By DialEast Editorial · November 1, 2026

Is The Luxury Closet the Best Place to Buy a Pre-Owned Watch in the Gulf?

The Luxury Closet was founded in Dubai in 2012 and describes itself as the largest luxury resale marketplace in the Middle East. For a collector in Riyadh, Jeddah or Dubai, one term separates it from every international platform: for delivery inside the GCC, duties and taxes are already included in the listed price. A watch bought from outside the GCC adds 20.75 percent of its CIF value in Saudi Arabia and 10.25 percent in the UAE.

Its product feed of 1 November 2026 listed 1,314 watches from 68 brands, among 70,155 luxury items from 944 brands in total. Every item is authenticated in-house by a team of more than 15 specialists and carries a lifetime authenticity guarantee. This guide sets out what The Luxury Closet offers a Gulf watch buyer as of 1 November 2026, and the terms worth knowing before the first order.

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Why Has The Luxury Closet Become the Gulf’s Reference for Pre-Owned Luxury?

Kunal Kapoor, still its chief executive, founded The Luxury Closet in Dubai in 2012 with a team of three, and the first sale was a single Hermès Birkin. The company now reports more than 2.4 million shoppers, over 390,000 products sold and more than 2,500 new arrivals every week. It employs over 170 people, runs offices in Dubai, India and Kuwait, and keeps a flagship store in Dubai.

The Gulf is built into the business rather than added to it. Every order ships from Dubai, its June 2021 funding round of $14 million included the Saudi Nazer Group alongside GMP Investments, HB Investments, MEVP and MLM, and its VIP concierge for sellers operates in the UAE and in Riyadh. Customer service answers seven days a week, 9 am to 9 pm Gulf Standard Time.

That base explains the pricing advantage. A buyer in Saudi Arabia or the UAE pays the price on the listing, with no customs invoice on arrival, while an order from Europe or the United States reaches the same buyer with duty and VAT still to pay. For the full comparison of Gulf buying routes, including Chrono24 and Bob’s Watches, see our pre-owned guide.

Which Luxury Watch Brands Does The Luxury Closet Carry?

Current pre-owned listings at The Luxury Closet, updated weekly from its product feed. Filter by brand, collection, price, condition and box and papers; each watch links to its listing.

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Rolex leads the watch inventory with 187 listings, from $5,000 to $342,991, and the Datejust alone accounts for 89 of them. Cartier follows with 134, then Audemars Piguet with 54 and Patek Philippe with 34, the latter running to a platinum Nautilus 5711/110P at $609,296, the most expensive watch in the feed. Reference-level context for each maison is in our Rolex collector’s guide, Patek Philippe guide and Audemars Piguet guide.

The selection runs well beyond those ten. The same feed lists 106 Breitling, 102 Omega, 53 Bvlgari, 46 TAG Heuer, 36 Panerai, 29 Hublot and 16 Tudor watches, and 432 of the 1,314 watches are priced at $10,000 or more. The feed does not carry every watch on the site, so the live catalogue can be larger than these counts.

The Luxury Closet in Dubai lists pre-owned watches from a Cartier at $1,170 (about SAR 4,388 · AED 4,297) to a platinum Patek Philippe Nautilus 5711/110P at $609,296 (about SAR 2,284,860 · AED 2,237,640), as of 1 November 2026. Each watch is authenticated in-house and covered by a lifetime authenticity guarantee, with duties and taxes included in the price for GCC delivery. View current watch listings.

Patek Philippe Nautilus ref. 5711/110P in platinum
Patek Philippe Nautilus ref. 5711/110P in platinum. Image: The Luxury Closet

How Does The Luxury Closet Authenticate a Watch?

Every item is authenticated in-house before it is listed, by a team of more than 15 specialists that includes gemologists, at the company’s facility in Dubai. The Luxury Closet states that only 100 percent authentic items go on sale and backs each one with a lifetime authenticity guarantee. Its site puts the number of pieces covered by that guarantee at more than 25,000.

