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What the pre-owned Swiss watch market really is

How unworn and pre-owned Swiss watches move from dealer channels to the trade, and what the words on a listing actually mean for a buyer.

Published · bench sheet read to · Hub: how stock moves and what a listing claims

Kept by the The Unworn Ledger editorial team · contact@lex-watches.com · edition of

The bench sheet, LW-001

What the trade decides before a dial is photographed
route to the buyer
Sections this hub maps
3 sections
Steps a buyer takes before paying
4 steps
Price movement the site quotes as current
Prices move weekly and are not quoted here as current.

Prices move weekly and are not quoted here as current. It is drawn as a blank on the bench sheet of What condition words on a watch listing really mean.

A wooden tray of stainless steel watches on a felt cloth in a bright workshop, a loupe and a pair of tweezers beside them, seen from above, windows out of focus behind.
21/9A dealer tray photographed flat, watches face up. Look at how many watches one tray holds before any of them is priced. Trade workshop, no brand named. Illustration generated with AI.

Every entry in this section

2 entries in this section, bench sheets read to 28/08/2026 The whole ledger
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    What condition words on a watch listing really mean

    Unworn, new old stock and mint: what the condition words on a watch listing claim, what they leave out and what a buyer should ask for.

    14/05/2026no agreed grade

    • bench sheet read to 14/05/2026
    • Unworn, as new, mint: what the words claim
  2. 003

    How unworn stock leaves the authorised channel

    The route unworn Swiss watches take from authorised dealers to the trade, and the paperwork that follows or fails to follow the watch.

    02/06/2026varies by route

    • bench sheet read to 02/06/2026
    • How unworn stock leaves the authorised channel

All 2 entries of this section are on this page. The ledger is small enough to be read in one sitting.

The other sections

3 neighbouring sections

The ledger also reads by neighbourhood: each section covers the same trade from a different desk.

What belongs in this section

This section keeps the trade itself: how stock moves, what a listing claims and what a buyer can still ask for before paying.

The Unworn Ledger editorial team

Where this page leads

The entries this one hands off to, named as the ledger names them: