How to compare a watch across marketplaces

A reference is not one price. The same number can be an unworn set with a 2026 card, a ten-year-old watch-only, or a dealer piece with a fresh service. If you sort only by the lowest figure, you will compare things that are not the same watch.

Start with the reference, not the nickname. “Pepsi” and “Batman” are useful in conversation and dangerous in a search box, because sellers use them loosely. Lugfolio searches the reference first, then shows the nickname beside it.

Hold four things still before you trust a gap: condition, year, box and papers, and who is selling. A private Carousell ask in Hong Kong can sit under a Watchfinder price because the seller is not inspecting, warrantying, or shipping across a border. That gap is not automatically a bargain.

Use one currency. This desk converts the snapshot to US dollars so a Singapore dollar ask and a euro ask can share a column. The seller’s page is still the price you pay, in their currency, with their tax and shipping.

When the low and the median are far apart, read the low. It is often missing papers, an older generation the seller filed under the new reference, or a title that does not match the photos. Open that listing on the platform before you treat it as the market.