{ "version": "https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1", "title": "Enjoy Watches", "home_page_url": "https://www.enjoywatches.com", "feed_url": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/feed.json", "description": "Independent watch guides and practical tools for understanding value, design, condition, buying, selling, markets, and history.", "language": "en", "items": [ { "id": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/where-to-get-a-watch-appraised/", "url": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/where-to-get-a-watch-appraised/", "title": "Watch Appraisal: Where to Get One and How to Choose an Appraiser", "summary": "Find the right watch appraiser for insurance or estate work, and learn when a dealer, auction specialist, or watchmaker answers a different question.", "content_text": "Find the right watch appraiser for insurance or estate work, and learn when a dealer, auction specialist, or watchmaker answers a different question.", "image": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/assets/editorial/inspection-condition.avif", "date_published": "2026-08-24T00:00:00Z", "date_modified": "2026-10-10T00:00:00Z" }, { "id": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/how-to-identify-a-watch/", "url": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/how-to-identify-a-watch/", "title": "How to Identify a Watch: Maker, Model and Reference", "summary": "Use dial, case-back and paperwork clues to identify a watch’s maker, model, reference and approximate period. Record uncertainty and know when to seek specialist help.", "content_text": "Use dial, case-back and paperwork clues to identify a watch’s maker, model, reference and approximate period. Record uncertainty and know when to seek specialist help.", "image": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/assets/editorial/inspection-condition.avif", "date_published": "2026-08-24T00:00:00Z", "date_modified": "2026-10-10T00:00:00Z" }, { "id": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/history-of-watch-brands/", "url": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/history-of-watch-brands/", "title": "History of Watch Brands: A Global Encyclopedia", "summary": "Explore a global encyclopedia of 449 watch brands, makers, suppliers, maisons, revivals and licensed names, with historical context and a full bibliography.", "content_text": "Explore a global encyclopedia of 449 watch brands, makers, suppliers, maisons, revivals and licensed names, with historical context and a full bibliography.", "image": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/assets/editorial/provenance-archive.avif", "date_published": "2026-08-24T00:00:00Z", "date_modified": "2026-10-10T00:00:00Z" }, { "id": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/history-of-the-wristwatch/", "url": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/history-of-the-wristwatch/", "title": "Who Invented the Wristwatch? First Watches, Dates and Evidence", "summary": "Compare Breguet’s 1810 commission and 1812 delivery, surviving early wristwatches, and the military and retail changes that made wrist wear common.", "content_text": "Compare Breguet’s 1810 commission and 1812 delivery, surviving early wristwatches, and the military and retail changes that made wrist wear common.", "image": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/assets/editorial/provenance-archive.avif", "date_published": "2026-08-24T00:00:00Z", "date_modified": "2026-10-08T00:00:00Z" }, { "id": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/watch-value/", "url": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/watch-value/", "title": "What Is My Watch Worth? A Practical Valuation Guide", "summary": "Learn what your watch may be worth, which details change its value, how to read market evidence, and when a specialist opinion is worth obtaining.", "content_text": "Learn what your watch may be worth, which details change its value, how to read market evidence, and when a specialist opinion is worth obtaining.", "image": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/assets/editorial/compare-options.avif", "date_published": "2026-08-24T00:00:00Z", "date_modified": "2026-09-28T00:00:00Z" }, { "id": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/watch-auction-fees-and-proceeds/", "url": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/watch-auction-fees-and-proceeds/", "title": "Watch Auction Fees and Seller Proceeds Explained", "summary": "Calculate a watch auction buyer’s total and a seller’s likely net proceeds, with fee formulas, a worked example, contract checks, and sale questions.", "content_text": "Calculate a watch auction buyer’s total and a seller’s likely net proceeds, with fee 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"https://www.enjoywatches.com/watch-value-types/", "title": "Watch Value Types: Market, Auction, Insurance and More", "summary": "Understand fair market, dealer, auction, insurance, estate, and sentimental watch values so you request and compare the right number for your purpose.", "content_text": "Understand fair market, dealer, auction, insurance, estate, and sentimental watch values so you request and compare the right number for your purpose.", "image": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/assets/editorial/compare-options.avif", "date_published": "2026-08-24T00:00:00Z", "date_modified": "2026-08-24T00:00:00Z" }, { "id": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/watch-reference-number-guide/", "url": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/watch-reference-number-guide/", "title": "Watch