We are excited to share a big step forward for Collected: membership sign-up is now live. This marks one of the most important milestones in our journey to build the infrastructure the watch community has long needed… 

The way watch deals are done today is manual and fragmented. Collected exists to give dealers the infrastructure they’ve been missing, so they can focus on buying and selling more. We turned the unwritten process into a clear, standardized flow that protects both sides and builds your business with every transaction…

In 2022 I publicly called the top of the watch market. That was not speculation. It was a calculated assessment of market fundamentals, liquidity conditions, and sentiment. Prices had run ahead of reality and the correction I predicted arrived exactly as outlined. Now we face another potential turning point…

Most dealers didn’t get into this business because they love spreadsheets.They got into it for the hunt. The adrenaline of reeling in a killer watch, or closing a major sale. The relationships built from forums to meet-ups to international trips triggered from a sketchy Facebook message…

The secondary watch market is massive. More than $30 billion in annual volume moves across borders, platforms, and hands. It is global, fast-moving, capital-intensive, and completely unstructured…

We’ve observed the watch market evolve and change over the years, and throughout that time two glaring needs surfaced: the need to provide consumer protection for buyers and the need to build tools for dealers to operate more efficiently…

The vintage watch world is broken.

For years, collectors have navigated a market filled with uncertainty—where transparency is inconsistent, trust is fragile, and information is scattered. I know this because I’ve lived it…

Hello everyone, Tim Bender here. Today, I’m thrilled to unveil something we’ve been working tirelessly on: Collected.