BUT...
the big thing was I was and still am VERY sure that work as GOOD as what Greubel Forsey did, I was on the jury before 2011, in 2010 that awarded them...
would always be FULLY booked and bought and sold out when(1) they make 100 a year, (2) they know and follow and study their customers, (3) their books are open and HONEST and simply...they are the BEST material object made by man, as a machine, money can buy.
However, I also believe in ART as well. That is VERY hard to survive.
That's why...for 2 reasons...one is that I have less money than others...and 2 is that I want to support artists FIRST.
Now..I think I had 5 years to save money...and on the month of May...I will reveal a Greubel Forsey which I bought used...and at again a higher price...proving that in SOME cases...watches are investments.
Fact...more of watches are investments than wine/art in proportion to numbers.
I may be wrong.
I will say flat out...do not buy to make money...buy for altruistic reasons.
But IF you intend to make money...platinum Greubels are tops.
I know Patek and Rolex may trump them...but not in the field where you include intellectual weight.
My flawed view of the world....now..I am busy looking for a plane in my back yard.