Guides
Written by the team at Montreal Watches in the Gold Souk, Dubai. They answer the questions we hear most from people buying and selling Rolex, Patek Philippe and Audemars Piguet, and each model guide shows what we have in the safe today.
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Buying and selling luxury watches in Dubai
How buying, selling and trading luxury watches works at Montreal Watches in the Gold Souk, Dubai: live stock, same-day valuations, payment, delivery and duties.
Selling
Valuation, preparation and getting paid.
4 min read
How to sell a luxury watch in Dubai
What to gather, how a dealer values your Rolex, Patek Philippe or Audemars Piguet, what moves the price and how you get paid when you sell a watch in Dubai.
Buying
What to check, how to read a listing and how to tell a watch is genuine.
5 min read
Buying a pre-owned Rolex in Dubai: what to check
How to buy a used Rolex in Dubai with confidence: the reference, papers, case, bracelet and dial to check, how to read the price, and how payment and delivery work.
4 min read
How to tell if a luxury watch is genuine
What you can check yourself in a few minutes, what only a watchmaker can check, the red flags in a deal, and why the seller matters more than any single test.
3 min read
Box, papers and condition: how to read a watch listing
What unworn, excellent and used mean, what a full set is, and how the box, the papers and the condition of a watch change its price, explained by a Dubai dealer.
Model guides
The watches people ask for most, reference by reference.
3 min read
Rolex Daytona guide: references and what to check
The Rolex Cosmograph Daytona explained: the steel references from 16520 to 126500LN, the metals, the nicknames, and what to check on a pre-owned one.
4 min read
Rolex Datejust guide: sizes, bezels, bracelets and what to check
How to choose a Rolex Datejust: the 31, 36 and 41 mm sizes, the bezels and bracelets, Rolesor, and what to check on a pre-owned one.
4 min read
Audemars Piguet Royal Oak guide: references and what to check
The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak explained: the 1972 original, the 39 mm Jumbo, the 41 mm references, how to read an AP reference, and what to check on a pre-owned one.
5 min read
Patek Philippe Nautilus guide: references, the 5711 and what to check
The Patek Philippe Nautilus explained: the 1976 original, the steel 5711 and its last production year, the 5811, the complications, and what to check on a pre-owned one.
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