Collectors’ watches and sought-after references
The reference you have in mind, presented with its box, papers and history.
We search for the watch you have in mind, whether a current reference, a collector’s piece or a limited edition, and introduce you to the person selling it.
A sought-after reference often passes from one collector to another without ever being advertised. We follow your request over time, and present a watch to you only when it meets it: the reference, the year, the dial, the metal, and what comes with it.
A watch is also judged on what accompanies it: the box, the original papers, invoices, the service history and, where the manufacturer issues one, an extract from its archives. These are put before you ahead of any decision, and your name is disclosed only with your agreement.
It works the other way as well. Should you wish to sell a watch, we look for the buyer and introduce them to you, without any public listing: see Selling.
What we search for
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Current references
The most sought-after models in production, found among watches already delivered to their first owner. -
Collectors’ pieces
Vintage watches and discontinued references, with the dial, metal and year you want. -
Limited editions
Numbered pieces, sold on by their first owner or a later one. -
What comes with the watch
Box, original papers, invoices, service history, and an archive extract where the manufacturer issues one. -
Selling
A watch you wish to sell, shown to identified buyers, without any public listing.
Your questions
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Can you search for a specific reference?
Yes. The more precise the request (reference, year, dial, metal, whether the box and papers are present), the more precise the presentation. A more open request, framed around a style or an occasion, is handled in the same way.
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Can you obtain a new watch from a waiting list?
The allocation of a new watch rests with the manufacturer and its retail network, under their own rules. Our search covers watches already delivered, through owners willing to sell them.
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Why do the box and papers matter?
They have accompanied the watch since its first sale and trace its origin. A buyer will ask for them in turn on the day you sell it. A watch offered without them is judged on other evidence: invoices, service history, an archive extract.
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Who verifies that the watch is authentic?
A watchmaker or specialist you appoint, or the manufacturer itself where it offers such a service. We put the available documents before you; the examination is carried out with your own advisers, before any decision.
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Are you a watch broker?
The term is often used for what we do. Our work is search and introduction: we neither buy nor resell watches, and the sale is concluded between you and the owner, with your own advisers.
From the Journal
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Waiting list or secondary market: how to acquire a rare watch
A retailer’s waiting list or the secondary market: how a rare reference is allocated, what waiting and buying now each cost, and what to check before you buy. -
Buying a pre-owned luxury watch: box, papers and the checks that matter
Buying a pre-owned luxury watch: what the box and papers prove, archive extracts, servicing, authentication, auctions and bringing a watch home.
See also
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Acquisitions
Search and introductions for the aircraft, the car or the watch you have in mind, whether you are buying or selling. -
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Private jets
The aircraft that suits the way you fly, sought without your name going any further. -
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Classic cars
The car you have in mind, presented with its history. -
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Supercars
The specification you have chosen, among cars already delivered. -
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Selling
Your aircraft, your car or your watch shown to identified buyers, never to the public.
Write to us,
we take it from there.
Tell us the watch you are looking for, or the one you wish to sell. A first conversation is enough to open the search.