Storie dal lato dei rivenditori del mercato

Interviste ai rivenditori, guide all'acquisto e analisi di mercato, scritte per i professionisti che operano qui.

Ilja Rijs di Benjamin Marcello

Incontra il Rivenditore · 7 min

Ilja Rijs acquista come se gli orologi migliori fossero già finiti

Ha costruito Benjamin Marcello senza investitori, con un catalogo limitato e una regola precisa per gli acquisti. E funziona. Ecco come.

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 di Le Petit Suisse

Incontra il Rivenditore · 7 min

Jossip Wille ha trasformato un profitto di 50 euro in una specialità Cartier

Aveva sedici anni, l’orologio era un Omega da 250 euro comprato a un’asta italiana, e la lezione gli è rimasta impressa. Come Le Petit Suisse è diventata l’indirizzo Cartier di Gand.

Patek Philippe referenza 2508 in acciaio inossidabile con quadrante Geometric

Riferimento · 6 min

Patek Philippe ref. 2508 "Geometric"

Guide di riferimento è una nuova rubrica in cui i commercianti condividono conoscenze specialistiche con i colleghi. Alessio Zenga la apre con una delle iterazioni più desiderate della Calatrava mai realizzate da Patek Philippe.

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.