Clear records · Better decisions · Defined roles
Maison Montres helps collectors and family offices organise the information and decisions around important watches. An engagement may cover collection records, acquisition support, specialist review, valuation needs, insurance documentation and sale planning. The scope and commercial role are agreed in writing before work begins.
Maison Montres is a private watch collection advisory. The service is designed for collectors, including high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth families, who need one clear record of a collection and a structured way to make decisions. Maison Montres can work on a single project or within a wider team of family-office, legal, tax, insurance and investment professionals.
Each service has a separate scope. This keeps advisory work, specialist opinions and transactions clear.
Create or improve the collection register. Record references, documents, condition notes, service history, location and valuation history. Use that record to plan acquisitions, care and future transfers.
Watch collection managementProvide watch-specific information inside an existing governance structure. Define reporting fields, decision rights, privacy requirements and the specialists responsible for each part of the work.
Family-office supportPrepare a buying brief, review a sale route, or coordinate the records needed for authentication, valuation or insurance. The output and limits are set before the project starts.
Private sourcingA watch list is a starting point. A managed register connects each watch to its reference, serial information, photographs, purchase records, provenance, accessories, service history, location and valuation history. It also records missing information and the next action.
Set the brief, compare the available example and record the commercial role. Use a separate authentication scope where technical examination is needed.
Keep documents current. Review the purpose and date of each valuation. Maintain the records an insurer or broker may request through the insurance planning guide.
Confirm authority, documents and condition before choosing a channel. Compare the implications of a private sale, consignment or auction on the selling page.
The first conversation should identify the decision, the people involved and the records already available. A written scope should then state the deliverables, data handling, responsibilities, timing, fees and any commercial interest. Legal, tax, financial and insurance advice remains with appropriately qualified professionals.
These answers describe the intended scope without replacing an engagement letter or a specialist opinion.
Maison Montres is a private watch collection advisory. It helps collectors and family offices organise collection information and make documented decisions about acquisitions, specialist review, valuation needs and possible sales.
The scope can include a collection register, document review, valuation history, service and location records, acquisition planning, insurance documentation and preparation for a sale or transfer. The agreed scope depends on the collection and the client's existing advisers.
Maison Montres can be engaged as a watch specialist within a wider advisory team. A written scope should define the information required, reporting format, decision rights, privacy controls and the work that remains with legal, tax, insurance or investment professionals.
The role must be agreed before an acquisition or sale assignment begins. The written scope should state whether Maison Montres acts for the buyer or seller, which transaction route may be used and how any fee or commercial interest is disclosed.
Authentication and valuation are separate questions. The engagement should state whether Maison Montres performs or coordinates the work, whether physical inspection is required, who signs any report and the purpose for which the report may be used.
Collection management. Build a reliable baseline and an action plan for the whole collection.
Family office support. Define reporting, access, decision rights and professional handoffs.
Collection register. Use the private inventory, insurance-review and succession toolkit.
Authentication scope. Understand the inspection evidence, written output and limitations.
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