SD16600: Hoopla greater than sale prices?

[Deacon211]

With respect as I'm a newbie here, I think it's a bit condescending to deride someone who likes the SD as falling for "Internet Hype".

I decided upon a SD for my (small) collection because it was a pre-redesign piece, because it was a bit beefier than the sub, and because (most important to me) it had a lineage to the professional divers of old. Would I love to have a COMEX or a double red, or most of all a Milsub? No doubt. Will I ever be likely to afford them? There's also no doubt of that, though not in the way I'd like. ;-)

But I don't think that if people enjoy the SD as an unusual, if not rare, piece with a little history, they should somehow fail to measure up as collectors.

In the end, all collecting is hype. A Rolex might be worth a hundred times its original retail value if someone believes it's worth it, or far less than MSRP for those that believe it's overpriced. To assign a value to the human concept of value, is in itself a preposterous notion.

JMHO.

Deacon