I don?t like selling watches. I don?t think I?m alone here among watch collectors and enthusiasts, but when the time comes to let a watch go, it gets my anxiety up. There?s just nothing about the process I enjoy. Being lowballed or tire-kicked on the forums" No thanks. Worrying if a stranger is going to claim you sent them an empty box" Hard pass. And then there?s the existential dread, wondering if you?re doing the right thing, conflating a watch sale with a Sophie?s Choice type of scenario that has real meaning, when in fact, it?s actually just a watch. 
Nine times out of ten, selling a watch is a process that I one hundred percent do not recommend. But at the same time, we all have to recognize that it?s an essential part of the hobby for just about everyone. I recently had an experience selling a watch, though, that made me rethink how I approach the ?dread? aspect of this whole deal, as described above. I?m still not sure about dealing with strangers on the forums, but my outlook has shifted a little bit.  As it so often happens, I found myself looking to replenish the Watch Fund with my eyes on a future purchase. My particular problem here was that I didn?t have a clear idea of what I wanted to sell. I just knew that I needed to raise some cash. I found myself browsing through the r/watchexchange ?Want to Buy? listings, just to see if, by sheer dumb luck, someone might be after something I?ve got. I actually don?t own a lot of watches, so the chances of...