@LebamDawg I like that your "cheap broken watches" collection is still more well photographed than mine. Nice work. Speaking of work, good call on not doing any. I respect that position.
As far as beads, I have traded thousands of beads for my collection. What I paid is always hard to figure, because most of my watches come to me as part of trades of other watches. Some of them are straight AD purchases new though. Better to just tell you what they are worth now. The 2 liner Sub is almost 20 years old and can be had all day long for 7-7.5K in that condition. The Daytona is probably worth 20K because of the dial combo. The Hulk I bought new in Switzerland in 2017 for 9K USD. Worth 15K all day long now because the new Rolex market is so juiced right now. The Milgauss can be had all day long for 7.5-8K in like new condition. The Kermit is the most collectible of the bunch - probably somewhere around 22.5-25K is best guess on retail number on that one. It's a one year only anniversary model with one year only Flat 4 bezel insert from 2003. Quite collectible.
I can tell you my collection is worth more than I paid for it. By quite a bit. Not trying to sell watches as an investment, but lately they have produced returns like a really good investment. I think it is a bubble to be honest, brought on by Instagram and the China market, but who knows. If you buy right, you are always pretty safe with Rolex...which is why all of my older watches like Breitlings and Zeniths and Omegas have been converted into Rolex in trades.
