Hey, Guys.
Kassab here, back again with another video.
Today we're going to discuss an honest man's watch collection.
So, what I would like to go through today is more or less, well, as you guys know because
you've seen me in the previous videos, I do work for CRM, I do sell and buy watches and
I have my own little personal, private collection of pieces which I've started recently.
Well, three or four years ago, but more on so, I would like to discuss what made me choose
these pieces as my starting pieces, and which way I'm going as I'm growing my own collection.
So you may ask yourself, "What is an honest man's collection look like?"
And what I'm going to be showing you today is actually going to be my personal choices
as to what I did in order to get to where I am at right now with this AP 39 millimeters
blue face.
I'm also going to show you where I started, which is the truth, nobody starts with a $30,000
watch, people start with a smaller watch, usually, it could be an alternate brand or
you can be starting with something as simple as a 36 millimeter Datejust from 1990.
When I first got started in this business was in January 2018, this was right after
I graduated high school, my father gave me an opportunity to be his assistant for about
six, seven months while I figured out exactly what it is I wanted to do.
The most practical way I found in order to figure out this business itself was to go
and run errands for him and meet all the dealers and close business deals for him, pick up
checks, deliver checks, and so on and so forth.
So, after about four or five, six months of saving up I actually was able to acquire this
very nice piece, it's a 1990s Rolex Datejust 36 millimeters, reference number 16234.
Now, honestly, I've kept this in pristine condition, the bracelet, I would give it about
a 95% rating overall, considering the age.
It is the one with the hollow center links, so it's something very unique itself.
You see, most of the things that you see most of the time online, they're not true.
No one starts with a $10,000, $20,000, or $30,000 watch unless mommy and daddy buy it
for them, or unless for the most part, they just had money from the beginning.
I'm going to show you how I went from something like this, all the way up to this AP 39 millimeter.
When I first bought this watch in mid-2018, I bought it for around $2500 from a private
client that just needed some money.
At this precise moment in time, I would say that this watch is more or less around $4,000
to $4,300.
So, I have that saved up in there, however, I'm not someone who personally likes to sell
his own pieces to get into a bigger piece.
I'd rather save up independently and continue holding onto those pieces because they all
have some type of emotional ... How would you say that, Dan?
Emotional-
Depth?
Depth into the piece.
There's a story for everything, and the reality of it is, these are memories, memories to
keep, and it keeps your time.
So next up on my watch collection is this Two-Tone Sub with a date, this is reference
number 16613.
This beautiful piece has a lot of emotional meaning to myself and to my family for that
fact, as it was one of the first pieces given to my grandfather by my father in the early
'90s.
Now, as time progresses, he lost the watch in early 2000s and when he passed away, I
always felt like I wanted to have something similar to that which he wore every single
day as a form of remembering him, per se.
So, this piece, I acquired a year and one month ago, I purchased this in mid-2019 while
I was working at a vintage shop over here in downtown Miami.
A customer walked in, my boss wasn't interested, I followed the guy out and, well, bought it
off of him.
It's a 2008, which is actually the same year that my grandfather passed away, so I just
wanted to have something to remember him by and this is why I acquired this piece.
So just as a little bit of a market update per se, when I bought this piece, I bought
it for about $6,500, it's honestly, mint condition and it's unpolished.
Right now, I would say that it's going for about $9,800 or $9,950, that being said, it's
also having to do with the fact that it has the consistent center link, which matches
that of the bracelet as it goes down through the buckle.
Last, but not least, I'm going to be mentioning, actually, I think I've mentioned this watch
to you guys before two videos ago, a customer had asked me what I would think was a good
investment piece per se, and I did say the 15300 ST, which is discontinued, with the
beautiful blue dial.
Now, I was lucky enough to be able to acquire this last week while I was shopping around,
trying to bring some pieces over from South America.
Let me tell you, I fell in love, for the 39 millimeters, even though it's, I guess, on
the smaller side, you I can't really tell.
On my wrist, it goes really well, I mean, as you can see, I have 36, 40 and now 39.
Personally, this piece, I bought it for around $24,000, that's watch only, no box, no papers.
I'm going to take out the extract papers from the AP Boutique and add a box to it, so maybe
go up another $700, and then we'll be fine.
It's a beautiful piece nonetheless and something really nice to finish off my collection as
I'm trying to go into the bigger and bigger pieces.
As you saw today, you saw my watch collection, you saw the purpose for why I added each and
every one of these pieces to my collection.
Comment down below what your first watch, doesn't have to be any specific brand, and
let me know what I should add to my own collection in the future, take care and have a good day.