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well..... only (some) vintage watches really rise in value and could be a very, very decent investment; problem is that you have to invest several years of intense studies to weed out the many incorrect or fake watches offered which would make u loose your total "investment" in no time.

but I assume the same thing holds true for anything you invest in, doesn't it ?

fracking stocks, anyone ?

on a side note - the only really hot modern watch at the moment seems to be Omega Speedmaster Snoopy, with asking prices about double retail and I hear actual sales at 50% above, but you're most probably too late for that one. predict that ? impossible.

My choice was the Chronomat 41 blue dial (better say blackeye-blue) and haven't regretted it. Found an excellent pre-loved one for a good price so price drop isn't an issue for me, even not as I do not plan to sell it.
IMHO as a "watch race" this is the one-and-only on the market nowadays to get close or even pass by the Daytona in the size range of 40-41 mm in-house integrated chronographs with a similar (for me beautiful) case shape - excluding of course such subjective entities as "fame, prestige" and alike. The only loss in the technical sense is at the escapement: Breitling has to keep up yet with the balance bridge, free-sprung balance with Microstella, spring material etc., but in turn has a higher water-resistance, a way better lume and a (for me and for many others) very useful date feature, also very useful 60-minutes turning bezel, nicer interlug design (BTW coming from the '30-s and '40-s Oysters) that result in a more harmonic connetion to non-metal and mesh straps, finally a wider dial variety (blue for me forever, unavailable for the Daytonas). Otherwise (excluding escapement) movement features are very similar. (According to some trustful sources the B01 movement was designed in the very same small design studio in Zurich where the Rolex cal. 4130 of the Daytona was designed - if this is true, obviously will never be proved by the mentioned companies...)
So, if you go for the Chronomat 41 blackeye-blue dial, you will not regret it. Choose the Pilot bracelet and add anything else later if you wish. (I wear mine on the Breitling mesh, sorry for the dirty picture.) Please share your final decision!
Best,
Robert

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Chronomat 41 BEB, Steelfish Chrono BEB, 2x Grand Premier, Chrono Cockpit 39 mm, Aerospace Avantage 79362
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