The assessment changes by category. For a watch, the published checkpoints include the movement, hallmark details, authenticity cards and information booklets, and gemstone grading. Authenticators also look for amendments made by sellers, naming aftermarket diamonds and replaced batteries as examples. On a gem-set Rolex or Patek Philippe, that check decides whether the stones are original.

Documentation is stated listing by listing. On 1 November 2026, 678 of the 1,314 watch listings named papers, a warranty card or a certificate among the items included, and 364 were supplied in The Luxury Closet’s own packaging only. The independent checks worth repeating on arrival, from serial number to movement, are set out in our authentication guide.

Rolex Cosmograph Daytona ref. 126500LN in steel with black dial
Rolex Cosmograph Daytona ref. 126500LN in steel. Image: The Luxury Closet

What Does a Watch From The Luxury Closet Cost Landed in Riyadh, Jeddah or Dubai?

The listed price is the landed price. The Luxury Closet states that for GCC countries duties and taxes are included in the item price and no additional customs fee is applied. Delivery is included for card, PayPal and bank transfer payments, taking one to two business days within the UAE and five to six business days to the rest of the GCC.

The same watch imported from outside the GCC carries a different total. Saudi Arabia applies 5 percent customs duty and 15 percent VAT on value plus duty, 20.75 percent of the CIF value, and the UAE 5 percent duty and 5 percent VAT, 10.25 percent. Those rates apply equally in Riyadh and Jeddah, before courier and clearance fees.

A Rolex Daytona ref. 126500LN listed at $33,606 (about SAR 126,023 · AED 123,418) on 1 November 2026, in Excellent condition with box and warranty card, shows the scale. Bought at the same price from outside the GCC, it would add about $6,973 (about SAR 26,150) in Saudi Arabia and about $3,445 (about AED 12,650) in the UAE. That is the margin a foreign listing has to undercut before it becomes the cheaper purchase, and the same threshold applies to resale, as our value retention data shows by brand.

What Should You Know About Condition, Payment and Returns?

Every listing carries one of four condition grades, each defined on the item page. Pristine means unused. Excellent means no major signs of wear, with original protective wrapping possibly missing, while Good describes limited use with possible scratches and a recent professional polish. Fair covers visible wear in good working condition, recently polished, with hallmarks possibly diminished.

Of the 1,314 watches in the 1 November feed, 900 were graded Good, 171 Excellent, 169 Pristine and 74 Fair. A collector who values an unpolished case should treat the polishing note in the Good and Fair grades as decisive and ask before ordering. The condition note also states when no warranty applies to the watch, the strap or the bracelet.

Payment options include card, PayPal, Apple Pay, bank transfer, instalments and a pay-and-reserve plan. Cash on delivery is available for UAE orders only, at an extra AED 30. Card payments are charged in US dollars, so the final amount depends on the bank’s exchange rate, and The Luxury Closet may ask for a passport or ID copy to confirm a card purchase.

Returns are accepted on eligible items within three days of delivery, and listings that cannot be returned say “No returns on this item”. The Luxury Closet collects the watch and refunds within seven business days of its quality check, less a fee of AED 20 plus VAT in the UAE. Watches in precious metal or set with gemstones are not shipped to Kuwait.

What Else Does The Luxury Closet Sell Beyond Watches?

Watches are a small share of the catalogue. The 1 November feed listed 18,081 women’s handbags and 738 men’s bags, 3,584 pieces of women’s fine jewellery, and clothing and shoes from Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Hermès and Dior, the five largest brands by listing count. The same authentication team, which includes leather and textile specialists alongside its gemologists, the same lifetime authenticity guarantee and the same GCC delivery terms apply across every category.

How Do You Sell or Consign a Watch Through The Luxury Closet?

The Luxury Closet reports more than 100,000 sellers worldwide and a Trustpilot rating of 4.2 out of 5. Sellers choose between two routes. VIP Concierge assigns a dedicated account manager, with in-home consultation and pickup and full handling of photography, pricing and listing, and is aimed at multiple or higher-value items, with service in the UAE and Riyadh for sellers with ten or more pieces.

