Buy a Rolex can maintain value, such nonsense, who told you?

"The stock market is bad, the house can not afford, the gold is not good, buy a watch, okay?" "Asked the friend.

Friends, like the vast numbers of working people in Asia, have a natural love for Rolex. Recently, he was given a shot of chicken. At the recent spring auction in Geneva, the highest price Rolex in the history of timepieces was born: in May 13th, an unknown buyer was paid $5 million (about 39 million Hong Kong dollars).

Even more legendary, the Rolex is neither a red Submariner nor a super rare Paul Newman, but a tiny 36 millimeter gold watch.

Of course, a record - breaking watch is not a student without a story. It is the owner of the last emperor of Vietnam Nguyen Fu Tian, because used to protect large, so this watch also named Paul, it is said that this watch is bought insurance in 1954 to Geneva to participate in the peace conference.

The uniqueness of this watch, except for the remains of the last emperor of Vietnam, is still true

A solitary. The same version of the watch has three pieces, according to auction house wealth arts, but the large piece is the only diamond watch in the even numbered position.

So in the last emperor and the unique double packaging, the Rolex prices have gone up.

The last transaction was made in 2002, when it was sold for $235000. In other words, the price of this watch has doubled in 15 years 21 years.

People with watches on micro-blog say:

I also want some table (with the PN) to reduce your price I play it, but for the personal interests of true love, I also would like to see the rose,

Now that money has gone up, maybe the price is healthy. Otherwise, your income rose in my desire, rose, what today I can take many years before the price to buy the amount of surviving only less than good? Collar - schen

Protect the big market, also let some love table to eat melon, the crowd is boiling with blood: is it right to buy a Rolex to invest, and by the way to resist inflation?

Oh, what nonsense! Who told you that?

Rolex antique table is popular is the fact, but compared with gold, Rolex is far less than the level of hard currency, particularly in the retail industry in recent years the downturn, Rolex will also be looking for a handout.

Said network founder Zhang Fan: to store new table price to see the so-called capital belongs to the basic program, the secondary market price is really the standard test whether hedging.

But with the original price or higher than the original price in the secondary market can not buy all styles, models, if the vast numbers of working people can afford to buy, why use the same price in a second-hand?

In fact, watches are generally appreciated only through one way: the auction house. So, the auction is not your ordinary people (basic) can enter? Then special styles must be purchased in special channels.

So, whether Rolex or Patek Philippe or Panerai watches, investment value, and not by the brand decision, Rolex market is strong, but not every model has this effect.

The puzzling question is: where does Rolex's concept of "hard currency" come from?

First of all, everyone can think of gangsters. In fact, not only gangs, but also the working people of the whole region of Asia have a obsession with Rolex, which stems from the heyday of Hongkong cinema.

Rolex is the last gangster asylum, Rolex is a capital game and run away when. Without Rolex, black bosses are like white-collar workers who haven't bought social security, and their hearts are always empty.

The above sentence from some time ago Shuabing article "why each boss wore Rolex".

Several examples are also given.

In the "young", Chen Haonan singled out the theater in Tuen Mun East Star Yao Yang, before the handle on the Rolex Daytona to the pheasant custody, as in the funeral arrangements. Pheasant chenhaona only sent his fugitive offenders, what is their own piece of Rolex.

In fact, Rolex's highest exposure movie was "Infernal Affairs" at the beginning of 2000. Several gangsters in Tsim Sha Tsui don't wear black Rolex or gold Rolex on each person's hand.

Infernal Affairs at the beginning of 2, Edison Chan on the way to kill uncle Kun he stopped looked watches in the window, but as the underworld. The minimum rank, which afford the Rolex! So he swallowed and went away, and continued on his way to kill uncle Kun

After a few years, Edison Chan finally broke into the police force and bought the Rolex of that year, the most mechanical AIR KING, with no calendar, no week, only the simplest three pin timing. But even so, 4W yuan is also necessary.

"Not only" fishing "(Rolex), D people and you can't see, you want to. If you don't have a Rolex, it's not someone who looks down on you, but doesn't see you at all

Although the background of the film "Isabella" is Macao, it reflects the status of Rolex in the minds of the people of Hongkong.

If the gangster movie is not convincing enough, then the story of the first Chinese kidnappers might convince you.

The son of Hongkong's richest man, Li Jiacheng, has been kidnapped, and the kidnappers, named Zhang Ziqiang, have been blackmailed into HK $1 billion.

When Zhang Ziqiang was 36 years old, he committed the first big event with Rolex.

In February 2, 1990, at Eic airport in Hongkong, the Swiss Rolex Corporation shipped 40 boxes of 2500 Rolex watches to Hongkong, worth HK $30 million. When the security guards watch company into the car, suddenly rushed over 5 armed masked men, watch all the stolen, one of them, Zhang Ziqiang is the first person China kidnappers.

The gang's love of Rolex can be seen.

So, although "Mr." does not agree to buy the table manners to hedge investment, such nonsense, but in the world of watches, Rolex is relatively more in line with the concept of "hard currency", as is true of all transactions, are recognized by the market and the circulation of the decision.

Here to add more users @ two negative views:

Rolex talked about the "value", "value actually items" and "value added" is a very difficult to describe the attributes, such as for example before I old Rolex AirKing in eBay 50 percent off for sale in the purchase price, the basic models China this Rolex the most basic buyers do not have "value of course, this effect, AirKing Rolex is really too special, can not as an example. The annual sales lost while the HK and Dubai also have a discount, but in many places is in short supply, each year to maintain 15% to 20% price increase, at this point it is "value added".

Some people say that Patek Philippe is more luxurious, why can't it compare with Rolex?

Minute six digit price determines its highbrow. So it tells everyone in the ad:

No one can own Patek Philippe, just for the next generation.

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