Gold Watches Destroyed - Melted at $4,300 for Gold in 2025
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Luxury watches have inherent value - sometimes due to gold. In 2025, luxury watches from many brands are being melted down and salvaged for the raw gold content of their cases, bracelets, clasps, and buckles. In a world where gold now touches prices above $4,300 per ounce, no watch is safe from the meltdown of 2025 and the gold smelter.
Luxury watches from the 1970s, 80s, and 90s often combine idiosyncratic period designs with immense gold content. The combination of a watch that is hard to market and easy to melt for its gold value is leading to another era of watches melted for their raw materials. Dating back to the era of pocket watches, gold components of watches have been salvaged by jewelers and gold vendors.
In 2025, wristwatches are being disassembled for their gold bracelets, deployant clasps, and pin buckles. Many times, an old watch on a gold bracelet may be worth only a small margin more than the melt value of its gold. In some instances, the watches can be sold on straps even after the bracelets and clasps are melted. Old quartz watches are particularly vulnerable since most of their value can be tied up in their gold.
The price of gold is leading to the melting of luxury watches in 2025.
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