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Hello everyone,I have a quick question and I'm asking for a friend.
How does he go about selling an older Rolex watch.
I'm not wanting to get involved with selling it, nor is this an advert for it.
It's just come back from a Genuine sympathetic service at Rolex so basically where does he advertise such an item.
All suggestions gratefully received and should I be posting this in the wrong place or speaking out of turn pm me and I'll have all this deleted in a jiffy.
Thank you.
Paul.
Call Miltonaires.
He could always look to Watchfinder for a buy in price, albeit Parkers in Sheffield tend to be more generous with their offers to buy.
I’d try Parkers too. They are very easy to deal with.Originally Posted by seabiscuit
OP - depends on the model. Sports Rolex even get it advertised on Facebook/eBay. Vet buyers and be cautious and it’ll sell in person.
If your fiend doesn’t have the confidence to do that then WF/Parker’s/Miltons ask around you’ll get a load of different quotes to buy.
Just FYI as both of you seem to know Parker’s
The shop is closed now. He’s an online only retailer. Albeit the premises is still located in hillsborough (for now)
My last sale to Parker’s was just a couple of weeks ago. They provided an estimate the same day I contacted them and paid the top end of their estimate on the day they received my watch. I’ve sold a few to them over the years and they’ve always been fair.
This ^
If there are any decent watch shops that deal in pre-owned where your friend lives and you want an easy experience then that's the simplest way.
If it's a rare Rolex or a hard to get Rolex then take specialist advice. Frankly if it went away for service via an AD I'd be amazed if the AD was not interested.
As with everything, your friend needs to evaluate all the costs of selling by whatever route is chosen.
Ask him to gather his box, papers, tags, receipts, service papers, because people like me want these things. It adds to the watch ownership experience.
Yes Parker’s is brilliant. I’ve bought from them many times too. I just mean the physical shop is closed. You can’t walk in anymore and get a battery changed or view a watch. As I said he’s online only now. Well that’s what the sign on the window says from the end of lockdown 1.
Will miss the little old woman shouting upstairs and then using a pulley system to transport the watch upstairs.
I hadn't heard of Parker's. Might give them a try as I'm thinking of selling my Rolex 1680 and can't bring myself to risk the kind of carnage we seem to get on sales corner, these days.
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I'd wait until Ebay has £1 selling fees and stick it on there
I would never use a dealer , they will take you to the cleaners
That would be a shame not to see an interesting watch on SC.
The majority do go okay lol
But all the bits and bats (aka crap) won't turn a bad watch into a good one, folks with experience have the sense to realise its the watch that counts. The ‘nice to haves’ are used by the trade to pass off a mediocre example, they know the punters will go for it.
Give me an excellent watch, with no box, papers, tags, receipts, train tickets etc, anyday over a poor one with all the accompanying shit. Speaking as one who’s handled/ bought/ worked on plenty of watches over the years I think my view is worthy of consideration, I don’t make it up.
What matters is that punters go for it, mediocre or not.
Doubt OPs friend will care if it sells to folk with experience or someone else. It’s not you buying it.
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