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In addition , I perceive no added value to COSC. Many of the watches I have, run to those specs "off the shelf". My Rolex and Breitling...never did! It is a standard set before the movement is ever cased, and there is much that can happen before the cased movement ever gets into the customer's hands. That said, why would anybody ever believe Invicta when they say one of their watches is COSC?
Some vendors never rate their watches with COSC. It is not cheap and if a watch flunks, they don't get a discount the second time. Some only rate those they intend to market in a high end case.
But for me COSC indicates that individual movement, at least once in it's lifetime, met the standard and could be adjusted/regulated again to meet it again if it doesn't now. If a watch doesn't have the certificate, you can't be sure.
One example of the value of COSC is the same ETA movement can come in four grades. If the watch has a COSC certificate, you can be pretty sure you got the high end versions. Those have better long term viability and value even if you can't see it visually.
Of course, Invicta may not be referring to the Swiss organization when they claim a watch was a Casual OffShore Creation
But, back to the point of the thread, I weigh how a watch fits into my collection. If it fills a hole, I'll rate the seller and the condition of the watch and judge the value to me relative to the selling price. Sometimes I pass up watches I want due to that rating. Sometimes I'll get watches I wasn't looking for because I like the condition, seller and value.
But generally I'm looking for specific watches and waiting until they meet my price/value point.