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Sidebar, there are tons of perfectly legit watches being sold on the second hand and gray markets without boxes or papers. Usually the original owner tossed them, thinking they were useless, and then sometime down the road they unload the watch to a dealer, and then they find themselves wishing they kept the box and papers. Advantage is that is usually shaves a bit off the price when the watch is being sold naked.
The lack of boxes/papers does not indicate that the seller is someone you should be wary of necessarily, it indicates that the original owner made a poor judgement call in tossing them.
If a watch you like is being sold naked, make sure you can verify its legit, the same way you would a watch with box and papers from a non AD because those can faked just as well as the watches themselves. Either from your own knowledge, or through the opinion of someone you trust. And make sure you are getting the appropriate price for a watch only deal, and you are fine.
Hi everybody!
The lack of boxes/papers does not indicate that the seller is someone you should be wary of necessarily, it indicates that the original owner made a poor judgement call in tossing them.
If a watch you like is being sold naked, make sure you can verify its legit, the same way you would a watch with box and papers from a non AD because those can faked just as well as the watches themselves. Either from your own knowledge, or through the opinion of someone you trust. And make sure you are getting the appropriate price for a watch only deal, and you are fine.
Hi everybody!
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