Buying Watches Through an Agent: The Honest Version
Watches are the highest risk-per-gram category in any sheet. They are small, expensive, easy to photograph misleadingly and hard to QC without a macro lens and a movement check.
If you are going to buy one, do three things: ask for a macro photo of the dial, the crown and the clasp; confirm the movement type in writing; and insure the parcel. A watch that arrives with a misaligned index is a return, and an international return costs more than the watch’s freight.
The honest version of this category is that the photos can only prove the exterior. Everything else is trust, and trust is expensive.