Why New & Not Used: Sports models only

[steel4me]

this pertains only to sports models like subs and gmt IIs and SD ofcourse because my knowledge only extends to these models.

We all know that rolex holds its value well. Wehn I was in the market for rolex, I looked at used and new prices. What I found was that used prices were atleast 70% of new ones .... obviously lets consider used as something 10yrs old ....

So when I bought my SD, the guy had a used one from 1998 for $4000 ....and another one for $3600, that was even older ..
and a new Z with all its stickers for $4800 .... doesn't take a nuclear scientist to figure out what's a better deal ...

My policy has been that when I am into the thousands, I rather have new than old. Even though the old one was completely overhauled, it is still old ... why take someone else's old stuff when a little more gives you a totally new watch whose history starts with you?

Anyone else notice how used sports model prices are pretty darn close to their new counterparts?