Problem if loads of watches hit the market at once?

Unbolted have an arrangement with Forum Auctions don't they? SO buyer premium at 30% inc vat, meaning the buyer should only pay an absolute max of about 75%.  Not sure if unbolted pays any seller premium, unusually, I think not ... But if you want a watch and can't quite afford it then you can always get a bit of help here:  www.forumauctions.co.uk/unbolted-financing . 

I really don't understand the mechanisms (pun intended ) behind high end watch pricing but that's mainly because I'm a cheapskate!

Having said that there must be numerous factors at play, many of which are outside of the control of the likes of Unbolted. Some thoughts, in no particular order....

• On what basis are valuations performed? Traditionally, I think of insurance but we're interested in auction prices.
• Worth remembering that this is a trade in second hand timepieces.  Anecdotally, the market seems to be on the rise driven by fashion (no kudos in showing off the watch you've had for 5 years, when you could trade it in for a different make/model).
• The watchmakers will want a piece of the income from this second hand market, if they haven't already.  They'll offer "approved" second hand watches - I see parallels with the high end car market.
• Following on from above, when are we going to see leased watches?
• These are global brands and a downturn in one area may be offset by a rise in another.  What about exchange rates?  Whose buying at auctions, mainly UK dealers but for clients far and wide?  I've no idea!
• Technology.  Smart watches are just gaining traction so will there be high end smart watches (if not already), and what partnerships will develop - e.g. will a rapid rise in the demand for high end smart watches depress traditional prices for a short while? I'd of guessed not.
• [this is very left-field but hey!] I guess these things are used as pseudo-currency at times so what happens if there are increasing restrictions/import duties/controls at borders as a result of increasing anti-globalisation... I said it was left-field
• Should we not get some idea of what a mini-glut does to the market when the Collateral items hit the market?

Perhaps I need to watch(!) more of the trash telly about the pawn industry.

Apart from the occasional unprotected, and so optional, bespoke loan, auto invest is I think the only option.   I've tweaked my single loan limits many times over the time I've been with them and still have no idea just how they allocate the amounts.  I'm more sanguine about the gold loans than the watches.  (And I too have never understood the desirability of a Rolex, but confess to being a fellow member of the cheapskates club)