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Originally Posted by Deppe
I am not saying that it is easy, but that also depends on who you are. I know people who have no problems selling them because they are known “watch nerds” and therefore have a lot of get-togethers with other watch nerds. If they want to sell, they ask around their network and get it sold that way. I myself have not had any problems either even though I am not in a “watch nerd” network. I agree that selling a Rolex is a lot easier than an ALS, but I disagree that the only price you can realise is what the gray offers or what it sells for at auction. Also, I feel that there are a little confusion between the terms “liquidity” and “value retention” in this thread.
But to each their own  |
With a few exceptions ALS is on the lower side of liquidity and value retention. This only became an issue for me when I was asked to bundle the 1815 Tourbillon with the Zeitwerk Lumen. The 1815 is $180900 full pay upfront with 12 month wait. It’s a beautiful piece as are all ALS but I have no interest in this piece. It was merely a means to an end as proposed by ALS. So I looked into the secondary market for the 1815 Tourbillon and the best offers I could get for new, never worn with stickers, box and papers was in the $90k range. That’s a real life contemporary scenario as created by ALS themselves.