A quality-oriented ecosystem serving collectors on a challenging market.
You will find a selection of watches and accessories - books, collectables, prints, watch cases... - available for sale on our website. Do not hesitate to contact us for specific requests.
You want to sell a watch in the best conditions? We offer you a unique, extremely quality-oriented online showroom and allows you to benefit from our credibility and visibility with an audience of attentive collectors.
We can produce appraisal reports – the FOR YOUR WATCH ONLY books – for your watches, in a high-quality printed version and in electronic format.
We issue digital passports – the WATCHFID-IDs – using Blockchain technology, in order to guarantee the traceability and security of the information concerning your watches.
We assist you in defining and managing your collection of watches, whether from an investment standpoint or based on a more sentimental approach.
We help you search for and purchase exclusive watches, in full confidentiality and according to rigorous procedures geared to optimizing all components of the operation.
We have developed a specific capability in producing and publishing watch reference books and can create customised books devoted to your private collection.
Our network of professionals is at your service to help you with certain issues or requirements linked to your watch collection (watch services, pictures, etc.).
We have developed a unique ecosystem fully devoted to watch lovers and collectors.
All components of this ecosystem (publication of watch books, preparation of condition reports, development of new technologies, and management of an online showroom of appraised watches) are complementary, with each one contributing added value to the others.
We offer the possibility of benefiting from these synergies and this organisation through exclusive advisory services.
Our services explore the issues relating to collectors’ watches from an all-round standpoint. They cater both for proven collectors and less-experienced watch lovers. Our activities do not concern a specific audience or category of watches, but are primarily focused on quality and transparency.
The collectors’ watch market is of undeniable interest, both intellectually and in terms of passion, and from a financial standpoint.
This said, it entails risks and obstacles that require proven knowledge to deal with it in a perfectly comfortable manner. Watchfid’s role is precisely to guide and accompany watch lovers throughout their dealings in this passionate world.
For vintage watches, the term “original” is unfortunately used abusively. It is more appropriate to speak of watches or parts that are “in conformity or consistent with the original”.
It is extremely difficult – if not impossible in the majority of cases – to guarantee that a constituent part is “original” or, in other words, was fitted on the watch in question when it was produced and has not been changed since.
In-depth knowledge can nevertheless be used to certify that the constituent part in question is consistent with the watch’s period of production, thus signifying that all of the part’s characteristics match those of the part originally fitted on the watch.
The question of the interest of restored watches arises frequently.
Techniques for restoring collectors’ watches have evolved and made considerable progress in recent years. Professionals are now capable of perfectly restoring dials, cases, or external bezels. Particular care therefore needs to be taken in this respect.
But the primary issue is not whether a watch has been restored or not. The real question concerns the quality and transparency of the information provided by the seller: this information must be comprehensive, accurate and free of omissions, subject to the knowledge available.
Creating a free account will allow you to become an Explorer member of the Club (access to our newsletter, to the wishlist feature, and possibility to submit your watches for sale). For more exclusive services, explore our 2 other tiers of membership – Connoisseur or Collector – with a larger range of benefits and special offers.
