automatico Posted August 6, 2014 Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 I kept a few mail out flyers from watch dealers and was looking at some of them today...one from Bob Wingate in Dallas TX and one from Jeff Bernard in Dallas TX. Here are a few prices from Wingate and Bernard from the summer of 1997 with all watches rated to be in very good to near mint condition. There were 231 watches in the Wingate flyer... 1665...$3350 1016...$3250 16710...$2295 6694 on leather strap...$665 16800...$2195 5512 on leather strap...$1195 (2) 5513 on oyster...one $1395 and one $1475 1680 on oyster...$2195 1675 SS/14K on strap...$1650 1675 SS on jubilee...$1575 1665 on oyster...$3395 6265 SS on oyster...$6695 NIB Seamaster Pro on bracelet, all 18K...$6495 Bernard had 93 watches in his flyer, not many rolex... 1601 with WG bezel and swiss jubilee...$1025 Longines Conquest 18K auto on strap...$195 (!!) I called about it but missed it. 6694 on oyster...$625 Universal Geneve 14K auto on strap...$195 APRO NM quartz with blue dial...$1700 PP Nautilus, auto with blue dial ref 3800 in 90% condition...$5100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ww12345 Posted August 6, 2014 Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 Wow... People talk about going back to the '60s to pick up watches... Apparently the '90s wasn't bad either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
droptopman Posted August 6, 2014 Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 Wholly smokes 1675 for $1500. I have way more than that into my Franken. I don't remember them being this cheap back then but I think I was buying new ones then. Should have invested in Rolexes instead of the market..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highoeyazmuhudee Posted August 6, 2014 Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 whys that 1016 so expensive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ww12345 Posted August 6, 2014 Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 Yeah, 1665 or 1016... Dang... And why are 5513/5512 so cheap?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
automatico Posted August 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 "why's that 1016 so expensive?" I remember them shooting up in the mid to late 1990s from under $2000 to over $3000. They just caught on I guess. Tutones were falling out of favor at the time and stainless watches were getting hot. A friend who worked in a rolex AD in the mid 1990s was working on his grandson's 1016 and he told me the grandson said they were already going for over $3000 in many places. First we heard about it, we figured they were $1500 watches until then. I've had almost everything needed to put one together using nos parts for years...nos no hack 1570, trit dial/hands, T22, tube/crown, bezel etc. ...everything but a case and case back. The dial is for a 1980s hack model but maybe it would be Ok. Hacks showed up in force in the early 1970s (1972 being what many 'experts' say) and my 1570 was made around 1970 as the watch it came in was stamped 1970 inside the case back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bc1221 Posted August 6, 2014 Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 if you adjust for inflation though, the prices would prob be roughly the same as the pre ceramic models. i remember my dad getting a TT DJ for around 3k in the 90s i think the gold on that watch alone is prob worth half that now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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