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Luxury watch asset manager performed during historic correction: “Active management is key”
During one of the toughest corrections in modern watch trading history, Timetrade Investments’ portfolios rose in value. The CEO points to active trading and reallocation between brands, watch references, and geographic markets as key.
After many years of stability and rising prices, the market for luxury watches was in 2022-2023 struck by one of the largest corrections in recent history. Rising interest rates and dwindling demand led to global value loss across the market. Regardless, the European asset manager Timetrade Investments managed to create positive net results for its investors – with more than a 225 percent total growth from 2019 to 2025.
The company’s hands-on approach is essential for maintaining robust performance even during downturns, notes founder and CEO Daniel Niels Nielsen, who after ten years of experience in Europe is now establishing Timetrade Investments in the UAE as part of its global expansion.
– Our ability to trade actively within the portfolios, rather than holding them passively, is the key to delivering returns even in declining markets, where investors globally have lost 25-40 percent. Risk management and market insight go hand in hand throughout the whole process, says Daniel Niels Nielse, adding:
– Our continuous reallocation across brands, specific watch-references, and geographic markets for luxury watches allows us to balance portfolios in due time and capitalize on price differences and arbitrage opportunities.
Timetrade Investments’ model builds on tactical reallocation based on live liquidity data, arbitrage trades between Europe, Asia, and the GCC with spreads of 5-10 percent per trade and systematic exits ahead of auction peaks and production stops. Capital is recirculated as often as every 90 days to optimize momentum exposure.
Institutional discipline and tactical precision
Timetrade Investments’ performance stems from decades of trading experience, tight governance, and continuous value monitoring.
– Where others hold back in volatile periods, we keep a disciplined activity and use the opportunities created by market fluctuations. That’s the difference between Timetrade Investments and retailers or hobbyist funds – We operate with an institutional discipline and tactical precision, says Daniel Niels Nielsen and adds:
– Our approach has generated returns in both 2022 and 2023 – during the most significant correction in modern watch trading history. This demonstrates its ability to deliver performance in any market.
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Timetrade Investments is a specialized asset manager focusing on luxury watches as an investment asset. With more than ten years of documented performance in Europe, the company builds portfolios that combine data-driven decision-making with risk management and investment precision. http://www.timetradeinvestments.com
