Berättelser från handlarens sida av marknaden

Intervjuer med handlare, köpguider och marknadsartiklar, skrivna för de professionella aktörer som handlar här.

Ilja Rijs på Benjamin Marcello

Möt handlaren · 6 min

Ilja Rijs köper som om de bra klockorna redan är borta

Han byggde Benjamin Marcello utan investerare, med ett litet lager och en regel för inköp. Det fungerar. Så här går det till.

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 på Le Petit Suisse

Möt handlaren · 7 min

Jossip Wille förvandlade en vinst på 50 euro till en Cartier-specialitet

Han var sexton år, klockan var en Omega för 250 euro från en italiensk auktion, och lärdomen fastnade. Så blev Le Petit Suisse adressen för Cartier i Gent.

Patek Philippe referens 2508 i rostfritt stål med Geometric-urtavlan

Referens · 5 min

Patek Philippe ref. 2508 "Geometric"

Referensguider är en ny serie där handlare delar specialistkunskap med kollegor. Alessio Zenga inleder den med en av de mest eftertraktade Calatrava-varianterna Patek Philippe någonsin tillverkat.

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.