Consign, and let the piece find its buyer.
Consignment suits the piece you are willing to wait on. Kingdom takes the watch in, inspects it, photographs it and manages the sale for a fixed term. You are paid out of the sale rather than on the day you hand the watch over.
The terms decide whether this is the right door for the watch you own, so they are stated before anything else.
- Commission
- 10% of the final selling price
- Minimum
- $1,000 minimum commission
- Term
- 60 days
- Custody
- Kingdom holds the watch
- Standard
- Full sets only
Reduced rates may be available for select higher-value watches and multi-watch consignments.
- When you are paid
- Once your watch sells, payment is issued after the buyer’s funds have fully cleared and any applicable inspection or return period has been completed. Payouts are typically processed within 2–3 business days after the transaction is considered final.
- Insurance and care
- Your timepiece is fully insured while in Kingdom Watch Company’s possession and during insured shipping arranged by us, subject to the terms and limitations of our insurance coverage. All watches are documented upon receipt and securely stored while in our possession.
- Your minimum net amount
- You may establish a minimum net amount you are willing to accept. We work with you to set an asking price based on current market conditions and comparable sales. We may present reasonable offers below the advertised price, but we will not complete a sale below your agreed minimum without your approval.
When consignment beats selling outright.
An outright sale is faster and the number is certain. Kingdom inspects the piece, returns a projected sale value and buys it. That figure accounts for the fact that Kingdom then carries the watch, the photography and the wait.
Consignment usually returns more, because Kingdom is paid a commission on the sale rather than taking a margin on a purchase. It also takes longer, and it can end with the watch coming back to you unsold. Both are real outcomes, and you should weigh them before you choose.
Consignment, like everything else here, is full sets only. Incomplete sets are declined rather than listed at a discount.
Kingdom buys the piece from you. One inspection, one number, and the watch is no longer yours to think about.
- Suits
- A piece you need converted by a date
Kingdom sells the piece on your behalf and takes a commission from what it sells for. The waiting is the part that buys the stronger price.
- Speed
- Up to sixty days, sometimes all of them
- The number
- What a buyer pays, less commission
- Suits
- A piece you are willing to wait on
The honest answer turns on the reference, on what the set contains and on what the market for that model is doing. Send the details once and you will be told which of the two Kingdom would choose, and why.
Put a piece on consignment.
Tell us about the piece. Matthew replies with a projected sale value, or with the questions that get there. Photographs are asked for after, once we know what it is.
Full sets only, retail-ready. A piece that arrives without its documentation, or that will not present as retail-ready after inspection, is declined.
Read the standard →How the sixty days run.
The term runs sixty days. What follows is the sequence inside it.
A consigned piece is inspected and QC’d before it is listed.
- IntakeIntake and inspection. The piece is inspected and QC’d, and a piece that does not meet the standard is rejected.Declined if it does not clear
- ListingPriced and listed.Timeframe on request
- Held and shownThe watch is held and the enquiries are handled.Timeframe on request
- SettlementWhen the transaction is final, the commission is deducted from the final selling price and the balance is paid to you.10% commission, with a $1,000 minimum
