New arrivals
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Rolex Air King Ref. 116900
Regular price €7.150,00 EURRegular price -
Rolex Explorer II Ref. 16570
Regular price €6.900,00 EURRegular price -
Rolex Milgauss Ref. 116400GV
Regular price €8.700,00 EURRegular price -
Rolex Submariner 'No Date' Ref. 114060
Regular price €10.000,00 EURRegular price -
Rolex Daytona Cosmograph Ref. 116520
Regular price €20.400,00 EURRegular price -
Omega Speedmaster Professional Ref. 3570.50.00
Regular price €4.750,00 EURRegular price
We only sell what
we would wear ourselves.
Some watches simply tell the time. Others make you pause — for their craftsmanship, their quiet longevity, or the way they carry their design without ever needing to prove it.
Know Your Vintage Watches grew from a simple idea: every watch should feel right the moment you hold it. I buy these watches with my own money, which means every piece in this collection has been chosen with genuine conviction — because I wanted it, and because I’d wear it myself.
I’ve been buying watches from dealers for years. Good ones, bad ones, and everything in between. And somewhere along the way I realised that the standard I was looking for simply didn’t exist yet. So I decided to set it myself.
In a market where many dealers move watches without much context or connection, we’ve chosen a different approach. Smaller. More considered. More personal. The price is honest and clearly set. No offers, no bidding wars — if that’s what you’re after, Catawiki does it well. Here, the price means something.
Curated with conviction
No catalogues, no bulk. A small, carefully considered selection of watches I would put on my own wrist. Every piece has been held, studied and chosen. If it’s not here, there’s a reason.
Personal, not transactional
You buy from someone who gives you their number, answers your questions and remains reachable long after the sale. A watch at this level deserves a real conversation — before, during and after. And it deserves to arrive properly — not in a bubble envelope, but packaged the way it should be.
Knowledge you can trust
Every watch is inspected point-by-point by an independent certified watchmaker before it leaves. Movement accuracy, water resistance, case and dial condition — all documented. You receive a full report with your purchase. No assumptions, no surprises.
Your satisfaction. Full stop.
We’re not building a quick-flip operation. We’re building a reputation. Clear return conditions, honest after-sales support, and a genuine interest in whether you’re happy long after the watch is on your wrist. No runaround, no bullshit.
Dries Vanderheyden
Twelve years in business and marketing, a decade building Know Your Vintage Guitars into one of Europe's leading vintage boutiques — and a lifelong passion for beautifully made things. The same conviction that drives every guitar I select drives every watch in this collection: curated with care, sold with honesty, backed completely. You're buying from someone who has skin in the game and will still pick up the phone after the sale.
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consignment
We sell
Every timepiece in our inventory has been personally selected and inspected by a certified watchmaker. You know exactly what you're buying, who you're buying it from — and why it earned its place in the collection.
14-day return guarantee. No questions asked.
Enquire →We buy
Looking to part with a timepiece? We buy directly and offer honest, market-accurate valuations. No pressure, no games. Just a fair conversation between people who love watches.
Get a valuation →Consignment
Your watch deserves the right buyer. We handle the entire process — photography, listing, communication, sale — while your timepiece finds its new wrist through our network.
Learn more →The KYVW certification standard
Before a timepiece earns its place in our collection, it passes through a rigorous inspection by a certified independent watchmaker. Not a cursory glance — a documented, point-by-point verification. You receive the full report with every purchase.
A different
wrist.
Know Your Vintage Watches carries the same values as Know Your Vintage Guitars — the same owner, the same ethos, the same belief that the finest objects are chosen with conviction, not convenience.
The collector who treasures a 1956 Gibson Les Paul Special and the one who seeks an iconic Rolex Submariner — they are often the same person. We simply speak to both passions.
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