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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 2926405" data-attributes="member: 19675">My Dad has a Rolex given to him as a graduation gift 1972.  It still runs well, looks great and its increased in value 400%.I, OTOH, currently own a couple of digital Timexes and 3 mechanical Seikos, and have had several other watches in the past.  While my watches are every bit as accurate as his, none of them has increased in value, I assure you.Typically, high end watches use better materials than regular watches.  For example, a typical Rolex, Tag Heuer, or Omega will use a man-made Sapphire for the face crystal, while my Seikos use Quartz.  Sapphire, at Mohs 9, is virtually unscratchable, while quartz (at Mohs 7) has the most common hardness in the world- at some point, it will get scratched.  A digital watch like a timex will typically use a strong plastic for the face crystal- hard, but still not as hard as sapphire.Instead of using an enameled metal or ceramic for the watch face, you may instead get exotic materials like mother of pearl.Because of the method of assembly, detail work may also be superior- you'll see fewer rough edges, finer artistic detail, etc.And so forth.(BTW, I know a few watch vendors!)</blockquote>