If there is one sector that does not complain about confinements and other curfews, it is that of collector's watches.
Behind their computer, and with time to devote to it, amateurs have honed their expertise and increased their purchases, to the delight of second-hand watch sites such as Chrono24, Cresus, Collector Square and Watchfinder ...
Last year, we were convinced that everything was going to end.
Yet sales have exploded!
Geoffroy Ader, expert in collector's watches
More surprisingly, another area has also benefited: auctions.
However, those welcoming the public have become scarce, pandemic obliges.
But they have found fertile ground on the internet.
“Before Covid-19, many of our customers registered on the net and followed sales there.
This is not new, but the trend has accelerated excessively ”,
testifies Marie Sanna-Legrand, associate director of collection watchmaking at Artcurial.
“Last year, we were convinced that everything was going to end.
Yet sales have exploded!
, confirms Geoffroy Ader, expert in collector's watches,
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