzerland. In the years when the watch was first invented, it was only used as a miniaturized clock. /kloc-at the beginning of the 0/7th century, watches became popular in French upper class. At that time, the nobles attached great importance to the style of their watches. At that time, the timing of watches has become a secondary thing, so the styles of watches at that time were very special and sold very high at the auction now.

In the 20th century, PatekPhilippe became a famous brand in the field of watchmaking, famous for its complicated production, accurate timing and numerous functions. 1928, HenryGraves, a watch collector in new york at that time, asked the watchmaker of PatekPhilippe to make a unique watch, which has more than 900 parts and can accurately keep the time to 2 100. At the auction of Sotheby's 1999, it was sold at a record price of 1 1002500.

In recent years, with the improvement of people's living standards and the degree of opening to the outside world. Some world famous watches, such as PatekPhilippe and VacheronCon Constantin? Stan Ding), Audemar? SPigeut), Blancpain (formerly known as Blancpain), Piaget, Chappard, etc. They all entered the famous clock cities in China. Among them, Blancpain is the earliest watch brand in the world. It never produces quartz watches and square watches, and its annual output is extremely limited. Every watch is handmade by the same watchmaker from beginning to end. The watchmaker will meticulously do it himself, and when everything is finished, he will personally sign the watch record book and number the watch. From 1735, this tradition comes down in one continuous line and remains unchanged.

Rating watches.

For watches, everyone may have their own favorite brand and style. Working in the watch circle for a long time, facing all kinds of imported watches, my friends in the circle and online are reclassified according to the classification of domestic imported watches before, so I sorted them out and gave them to watch lovers for reference. According to the strength of the watch factory and the price of the brand, the classifier does not consider the material of the case, and the brand is not fully included.

1, special table:

He is good at making complex function tables, which fully shows the technical strength of the watch factory. The brand has high gold content and limited output, and the price is 654.38+10,000 yuan. Some brands of ordinary watches can be classified into the first category.

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe

AP Airbnb

A. Langer company. Sune Breguet

Roger Dolbius Haojue

Palma Johnny

Blancpain Blancpain (complex model)

ULYSSE NARDIN Athens (complex model)

Frank Mill (Complex Model)

Glashü tte Original Glashü tte

Gillard-Peregu white matter (complex model)

IWC nations (complex model)

2. Category I:

Classic watch suitable for China's high-paying status.

Rolex Rolex

Jaeger-lecoultre Jaeger-lecoultre

Cartier Cartier

Chopin Chopin

Piaget Earl

Young and tender, respecting the emperor

3, the second category:

Suitable for domestic high-paid table tennis players.

Quellec

Kunlun Kunlun

Daniel ross

Timekeeping Swiss Ruibao

Omega. Omega

EBEL yubao

4, second class, first class:

With advanced movement and outstanding polishing technology, it occupies the middle and high-grade field and is suitable for the middle class in China.

Breitling Breitling

Tudor dynasty

TAG Heuer

Bomei company. Mesia Shi Ming

Maurice Lacroix El Yuan Mei

Bulgari Bulgari

5, second class, second class:

Middle and low-grade movement, general polishing technology and strong tools, about 5000 yuan to 15000 yuan, suitable for ordinary people in China.

Longines Longines

Movado

Eternal ethics

XEMEX

RADO radar

ictus

6, three categories:

Basic movement, guaranteed quality, genuine manufacturer's brand, the price is mostly below 10,000 yuan, which is the basic style of board game players.

ORIS has good eyesight.

Tissot Tissot

Hamilton Hamilton

Mido mido

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