Historias desde el lado del vendedor del mercado

Entrevistas a vendedores, guías de compra y análisis de mercado, escritas para los profesionales que operan aquí.

Ilja Rijs, de Benjamin Marcello

Conozca al vendedor · 7 min

Ilja Rijs compra como si los buenos relojes ya se hubieran agotado

Construyó Benjamin Marcello sin inversionistas, con un inventario reducido y una regla fija para las compras. Y funciona. Aquí está cómo.

View of Geneva. Edward Theodore Compton (German, 1849-1921)

Dealer Guides · 7 min

Watch fairs and auctions for dealers, September to December 2026

Every watch fair, dealer show and auction between 1 September and 31 December 2026. Three of them fall on 7 November.

La Source, by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (French, 1824–1898)

Dealer Guides · 7 min

Sourcing watches as a dealer in Europe

Where watch dealers source stock in Europe; private sellers, the trade, estates and auctions, with the paperwork and the real cost of each. A €10,000 hammer at Sotheby's is €12,800 before VAT.

Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying Queen Cleopatra VII, 37–33 BCE, issued by Mark Antony

Dealer Guides · 11 min

The VAT margin scheme for watch dealers in the EU: how it works

How the EU margin scheme taxes a dealer's profit instead of the full price of a pre-owned watch, with a worked example at 21% and the three places it stops working.

Dealer in Fancy-Ware, 1877, by John Thomson (Scottish, 1837–1921)

Dealer Guides · 12 min

How to become a watch dealer in Europe: registration, tax, stock and the first year

What it takes to go from flipping watches to trading them in NL, BE, DE, UK and FR: registration from €20, the margin scheme, the €10,000 cash line and 43-day stock turns.

Law of the Wild (1881) Charles S. Raleigh (American, 1830-1925)

Dealer Guides · 13 min

The EU's anti-money-laundering rules for watch dealers from July 2027

From 10 July 2027 Regulation (EU) 2024/1624 makes watch dealers obliged entities across the EU, caps cash at €10,000 and requires ID on cash from €3,000. What changes, country by country.

Jossip Wille, de Le Petit Suisse

Conozca al vendedor · 7 min

Jossip Wille convirtió una ganancia de 50 euros en una especialidad en Cartier

Tenía dieciséis años, el reloj era un Omega de 250 euros de un remate italiano, y la lección se le quedó grabada. Cómo Le Petit Suisse se convirtió en la dirección de referencia para Cartier en Gante.

Patek Philippe referencia 2508 en acero inoxidable con la esfera Geometric

Referencia · 6 min

Patek Philippe ref. 2508 "Geometric"

Guías de referencia es una nueva serie en la que los comerciantes comparten conocimiento especializado con sus colegas. Alessio Zenga la inaugura con una de las iteraciones más codiciadas de la Calatrava que Patek Philippe haya fabricado jamás.

Hat Shop, 1913, by August Macke (German, 1887–1914)

Dealer Guides · 7 min

The EU One Stop Shop for watch dealers selling to consumers abroad

Margin-scheme watches never go in an EU One Stop Shop return; straps, winders and full-VAT watches do. What a dealer files where, the €10,000 threshold, and what the 2028 ViDA package does and does not change.