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Sell on Dialroom · Chennai

Sell your watch in Chennai

Chennai's watch culture runs older and quieter than the flashier metros: HMT and Titan heritage, carefully kept dress watches, and family pieces bought decades ago at T. Nagar showrooms. Many of them are exactly what collectors elsewhere in India are looking for.

Dialroom gives Chennai sellers a way to put those watches in front of national buyers without handing them to a local broker first. Condition grading and honest photography do the selling; escrow does the protecting.

How it works from Chennai

  • Insured courier pickup across Chennai after your listing sells.
  • Overnight courier lane to the Bengaluru authentication hub, the shortest of any non-hub metro.
  • Vintage and heirloom pieces are graded on condition honestly; our listing wizard walks you through photos and provenance.

The Chennai market, honestly

Chennai's resale market is conservative: buyers here research hard and pay fair prices for honest condition. Well-documented watches from Chennai sellers tend to hold their asking price rather than getting bargained down.

Every pre-owned watch sold above Rs 20,000 on Dialroom is physically authenticated at our Bengaluru hub before it reaches the buyer.

How selling works

1

List

Create your listing yourself: brand, reference, photos, your asking price. Takes 5 minutes.

2

Get Discovered

Your listing goes live for thousands of verified buyers across India to browse.

3

Sell

A buyer purchases and pays into secure escrow. Nothing happens until your watch sells.

4

Authenticate & Ship

We authenticate the watch at our Bengaluru hub, then ship it to the buyer with full insurance.

5

Get Paid

You get paid by UPI/NEFT once the buyer's 72-hour inspection window closes.

Commission, by tier

Pick the model that fits how involved you want to be. You can change tier per listing.

Trusted Dealer

8–10%

For verified businesses

Established dealers ship directly to buyers. Lower commission, priority placement, no escrow hold.

Private Escrow

15%

Most popular for one-off sellers

List your watch, buyer pays into escrow, ship to our Bengaluru hub for authentication, we forward to buyer.

Consignment

18–20%

For sellers who want hands-off

Send your watch upfront. We authenticate, photograph, list, sell, and ship: zero effort on your end.

Luxe Certified

10–12% + 3% buyer fee

For luxury watches over ₹1,00,000

Watches ₹1L+. Forensic authentication by partner horologists, 6-month guarantee, full insurance.

All commissions exclude GST. Payouts in INR via UPI/NEFT to a bank account in the seller's legal name.