Reference Numbers: Find, Read and Verify the Right Model", "summary": "Learn what a watch reference number means, how it differs from a serial or caliber, where to look safely, and how to verify the complete model without false certainty.", "content_text": "Learn what a watch reference number means, how it differs from a serial or caliber, where to look safely, and how to verify the complete model without false certainty.", "image": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/assets/editorial/reference-measurement.avif", "date_published": "2026-08-24T00:00:00Z", "date_modified": "2026-08-24T00:00:00Z" }, { "id": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/watch-price-vocabulary/", "url": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/watch-price-vocabulary/", "title": "Watch Price Vocabulary: MSRP, Market Price and More", "summary": "Understand MSRP, asking price, dealer bid, hammer price and price realized so you can compare watch values on a true like-for-like basis every time.", "content_text": "Understand MSRP, asking price, dealer bid, hammer price and price realized so you can compare watch values on a true like-for-like basis every time.", "image": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/assets/editorial/compare-options.avif", "date_published": "2026-08-24T00:00:00Z", "date_modified": "2026-08-24T00:00:00Z" }, { "id": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/watch-condition-originality-restoration/", "url": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/watch-condition-originality-restoration/", "title": "Watch Condition, Originality and Restoration Guide", "summary": "Assess watch condition component by component, understand originality and restoration tradeoffs, and protect value before authorizing service or polishing.", "content_text": "Assess watch condition component by component, understand originality and restoration tradeoffs, and protect value before authorizing service or polishing.", "image": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/assets/editorial/inspection-condition.avif", "date_published": "2026-08-24T00:00:00Z", "date_modified": "2026-08-24T00:00:00Z" }, { "id": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/watch-box-and-papers-value/", "url": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/watch-box-and-papers-value/", "title": "Do Box and Papers Increase a Watch's Value?", "summary": "Learn when a watch's box and papers affect value, which documents matter most, how to test a set for consistency, and what to preserve before a sale.", "content_text": "Learn when a watch's box and papers affect value, which documents matter most, how to test a set for consistency, and what to preserve before a sale.", "image": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/assets/editorial/provenance-archive.avif", "date_published": "2026-08-24T00:00:00Z", "date_modified": "2026-08-24T00:00:00Z" }, { "id": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/watch-authenticity-vs-originality/", "url": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/watch-authenticity-vs-originality/", "title": "Watch Authenticity vs Originality: What Each Means", "summary": "Learn how watch authenticity differs from originality, how parts and paperwork are assessed, what photos cannot prove, and when to consult an expert.", "content_text": "Learn how watch authenticity differs from originality, how parts and paperwork are assessed, what photos cannot prove, and when to consult an expert.", "image": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/assets/editorial/inspection-condition.avif", "date_published": "2026-08-24T00:00:00Z", "date_modified": "2026-08-24T00:00:00Z" }, { "id": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/should-i-service-a-watch-before-selling/", "url": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/should-i-service-a-watch-before-selling/", "title": "Should I Service a Watch Before Selling It?", "summary": "Usually, do not service a watch just before selling. Learn when an inspection helps, when repair may pay, and how replacement parts can affect value.", "content_text": "Usually, do not service a watch just before selling. Learn when an inspection helps, when repair may pay, and how replacement parts can affect value.", "image": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/assets/editorial/watchmaker-bench.avif", "date_published": "2026-08-24T00:00:00Z", "date_modified": "2026-08-24T00:00:00Z" }, { "id": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/should-i-polish-a-watch-before-selling/", "url": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/should-i-polish-a-watch-before-selling/", "title": "Should I Polish a Watch Before Selling It?", "summary": "Do not polish a collectible watch before selling by default. Learn how refinishing changes case geometry, originality, buyer trust, and possible value.", "content_text": "Do not polish a collectible watch before selling by default. Learn how refinishing changes case geometry, originality, buyer trust, and possible value.", "image": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/assets/editorial/watchmaker-bench.avif", "date_published": "2026-08-24T00:00:00Z", "date_modified": "2026-08-24T00:00:00Z" }, { "id": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/sell-a-watch/", "url": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/sell-a-watch/", "title": "How to Sell a Watch Safely and for a Fair Net