Rolex that keeps value

[Daveofedm]

Hello All, Am looking at buying my first Rolex. My budget is between $13,000 - 17,000. What Rolex watch would you recommend that will keep value. Am a long term holder. One of my favourite watches is 2022 Rolex Milgauss Z-Blue dial.

Thank All

[Seddyspaghetti]

Welcome. If you can get at retail from AD then go for ss sub, gmt, skydweller, or daytona. Good luck.

[Mr. K]

Originally Posted by Seddyspaghetti

Welcome. If you can get at retail from AD then go for ss sub, gmt, skydweller, or daytona. Good luck.

Agreed. But SS for sure

[GW44]

Originally Posted by Daveofedm

Hello All, Am looking at buying my first Rolex. My budget is between $13,000 - 17,000. What Rolex watch would you recommend that will keep value. Am a long term holder. One of my favourite watches is 2022 Rolex Milgauss Z-Blue dial.

Thank All

Not a Milgauss....stick to a Submariner 41/GMT Master II/Daytona/Skydweller or a Deep Sea and buy from your local, friendly Rolex AD at MSRP

[zengineer]

Originally Posted by GW44

Not a Milgauss...

With the possible exception of the white dial. I was told they were dead and going nowhere when they were $5000.

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[Danny83]

Buy what you like the value retention should not matter. Sounds like you have your mind set on the Milgauss

[Chadridv]

Sports models will always hold value best. As others have mentioned a sub, GMT, obviously Daytona, etc. but if your favorite watch is a Milgauss get a milgauss.

Invest in your happiness and enjoyment of the watch.

[Tools]

It's a watch !

It's going to be on your wrist and your constant companion. Get the one you like; nobody can predict the future.

[Woody]

Buy what you like, watches should not be treated as investments. Good luck getting anything from a Rolex AD…….but always worth a try. Good luck.

[Bxtek]

Welcome to TRF OP. Milgauss Z-Blue is a nice piece! That would be an excellent first Rolex imo. Bottom line is to go for what you like and not because of value retention or increase. In general, all Rolex watches hold their values very well, and will more than likely always go up if you're planning to keep it and enjoy it long term. By long term, I am talking 10 years or more.

[brandrea]

Welcome to the forum. The big three always hold their value best: Submariner, GMT, Daytona.

[padi56]

Originally Posted by Daveofedm

Hello All, Am looking at buying my first Rolex. My budget is between $13,000 - 17,000. What Rolex watch would you recommend that will keep value. Am a long term holder. One of my favourite watches is 2022 Rolex Milgauss Z-Blue dial.

Thank All

Buy whatever Rolex watch you want to own and wear in good health now that's far more important than any £$€ value.

[beshannon]

Originally Posted by Daveofedm

Hello All, Am looking at buying my first Rolex. My budget is between $13,000 - 17,000. What Rolex watch would you recommend that will keep value. Am a long term holder. One of my favourite watches is 2022 Rolex Milgauss Z-Blue dial.

Thank All

Welcome to the forum. When do you plan to sell?

[BayouBengal1865]

I see a lot of GMT, SkyD, Daytona comments on this thread but in my experience without purchase history you would be extremely lucky to get one of these watches as your first piece from an AD. Also, I believe pretty much every mens watch in the catalogue will hold its MSRP value at minimum.

[Jackie Daytona]

Go for what you like. Don’t worry about value.

I have value talks and speculating, but if you like the Z Blue that will be the best watch for you. The value is in what you get out of it daily not monetarily.


Monetarily, I wouldn’t listen to the majority of comments above. What’s “hot” to today likely won’t be tomorrow. The Daytona was a dog back in the day. Milgauss is funky and unique and sold in far less numbers than what’s mentioned above and has every bit as much potential as any of todays so called “hot watches”.

[joli160]

Originally Posted by Dontknow

The value is in what you get out of it daily not monetarily.

Monetarily, I wouldn’t listen to the majority of comments above. What’s “hot” to today likely won’t be tomorrow.

Wise remark.

The original anniversary 16610 LV was not popular either initially, I could have bought many at the time of release, same goes for the 116610 LV and now these are hot.

[JSolution]

Originally Posted by joli160

Wise remark.

The original anniversary 16610 LV was not popular either initially, I could have bought many at the time of release, same goes for the 116610 LV and now these are hot.

Yep that watch was always in the cases could of bought a dozen if you wanted to

[Forty6nTwo]

They all do, just not one you can cash in.

[AF_Rob]

For what you’re spending, just get what you like. Any mens model, especially sports hold value alright.

Taste in watches is personal, don’t let value retention be your primary driver.


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[yowlie]

Sports model. Not too small or big, not two-tone, not polished.

[Watchsama]

Rolex Cellini or Yacht Master II

[ibzk]

Originally Posted by Watchsama

Rolex Cellini or Yacht Master II

lol

[Guybrush]

Originally Posted by Watchsama

Rolex Cellini or Yacht Master II

Or, if you're open to vintage, something in tridor.

[melhk]

Originally Posted by Watchsama

Rolex Cellini or Yacht Master II

That would be my advice as well, if OP is looking at value retention as primary decision driver, that's the way to go.

[John Fugate]

Originally Posted by Watchsama

Rolex Cellini or Yacht Master II

Are you kidding , ??? It’s Cellini hands down all day everyday. Yacht Master 2’s just sit there flat like Daytonas.

[dnd2984]

Buy the watch you like.

[johnorpheus]

Investment, value retention, etc. sad that so many now see this as an important factor in buying a watch. And what does “long term holder” mean lol

[Daveofedm]

In my opinion a long holder is 5-10 year hold.

[johnorpheus]

Originally Posted by Daveofedm

In my opinion a long holder is 5-10 year hold.

Invest whatever you would spend on the watch in the S&P 500 and over 5-10 years you will get a much higher return. Let someone else buy the watch who intends to wear and keep it and who could care less about how much it will be worth in a decade.

[beshannon]

Originally Posted by johnorpheus

Investment, value retention, etc. sad that so many now see this as an important factor in buying a watch. And what does “long term holder” mean lol

I ask these questions all the time, sadly no one ever answers. I wonder why?