Pre-owned watches

Towards a single watch market

CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED

By Serge Maillard and Ash Longet

September 2019

The secondary watch market gains a boost in legitimacy with the launch of a certified pre-owned platform by world-leading retailer Bucherer. As we’ve stressed in many articles, the fusion between the primary and the secondary market is well under way.

Towards a single watch market

CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED

By Serge Maillard and Ash Longet

September 2019

Towards a single watch market

The secondary watch market gains a boost in legitimacy with the launch of a certified pre-owned platform by world-leading retailer Bucherer. As we’ve stressed in many articles, the fusion between the primary and the secondary market is well under way.

T

he first strong signal happened when luxury giant Richemont bought the British secondary platform Watchfinder.

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