Value & Sell

Tell us what is on the case back.

Every watch on Archiva has a record: the reference matched from the case back, your photographs, what you know about it, recent sales of the same reference with sources, and a permanent Record ID at its own address. It is free, and it is yours. If you decide to sell, you set the lowest net you will accept, specialist dealers bid blind against it, a bid that meets your number is a sale, and a licensed escrow service holds payment until the dealer has the watch in hand. You keep the whole winning bid; the dealer pays Archiva's fee.

  • 01Type what you can read on the case back and attach four phone photos. The archive matches the reference and your record appears at once. Not sure which line is which?
  • 02From your record, set the lowest net you will accept and open the watch to the panel. Nothing is shown to a dealer until you do.
  • 03If you are selling, dealers bid against your reserve. A bid that meets it is a sale; bids below it are never shown.

The record

A record that travels with the watch.

The archive tells you what a reference is. The record says which one is yours: the identification matched from the case back, the serial placed in the production run where the archive knows it, your photographs, and what you declare about it, each entry labeled as yours. When the watch is handled by a dealer at a sale through Archiva, or serviced by a watchmaker who attests the work, those entries join the chain. The record lives at its own address, so the next owner inherits it, and it says plainly what has been examined and what has not.

One watch

Free

The reference matched from the case back, your four photographs, your declarations, recent sales of the same reference with sources, and a Record ID at its own address. Nothing is shown to a dealer until you ask.

Create a record

Estate or collection

No fee

A record for every watch, one page for the executor or counsel, and the panel bids on each watch or on the lot. You keep the whole winning bid and the dealer pays Archiva's fee; there is nothing to pay to find out what the collection holds.

Start with the estate

A record is a documented identification and a chain of custody. It is not an authentication and not an appraisal, and it carries no value for your watch; the sales it shows are sales of the reference. Just want to know what you have? The archive's reference pages show the case backs and engravings.

One watch of your own? You do not need this form. Create the record yourself: about ten minutes, free, and it appears at once. The form below is for estates, collections, and anything you want to ask first.

Create a record
What do you want to do?
The watch

Cartier engraves the reference and serial numbers on the back of the case. A phone photo of the engraving is often easier than reading it.

Dealers bid against this number without seeing it. A bid that meets it is a sale; bids below it are never shown to you or to them. Dealers buy to resell, so they bid under retail. The reference page shows recent sales to help you set it.

You

We ask for the four photographs by email after you submit, so there is nothing to upload here. Nothing is shown to a dealer until you ask us to, and never below your reserve.