If you want to know where watches are headed, pay attention to what's happening with cars.
Restomods are pushing 90s and 00s cars to record-breaking prices. Gunther Werks is selling modified Porsche 911s like this white one for numbers that would've been unthinkable five years ago.
The reason? Guys who have everything will pay up big for nostalgia, especially when it's modernized with today's tech and performance.
And watch manufacturers are taking notes.
Omega's Seamaster 300 Bronze nails the vintage aesthetic with modern guts. It's not a coincidence. They're watching the same trends I am.
Watches are the tail to the dog that is the car market. The same buyers, the same psychology, the same appetite for heritage pieces that feel fresh.
More manufacturers are going to follow this playbook. The smart ones already are.
What watch or car would you want to Restomod?
The car market predicts the watch market.
By ERICH WOLTERS