2025 Stocks Down – Luxury Watches Up!
Love him or hate him, Donald Trump is the most influential politician in the world at the moment and his policies are having an effect on economics at a global level. But what effect are they having on our watches?
It’s early days but while stocks and shares are down, analysis from the past 2 weeks is revealing that luxury watch prices are on the up. This is good news for watch enthusiasts and the perfect opportunity to evaluate your watch portfolio.
We monitor the prices of all our stock every two weeks, finding directly comparable pieces online and ensuring that our prices are not too high – or heaven forbid, too low!
Our two most recent trawls have shown a definite increase in the price of excellent quality, desirable preowned Swiss watches. My favourite economic principle of supply and demand is clearly in effect here and as the demand goes up and supply can’t follow, the variable is the price.
History Repeating Itself
There are repeated instances of this happening in the past and I’m pleased, if not a little surprised to say that it’s already happening again. As a result of the 2025 Trump administration’s economic policies, global watch prices are rising and this seems a good time to buy in.
Cast your mind back just a few short years to the global COVID-19 pandemic. Back in 2020, people were literally dying of an untreatable virus – we weren’t allowed to visit loved ones or go to work and the global economic impact was unprecedented.
What happened to watch prices between 2020 and 2023?
They went up – even the sensibly valued ones increased substantially and have retained most of that value today. Some prices increased to a ridiculous level and then collapsed, but Oakleigh customers knew that was going to happen and avoided those watches.
One of the reasons that the price rises came about was that medically unaffected people were stuck at home with nothing better to do than browse the Internet and indulge their hobbies. But that was only part of it. In uncertain times when markets are unstable, financially astute individuals often avoid putting their money into traditional investments instead they opt for financially stable purchases that make them happy such as luxury watches, as well as into gold, silver and other alternative investments.
So, is this a good time to buy?
I’m not a Financial Advisor and I’m not giving any advice.
I just thought it might interest you to know the trends that we are seeing in the marketplace at the moment and what they suggest, and that is that it’s a good time to buy a quality, pre owned watch.
And you know just where to look for the best prices – Oakleigh Watches
Happy Days ☺️