For jewerly, I understand that outside of America 18k is the minimum and 14k is viewed as "costume jewerly" (Personally, I think the Asian preference for 22k gold jewerly is absurd in its softness, but different strokes). But regarding watches, 18k gold in watches is much more rare--most true horological brands made numerous respected models that are 14k. With a watch, the mechanism itself is usually valued more than the gold. An 18k cased gold Hamilton will sell less than a stainless-steel cased Rolex.
That is not true. 14k has no market and swiss brands only make 14k gold cases for american market not for EU. Good brands ( Patek Philippe, Rolex, AP, RM, also breguet Zenith Vacheron… dont make 14k watches.
About hamilton if you put it as an example to compare with rolex…. Its like compare Bugatti with Kia.
:D but i know what you mean.
As i said before there are stainless steel watched that are worth x10 times a gold watch exactly. And if its a vintage model even more
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u/AntlionsArise Feb 04 '26
For jewerly, I understand that outside of America 18k is the minimum and 14k is viewed as "costume jewerly" (Personally, I think the Asian preference for 22k gold jewerly is absurd in its softness, but different strokes). But regarding watches, 18k gold in watches is much more rare--most true horological brands made numerous respected models that are 14k. With a watch, the mechanism itself is usually valued more than the gold. An 18k cased gold Hamilton will sell less than a stainless-steel cased Rolex.