Rolex · Selling from New Jersey
Sell a Rolex from New Jersey
If you live in New Jersey, the usual advice is to take a watch into New York or Philadelphia. There is another route. Cook County Buyers has one office, in Northbrook, Illinois, and we buy from New Jersey sellers without an office, a counter, or a phone line in the state.
Here is how that works, and what it asks of you.
The New Jersey difference: no carrying it into the city
New Jersey sits between two large watch markets, and both of them are across a river. Selling in either one means carrying a valuable watch on a train or through a tunnel, and then walking it from door to door.
Selling to us from New Jersey takes one short trip instead: to a FedEx counter near your home, with the insured overnight label we send you.
Nothing stops you from doing both. Get an offer in the city, ask for it in writing, and then show it to us.
Who you are dealing with
My name is Mike, and Cook County Buyers is my company. I answer the phone, I study the photos, I inspect the watch, and I make the offer.
I have been in the business of buying fine watches for 11 years. Across those years I have bought and sold over a million dollars’ worth.
Northbrook is one hour behind New Jersey, so a call after your breakfast reaches me at the start of my day.
What the written offer is for
We match or beat any written offer from another dealer.
A written offer from a dealer in New York, in Philadelphia, or anywhere in New Jersey is the kind of offer that line means. Send a photo of it along with the photos of your watch.
I can make that promise from one small office in Northbrook because the overhead is low. I make no other promise about price.
From a New Jersey FedEx counter to Northbrook
- Text or call
Send photos and tell me what you know: the model, how old it is, what came with it, and what shape it is in.
- Hear back with an estimate
I reply with an estimate. It costs nothing, and it is my best reading of the photos rather than a final price.
- Ship it insured
If the estimate suits you, a FedEx insured overnight shipping label comes to you by email. Seal the watch in a box and hand it over at any FedEx location.
- Final offer by phone
The watch travels overnight. I examine it in Northbrook and call you myself with the final offer.
- Paid, or returned
Say yes and the payment is wired to your bank account immediately, or mailed as a check if you prefer one. Say no and the watch is sent back promptly, and the return costs you nothing.
Prefer to sell face to face?
Then the place is Northbrook. If a trip to Chicago is already on your calendar, book an appointment and bring the watch with you. There is nobody in New Jersey who buys or collects watches on our behalf.
What to photograph and what to tell me
Photograph the dial, the back of the case, the clasp, and every piece of paperwork.
Find the reference number if you can. That is the code Rolex gives each exact model, and the paperwork lists it.
Say whether you have the box and papers, which means the original Rolex box and the warranty card or certificate handed over when the watch was first sold. They add to the value. A watch without them still sells.
Describe wear plainly: scratches on the crystal, dings in the case, stretch in the bracelet, and links that were removed.
The Rolex watches we buy, vintage and modern, include the Submariner, GMT-Master II, Datejust, Day-Date, Yacht-Master, and Sea-Dweller.
Before you trust us with a watch
Look us up. Cook County Buyers is accredited by the Better Business Bureau with an A+ rating, and there are 5-star reviews from our customers on Google, Yelp, Facebook, and the BBB.
New Jersey dealers are welcome to call. Every Rolex model we buy is listed on the page titled Sell a Rolex in Chicagoland.
Thank you for reading this far. A call from New Jersey is always welcome here.