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Sell on Dialroom · Kolkata

Sell your watch in Kolkata

Kolkata holds some of India's oldest private watch collections: estate pieces, inherited dress watches, and decades-old chronographs that never left the family. Sellers here often have the most interesting watches and the fewest trustworthy ways to sell them.

Dialroom's escrow and consignment flows are built for exactly this. If you would rather not manage a listing yourself, consignment means you ship once and we handle authentication, photography, listing, and sale.

How it works from Kolkata

  • Insured courier pickup across Kolkata and Howrah once your watch sells, or upfront for consignment.
  • Consignment is popular for estate and inherited pieces: one shipment, zero listing effort, payout on sale.
  • Authentication and condition reporting at our Bengaluru hub before the watch reaches the buyer.

The Kolkata market, honestly

Kolkata's local resale options are thin relative to the quality of collections in the city, which historically pushed sellers toward visiting dealers from other metros on their terms. A national listing reverses the leverage.

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.