Why buying designer replica watches is garbage
For someone who is new to the wonderful world of luxury timepieces, it can be very confusing to differentiate between designer timepieces and luxury timepieces – after all, they are both just expensive watches, right? Not so, the distinction is extremely important if you are buying a luxury timepiece and want a timepiece that will hold its value for a long time. In this article, we will discuss which brands are considered designer versus which are considered luxury, the similarities and differences between designer and luxury watches, and why luxury watches hold their value while designer watches do not.
Which brands are considered designer versus luxury
First, we will discuss which brands are considered designer and luxury. The easiest way for someone who is new to watches to understand what a cheap rolex replica watch is, is that designer watches are mass-produced and sold in retail stores and other traditional channels. Designer watches are similar to regular commercial watches, but they are more expensive and boast name brands such as Gucci, Movado, Michael Kors, Louis Vuitton and others. Designer watches usually range from $100 on the low end to $1,000 on the high end.
One of the problems with designer watches is the movement, which is usually a cheap quartz movement with no intrinsic value. A little known fact about designer watches is that they are essentially the same as a regular watch, the only difference being the name brand. In other words, a $300 Michael Kors watch is almost the same as a $20 no-name watch, it just has a brand name. Most people are usually shocked that these designer companies have such high price tags on their products relative to other no-name brands. In fact, if you try to resell a $300 designer watch on the second-hand market, you might be lucky to get $30, because that’s what the watch is really worth.
This is one of the reasons why at Value Your Watch, we strongly advise against buying designer fake watches, because you’re really just buying a name on a watch.
On the other hand, some examples of luxury watches are Omega, Breitling, Rolex, Panerai, Hublot, and Ulysse Nardin. There are also ultra-luxury timepieces such as rare Rolexes, rare Audemars Piguet, Richard Mille, and certain Patek Philippe models; these are the automotive industry’s equivalent of supercars. We won’t discuss ultra-luxury timepieces in this article, but just know that they are very hard to come by, costing over $100,000 and up to $6.5 million.