Movements, icons, value
Watches
A fine watch is jewelry that does something. These guides cover how to choose one, how to inspect a pre-owned piece and which references hold their price when the hype cools.
The guides
Watches
A buying framework for a first luxury watch, the pre-owned watch checklist, automatic against manual against quartz, and which watches hold their value. The Paliana watch guides.
One watch, chosen well
Your First Luxury Watch: A Buying Framework
How to choose a first luxury watch that you will still wear in twenty years: size, movement, style, brand tiers, new against pre-owned, and where the money should and should not go.
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Inspect before you pay
The Pre-Owned Watch Checklist
Twelve checks before buying a pre-owned luxury watch: papers, serial numbers, case polishing, dial and hands, movement, bracelet stretch, water resistance, service history and the questions that expose a bad seller.
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What is ticking inside
Automatic, Manual, Quartz: Movements Explained
How mechanical and quartz movements work, what in-house means and whether it matters, what a service involves and costs, and how to tell a good movement from an expensive one.
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Depreciation, honestly
Which Watches Hold Their Value
Why most luxury watches lose thirty to fifty percent at the door, which references hold their value or gain, what drives the pre-owned market and how to buy in a way that limits the loss.
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Watch Valuation
Estimate the pre-owned market value and the typical dealer offer for a luxury watch by brand, model, condition, box and papers.
Pre-owned market
Watch Valuation
Estimate the pre-owned market value and the typical dealer offer for a luxury watch by brand, model, condition, box and papers.
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Gold Calculator
Calculate the fine metal value of gold, silver, platinum or palladium jewelry, coins and scrap from the live spot price: weight, purity, currency, and what buyers typically pay.
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Sell a Watch
Sell a Rolex, Omega, Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet, Cartier or other luxury watch. Describe the reference, condition and papers and receive offers from vetted watch dealers.
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Give us the brief and the budget. Up to three vetted jewelers reply within two working days, free of charge.