Price", "summary": "Sell a watch with confidence: identify it, preserve its condition, compare real offers, choose the right channel, and transfer it safely in person or online.", "content_text": "Sell a watch with confidence: identify it, preserve its condition, compare real offers, choose the right channel, and transfer it safely in person or online.", "image": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/assets/editorial/selling-custody.avif", "date_published": "2026-08-24T00:00:00Z", "date_modified": "2026-08-24T00:00:00Z" }, { "id": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/questions-to-ask-before-buying-a-used-watch/", "url": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/questions-to-ask-before-buying-a-used-watch/", "title": "Questions to Ask Before Buying a Used Watch", "summary": "Ask the right questions before buying a used watch: identity, parts, condition, service, provenance, price, payment, shipping, returns, and inspection.", "content_text": "Ask the right questions before buying a used watch: identity, parts, condition, service, provenance, price, payment, shipping, returns, and inspection.", "image": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/assets/editorial/compare-options.avif", "date_published": "2026-08-24T00:00:00Z", "date_modified": "2026-08-24T00:00:00Z" }, { "id": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/quartz-crisis-explained/", "url": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/quartz-crisis-explained/", "title": "Quartz Crisis Explained: What Really Happened", "summary": "Explore how quartz reshaped Swiss and American watchmaking, why the crisis was more than one invention, and how mechanical watches returned.", "content_text": "Explore how quartz reshaped Swiss and American watchmaking, why the crisis was more than one invention, and how mechanical watches returned.", "image": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/assets/editorial/reference-measurement.avif", "date_published": "2026-08-24T00:00:00Z", "date_modified": "2026-08-24T00:00:00Z" }, { "id": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/old-watch-worth-money/", "url": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/old-watch-worth-money/", "title": "Is My Old Watch Worth Money? A Safe First Assessment", "summary": "Learn whether an old watch may be valuable, which clues matter, what not to clean or replace, and how to research or appraise it without costly mistakes.", "content_text": "Learn whether an old watch may be valuable, which clues matter, what not to clean or replace, and how to research or appraise it without costly mistakes.", "image": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/assets/editorial/inspection-condition.avif", "date_published": "2026-08-24T00:00:00Z", "date_modified": "2026-08-24T00:00:00Z" }, { "id": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/inherited-watch/", "url": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/inherited-watch/", "title": "Inherited a Watch? What to Do Before You Sell It", "summary": "Inherited a watch? Preserve it first, gather its history, identify it carefully, compare specialist opinions, and choose whether to keep or sell.", "content_text": "Inherited a watch? Preserve it first, gather its history, identify it carefully, compare specialist opinions, and choose whether to keep or sell.", "image": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/assets/editorial/provenance-archive.avif", "date_published": "2026-08-24T00:00:00Z", "date_modified": "2026-08-24T00:00:00Z" }, { "id": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/how-watch-auctions-work/", "url": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/how-watch-auctions-work/", "title": "How Watch Auctions Work: A Buyer and Seller Guide", "summary": "Follow a watch from consignment to settlement, learn auction terms, and use practical checklists to bid or sell without costly surprises at auction.", "content_text": "Follow a watch from consignment to settlement, learn auction terms, and use practical checklists to bid or sell without costly surprises at auction.", "image": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/assets/editorial/selling-custody.avif", "date_published": "2026-08-24T00:00:00Z", "date_modified": "2026-08-24T00:00:00Z" }, { "id": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/how-to-find-watch-comparables/", "url": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/how-to-find-watch-comparables/", "title": "How to Find Comparable Watch Sales", "summary": "Find credible comparable watch sales, reject misleading matches, normalize prices and fees, and turn imperfect evidence into an honest valuation range.", "content_text": "Find credible comparable watch sales, reject misleading matches, normalize prices and fees, and turn imperfect evidence into an honest valuation range.", "image": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/assets/editorial/compare-options.avif", "date_published": "2026-08-24T00:00:00Z", "date_modified": "2026-08-24T00:00:00Z" }, { "id": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/how-to-buy-a-pre-owned-watch/", "url": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/how-to-buy-a-pre-owned-watch/", "title": "How to Buy a Pre-Owned Watch Without Guessing", "summary": "Buy a pre-owned watch methodically: identify the reference, assess seller and condition, verify protections, compare true costs, and inspect on arrival.", "content_text": "Buy a pre-owned watch methodically: identify the reference, assess seller and