7-day auction
You build the listing and pick a start time, and it goes in front of our bidders for seven days. There is no reserve: the highest bid wins. Insured shipping to our verifier comes out of your payout.
You build the listing and pick a start time, and it goes in front of our bidders for seven days. There is no reserve: the highest bid wins. Insured shipping to our verifier comes out of your payout.
We buy your watch outright. You get one firm cash number. If you accept, we pay for insured shipping to our verifier and wire your payment once it clears. Nothing else comes off.
List it at your own price for ID-verified collectors. Answer questions in public, then accept, counter or decline offers.
Most submissions reviewed within 1 business day · No fee if we decline · No obligation to accept an offer
Side by side
Sell to collectors on Grey Market three ways: run a 7-day auction with no seller commission; take a firm cash offer, usually within 24 hours; or set your own price on the Exchange for a 1.25% fee. Our team usually reviews submissions within one business day, and there is no fee until you get paid.
| Topic | Let bidders set the price7-day auction | Sell nowInstant offer | Now openThe Exchange |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who sets the price | Bidders do, over seven days, with no reserve | We do, with a firm cash offer, usually within 24 hours | You do. Buyers can offer; you accept, counter or decline |
| Seller fee | $0 Buyers pay a 7% premium. Your insured shipping is deducted | None Nothing comes off the offer | 1.25% $25 minimum. Buyers pay 1.25% too |
| Shipping | Next-day insured label to our verifier, deducted from your payout | Free. We pay for the next-day insured label to our verifier | Paid by the buyer: a next-day insured label to them, plus the extra leg through our verifier if they add authentication |
| Verification | Always, before you are paid | Always, before we pay you | Optional. The buyer adds it and pays for it, including the extra shipping leg. Every watch ships on our label, insured |
| When you’re paid | Once the watch passes verification and the buyer’s 24-hour window closes | By wire, about 1 day after it clears | Once the buyer’s 24-hour delivery window closes and we confirm the sale |
| Best for | A collectible reference bidders will compete for | No hassle, money this week | A price in mind and time to wait for it |
Let bidders set the price
Sell now
Now open
Not sure? Ask for the instant offer first. It costs nothing and there is no obligation, so you can compare it with what the auction or the Exchange might bring. The Exchange terms set out offers, shipping and returns in full.
The fee math
The buyer pays on top of the price, not out of it: $10,700 for a $10,000 hammer at auction (7% premium, paid by wire), or $10,125 on the Exchange (1.25% fee). The buyer’s premium guide sets this against the major auction houses.
* The dealer figure is a typical wholesale discount, not a quote from any dealer. The marketplace figure is Chrono24’s published private-seller commission, checked October 3, 2026; that marketplace may charge other fees. Illustration only; your results will vary.
How it works
Photos and the basics, in under five minutes. Our team decides whether to take the lot.
Sign the seller agreement, add payout details and verify your ID, then draft the listing and pick a start time, at least four hours out. It goes on the calendar when you submit.
No reserve: the highest bid wins. Bids in the last 2 minutes extend the clock, so there is no sniping.
The buyer’s payment is collected and held. Ship to our independent verifier on the next-day insured label within 2 business days.
Once the watch passes authentication it ships to the buyer. The hammer less your shipping is released when they accept it or their 24-hour delivery window closes.
Photos and the basics, in under five minutes. Add an asking price if you have one in mind.
Our team reviews the watch and sends a firm cash number, usually within 24 hours. No obligation.
Sign the seller agreement and ship on the next-day insured label we send and pay for.
Our verifier confirms the watch matches your submission.
We wire your payment about 1 day after the watch clears. Nothing comes off the offer.
Invited sellers sign the agreement, verify their ID and draft a post. We approve the watch once, usually within 24 hours, and the post goes live.
Collectors ask in public and make binding offers in private. Accept, counter or decline.
Once you accept, the buyer has 24 hours to pay and chooses whether to add authentication. Grey Market collects it as your payment agent.
Use the Grey Market shipping label and mail your watch within 2 business days, next-day and insured, paid for by the buyer: straight to them, or via our verifier if they added authentication.
Your payout, less the 1.25% fee, is released once the buyer’s 24-hour delivery window closes and we confirm the sale.
Recent results



Sale prices, before the buyer’s premium or fee. Every sale stays online as a record, and price history has the wider market.
On the Exchange now



Each seller set the price and answers questions in public. Post yours the same way, or see everything on the Exchange.
On an instant offer, nothing: we pay for insured shipping and nothing comes off the offer. On an auction there is no listing fee and no commission; your only cost is insured shipping to our verifier, deducted from your payout, and buyers pay a 7% premium on the hammer. On the Exchange, the seller and the buyer each pay 1.25%, with a $25 minimum, and the buyer pays shipping. There is no fee if we decline a submission.
The instant offer is a firm cash price, usually within 24 hours, wired about 1 day after the watch clears authentication. The auction takes longer but lets bidders set the price. If you have a number in mind and time to wait, the Exchange lets you list at that price. You can ask for the offer first and decide after.
No. Auctions run without a reserve, so the highest bid wins. If you have a price you need to hit, list it on the Exchange or take the instant offer.
Instant offer: we wire your payment about 1 day after the watch clears authentication. Auction: when bidding closes, the buyer's payment is collected and held, and you ship to our verifier within two business days; your proceeds are released once the watch passes verification and the buyer's 24-hour delivery window closes, then your bank’s timing applies. Exchange: once the buyer’s 24-hour delivery window closes and we confirm the sale.
Any member who has signed the seller agreement, verified their ID and set up payouts. You set the asking price, answer questions in public, and accept, counter or decline binding offers. Grey Market approves the watch once before the post goes live, and you ship within two business days of the buyer paying, on the shipping label we provide. Buyers can add authentication for a fee that covers the extra shipping leg; with it they have 24 hours after delivery to return, and without it the sale is final. Open to every member since October 2026.
Buyers make binding offers in private, each open for between 1 and 48 hours. You can accept, decline or counter; counters move in set steps, $10 under $1,000 and $100 above. Once you accept, the buyer has 24 hours to pay, and Grey Market holds the payment until the sale completes. You then ship within two business days on the insured label we provide.
It depends on the buyer. If they add authentication, your watch ships to our verifier first, and once it passes they have 24 hours from delivery to accept it or return it. If they do not, the sale is final: they have 24 hours from delivery to report damage or non-receipt, and you are paid after that. The photos you take as you pack are your record of what you sent.
No. Our team reviews every auction submission, and only about one in ten makes it through. Most of the rest are honest watches that are not right for our bidders, priced above the market, or not what the listing says. There is no fee if we decline.
Submit it anyway. Box and papers add to the price, but most of the best vintage watches lost theirs decades ago. What matters is that the watch is original, which is exactly what verification checks.
Yes, through the instant offer. If we want the watch we send a firm price, usually within 24 hours. Accept it, ship it on the insured label we pay for, and we wire your payment once it clears authentication.
By brand
Grey Market is independent and not affiliated with the brands shown. Any collectible watch is welcome. These pages cover what bidders look for in each brand. Not sure what you have? Look up the serial.
Free, with no obligation. A firm cash number, usually within 24 hours.