Reduced collectibility?

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Things that have set watches apart in the past have been short runs with extra flashes of colour here and there, or even things that have turned out to be manufacturing defects such as the dodgy paint on some old faces creating spider-webbing effects and so on. Also things like variations in hands etc, that seem to be less and less prevalent these days. Most recent example I can think of is the II/ll on the outgoing GMT2, although who knows which will end up being the one to have there?

Do you think, as technology progresses, and quality control standards improve over the years, plus as people get wiser to issues that tend to make a watch collectible, that we will see a reduction in "collectible" watches?

For example, when since the "red" sub have rolex done anything different with the Sub's design? Plexi has changed to sapphire, and so on, but there's not really been anything that has lasted a couple of years then gone, and has been something that really sets a watch apart.

There are some obvious exceptions including Zenith Daytonas and the like, but these little quirky changes seem to be reducing.

Thoughts?