condition, verify protections, compare true costs, and inspect on arrival.", "image": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/assets/editorial/compare-options.avif", "date_published": "2026-08-24T00:00:00Z", "date_modified": "2026-08-24T00:00:00Z" }, { "id": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/history-of-watchmaking-tools/", "url": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/history-of-watchmaking-tools/", "title": "History of Watchmaking Tools: Hand Files to Silicon", "summary": "Explore how watchmaking tools moved precision from skilled hands into fixtures, gauges, machines, electronics, software, metrology, and silicon processes.", "content_text": "Explore how watchmaking tools moved precision from skilled hands into fixtures, gauges, machines, electronics, software, metrology, and silicon processes.", "image": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/assets/editorial/watchmaking-tools-history.avif", "date_published": "2026-08-24T00:00:00Z", "date_modified": "2026-08-24T00:00:00Z" }, { "id": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/history-of-selling-watches/", "url": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/history-of-selling-watches/", "title": "The History of Selling Watches", "summary": "Trace how watches moved from elite commissions to mass retail, luxury branding, auctions and global resale—and why some became collectible over time.", "content_text": "Trace how watches moved from elite commissions to mass retail, luxury branding, auctions and global resale—and why some became collectible over time.", "image": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/assets/editorial/provenance-archive.avif", "date_published": "2026-08-24T00:00:00Z", "date_modified": "2026-08-24T00:00:00Z" }, { "id": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/future-of-watchmaking-tools-2026-2051/", "url": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/future-of-watchmaking-tools-2026-2051/", "title": "Future of Watchmaking Tools: 2026-2051 Forecast", "summary": "Explore how AI, metrology, lasers, microfabrication, repair systems and hand skills may reshape watchmaking tools from 2026 to 2051.", "content_text": "Explore how AI, metrology, lasers, microfabrication, repair systems and hand skills may reshape watchmaking tools from 2026 to 2051.", "image": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/assets/editorial/future-watchmaking-tools-2051.avif", "date_published": "2026-08-24T00:00:00Z", "date_modified": "2026-08-24T00:00:00Z" }, { "id": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/future-of-selling-watches-2025-2050/", "url": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/future-of-selling-watches-2025-2050/", "title": "Future of Selling Watches: 2025-2050 Signals and Scenarios", "summary": "A look at how watch selling may change through 2050: certification, product records, price data, repair and the limits of prediction.", "content_text": "A look at how watch selling may change through 2050: certification, product records, price data, repair and the limits of prediction.", "image": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/assets/editorial/provenance-archive.avif", "date_published": "2026-08-24T00:00:00Z", "date_modified": "2026-08-24T00:00:00Z" }, { "id": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/dealer-offer-vs-market-price/", "url": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/dealer-offer-vs-market-price/", "title": "Dealer Offer vs. Market Price: Why the Numbers Differ", "summary": "Understand why a watch dealer's cash offer is below online prices, what the spread pays for, and how to compare dealer, auction, and private-sale net proceeds.", "content_text": "Understand why a watch dealer's cash offer is below online prices, what the spread pays for, and how to compare dealer, auction, and private-sale net proceeds.", "image": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/assets/editorial/compare-options.avif", "date_published": "2026-08-24T00:00:00Z", "date_modified": "2026-08-24T00:00:00Z" }, { "id": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/authorized-dealer-vs-grey-market/", "url": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/authorized-dealer-vs-grey-market/", "title": "Authorized Dealer vs Grey Market Watches", "summary": "Compare authorized and grey-market watch prices, warranties, availability and risks, then use a due-diligence checklist before you buy a watch.", "content_text": "Compare authorized and grey-market watch prices, warranties, availability and risks, then use a due-diligence checklist before you buy a watch.", "image": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/assets/editorial/compare-options.avif", "date_published": "2026-08-24T00:00:00Z", "date_modified": "2026-08-24T00:00:00Z" }, { "id": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/are-watches-good-investments/", "url": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/are-watches-good-investments/", "title": "Are Watches Good Investments? A Net-Return Test", "summary": "Learn when watches may preserve value, why headline returns mislead, and how to calculate costs, liquidity and risk before making a purchase.", "content_text": "Learn when watches may preserve value, why headline returns mislead, and how to calculate costs, liquidity and risk before making a purchase.", "image": "https://www.enjoywatches.com/assets/editorial/enjoy-the-journey.avif", "date_published": "2026-08-24T00:00:00Z", "date_modified": "2026-08-24T00:00:00Z" } ] }