List It Yourself is the self-service route: the seller submits the item online, receives a quotation, and The Luxury Closet collects it. In both cases the process runs in five steps, from submission and quotation approval to free pickup, authentication and photography, and payment after the item sells. The company describes the service as secure and insured.

For select high-value brands, Rolex among them, sellers can use Price Control. The seller sets the listing price at quotation, the price is locked for the first 30 days, and any scheduled price reduction can be paused. The Luxury Closet’s selling pages do not publish commission rates; the seller sees the payout in the quotation and approves it before pickup.

Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Jumbo ref. 15202ST in steel
Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Jumbo ref. 15202ST in steel. Image: The Luxury Closet

How Do You Buy a Watch From The Luxury Closet, Step by Step?

  1. Set the delivery country first. Delivery time and the price basis depend on it, and GCC delivery is what includes duties and taxes.
  2. Read the condition grade and note. Check for a recent polish, a “No warranty” line and what the listing includes, from box and papers to packaging only.
  3. Check the return line. If the page says “No returns on this item”, the sale is final.
  4. Choose the payment method. Card charges are in US dollars; cash on delivery applies to UAE orders only.
  5. Inspect on arrival. Compare serial number, papers and condition with the listing within the three-day window, and raise any return from My Purchases.

For a shortlist rather than a search, each month’s DialEast Picks selects watches from The Luxury Closet listed within 15 percent of the WatchCharts average for their reference. A steel Nautilus ref. 5711 or a Royal Oak Jumbo appears there only when the price clears that test.

For collectors in the Gulf, The Luxury Closet in Dubai lists authenticated pre-owned luxury watches with duties and taxes included in the price for GCC delivery. Elsewhere, pre-owned examples are listed on Chrono24 and Bob’s Watches.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is The Luxury Closet legitimate, and are its watches authentic?

The Luxury Closet has operated from Dubai since 2012 and reports more than 390,000 products sold. Every item is authenticated in-house by a team of more than 15 specialists, including gemologists, and carries a lifetime authenticity guarantee. Checks for watches cover the movement, hallmarks, papers and any aftermarket modification.

Will I pay customs in Saudi Arabia on a watch from The Luxury Closet?

No. The Luxury Closet states that duties and taxes are included in the item price for GCC countries and that no additional customs fee is applied. A watch imported into Saudi Arabia from outside the GCC adds 5 percent duty and 15 percent VAT, 20.75 percent of the CIF value.

How long does delivery take to Riyadh or Dubai?

Orders ship from Dubai. Delivery within the UAE takes one to two business days, and to the rest of the GCC, including Riyadh and Jeddah, five to six business days. Delivery is included for card, PayPal and bank transfer payments.

Can I pay cash on delivery outside the UAE?

No. Cash on delivery applies to UAE orders only, with an extra fee of AED 30. Buyers elsewhere in the GCC pay by card, PayPal or bank transfer, and card payments are charged in US dollars.

Can I return a watch bought from The Luxury Closet?

Eligible items can be returned within three days of delivery, and The Luxury Closet collects the return. The refund follows within seven business days of the quality check, less a processing fee of AED 20 plus VAT in the UAE. Listings marked “No returns on this item” are final sale.

What do Pristine, Excellent, Good and Fair mean?

Pristine means unused, and Excellent means no major signs of wear. Good describes limited use with possible scratches and a recent professional polish. Fair covers visible wear in good working condition, also recently polished, with hallmarks possibly diminished.

How do I sell a watch through The Luxury Closet?

Sellers submit the watch online or use VIP Concierge, which offers a dedicated account manager and in-home pickup in the UAE and Riyadh for ten or more items. After quotation approval, The Luxury Closet collects, authenticates and photographs the watch, and pays the seller once it sells. For brands including Rolex, Price Control locks the seller’s price for 30 days.

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Sources: The Luxury Closet About Us, How We Check, Sell With Us, How Does It Work and Delivery & Returns pages; The Luxury Closet product feed via Admitad (1 November 2026); The National (June 2021 funding round); ZATCA and UAE Federal Tax Authority rates. Last verified: 1 November 2026.