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Side hustle success - Luxury Watches

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No authentic luxury watch verification tooling mentioned; manual authentication dependency creates risk in 10k average transaction value business with potential for counterfeit losses.
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anthropic/claude-haiku-4.5 · 2026-05-08

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Started flipping luxury watches about a year and half ago. I started with 25k of my own capital from my day job. Eventually I put in up to about \~70k of my own funds (owners capital) to grow the business. I started with no funding, no mentor, no one in the business and no courses. Lost 2k on my first 2 watches in 2024. Lost another 8k later that year. I mostly sell Rolexes and luxury brands. Nothing under 1k. Average watch price is around 10k. 2024 - First 6 months: \- 561k in sales \- 22k gross profit \- 13k net profit 2025 - One year: \- 1.2m in sales \- 87k gross profit \- 63k net profit \- \~8k payroll (salary to myself) Ive been wholesaling pretty much everything. Fast flips. I aim for 6-12% margins, depending on how long I’m holding a watch. I’ve lost a few times, can count on one hand probably. I’m trying to get to a point where I’m making a consistent 10k / month net, after all expenses including my salary of 1k / month. I do some social media / marketing but very little. Trying to really focus on that this year so I can sell to more retail clients for a healthier margin. As well as buy more watches from retail clients. It’s been really fun and I love watches and enjoy getting to wear them while I try to sell them. I still have my day job and don’t think I’m going to quit anytime soon. Just wanted to share this. If I missed anything or any questions just ask below. I’m going to try to post regular updates to track my progress and engage with others as I have never done it before. Thanks!

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[score=142] f00gers
Really impressive numbers for such tight margins, especially while keeping a day job, and it’s refreshing to see someone be honest about early losses instead of pretending it was all smooth sailing.
[score=28] MrBDH98
This is impressive, well done! How do you verify they’re genuine pieces and not fakes? Are you clued up yourself, or do you use an authenticator?