I sold a brand new Audemars Piguet — with a promise I couldn’t keep.
A year ago, I sold a customer an AP with a money-back guarantee that the warranty card would be delivered later. It’s not common — but I trusted the dealer I got it from.
That dealer said the original owner wanted to hold the AP warranty card for one year to avoid getting blacklisted by the boutique. Sounds sketchy… but it made sense in this industry.
Well, a year passed — and the card never came.
The original buyer got cold feet. Didn’t want to risk his Authorized Dealer relationship. Now I’m the one stuck cleaning it up, refunding my customer, and trying to source another Audemars Piguet with the original warranty card.
And just when I thought I found the perfect replacement?
I open it… and find dust on the movement. Another tampered AP.
This industry has amazing people — and some tough lessons. But when I say I’ll stand behind a deal, I mean it. Now we’re back on the hunt for a clean one.
If you have a clean AP for sale… maybe you can help me end this saga.
#AudemarsPiguet #APWatch #LuxuryWatches #WatchDealer #WatchCollectors #PreownedWatches #LuxuryTimepiece #MensStyle #WatchGame #AuthorizedDealer

Would you flip this Rolex Datejust or offer it to one of your retail clients?
A customer reached out to trade his Rolex Datejust toward one of our Explorer II models. We agreed on the watch trade, I sent him a label, and the watch showed up a few days later.
Everything looked okay at first — until I inspected the hang tag. It showed the reference for a blue Roman dial on a Jubilee bracelet… but the actual watch had a gray dial on an Oyster bracelet.
It was clear the watch had authentic Rolex parts, but had been dial and bracelet swapped at some point. A little dust inside confirmed someone had already been in the movement.
In this case, I’m still doing the deal. But I won’t be selling this piece through our retail watch client network. I’ll list it to our wholesale dealer circle instead — full disclosure, attractive price, and let the next dealer decide how they want to move it.
This is how we keep our luxury watch business clean. It’s not just about making sales — it’s about doing right by our clients.
#Rolex #RolexDatejust #LuxuryWatch #WatchCollector #WatchGame #WatchTrading #WatchDealer #PreownedWatches #LuxuryLifestyle #MensStyle

This phone call was wild! Unfortunately Austin had to tell his customer that the watch he was trading in to us was not authentic. The story only gets crazier from there!
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Does this price gap make any sense to you? The older reference meteorite Daytona can be found for $60,000 less than the newer reference model with the same dial. Yes there are differences in the two references, but do these differences warrant such a big premium?
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#rolexdaytona #watchdealer #meteoritedial
