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Watch collecting guides – The Knowledge Hub

The Crown Auctions Knowledge Hub gathers guides for Australian watch buyers: how online auctions work, how to tell a genuine watch from a counterfeit, what makes a reference collectible, and the history behind the major houses. Every guide links to the brand and model pages it discusses.

Collector placing an online auction bid on his phone
Featured guide · Buying at auction How to buy a watch at online auction in Australia Registering, reading a lot, authentication, the true price and bidding with discipline, in six steps. Read the guide
Collector adjusting his cuff, wearing a gold dress watch

Buying at auction

How online watch auctions work, and how to bid well.

Specialist inspecting a watch movement through a loupe

Authentication

Telling genuine from counterfeit, and reading condition.

Macro of a fluted gold bezel and crown

Brand and model guides

The houses and references collectors ask about most.

Eight luxury watches on black marble at an auction preview

Market and value

What makes a watch collectible, and what affects its price.

Open-worked dress watch above the Sydney skyline

Watchmaking and history

How watches work, and where the great houses came from.

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