Sell a Rolex from Pennsylvania

A wide state with its buyers at the two ends

Pennsylvania’s largest watch markets are at opposite ends of the state, in Philadelphia and in Pittsburgh. If you live in one of those cities, you have local choices, and you should use them to get an offer in writing.

If you live anywhere in between, the nearest established buyer may be a long drive in either direction. That is the practical difference here: for much of Pennsylvania, an insured overnight box is the shorter road.

Western Pennsylvania has one more option. From that side of the state, Northbrook can be reached in a long day by car, so some sellers may prefer to drive and finish the sale in person.

Meet the buyer

I’m Mike. I own Cook County Buyers and I do the buying. When a Pennsylvania seller calls, I am the one who picks up, and I stay with the sale until it is finished.

Fine watches have been my business for 11 years. In that time I have bought and sold more than a million dollars’ worth of them.

Shipping a watch from Pennsylvania

The sale starts on your phone. Text me pictures, or call, and tell me the model, the age, what you still have with it, and its condition.

I come back to you with an estimate, free of charge. Think of it as a range drawn from photographs.

When you are ready, I email a FedEx insured overnight shipping label. You pack the watch, bring it to a FedEx location, and get a receipt.

After it arrives, I inspect it and phone you with a final offer. Authenticity and condition can only be settled with the watch in hand, which is why the final figure waits until then.

If you accept, your money goes out by wire immediately, or by check when you would rather have paper. If you decline, the watch is on its way back to Pennsylvania promptly, at our cost.

Driving it over yourself

Appointments are at 1340 Shermer Rd, Suite 260, in Northbrook, and they are by appointment only, so call before you set out. Pennsylvania is one hour ahead of us, and the clock gives you that hour back on the way here.

Details that sharpen the estimate

• Reference number. Rolex gives every model its own reference, a code that pins down the exact version. It is written on the warranty paperwork.
• Box and papers. The term covers the original box and the original warranty card or certificate. A complete set is worth more, and an incomplete one is still welcome.
• Bracelet. Tell me how many links are there and whether any spares are in the box.
• Condition. List scratches, dents, and any repair or replacement you know of.

Those four details, together with the year and the current demand for the model, decide the offer. That is why you will not find a dollar figure on this page.

We buy modern and vintage Rolex models, and the Datejust, Day-Date, Submariner, Sea-Dweller, GMT-Master II, and Yacht-Master are among them.

Checking on Cook County Buyers

Sending a watch several hundred miles takes trust, and you should not give it blindly. Our Better Business Bureau record shows an accredited business with an A+ rating. Customers have also reviewed us, at 5 stars, on Google, Yelp, Facebook, and the BBB.

Pennsylvania dealers can call too. For the full list of models, go to the page titled Sell a Rolex in Chicagoland.