Is it weird to gift someone a worn watch?

Gift it a nice bath before gifting... No one likes to wear someone else's grime. New strap if not a bracelet.

I bought the Tissot rubber strap for it so he has options. Goes without saying, definitely cleaning it as thoroughly as possible.

Not at all, done it many times. 👍🏻

I would ask it they want it before giving it to a person.

Here, take this watch, it's beat to shit. Probably not cool.

Here, take this watch, I think you'll enjoy it more than I. Awesome.

That's a fair point and part of the reason why I'm hesitating. Watches are very personal in my opinion, hard to buy for someone unless you know their style/preferences.

Not if it's to your brother!

Depends on the recipient if they'd appreciate it!

Depends. In this case it’s fine since it’s your brother. Would be weird for extended family or friends.

I have my brother my Brew Retromatic in June, missed it so much I hunted another down for myself. Having said that a used watch is a great gift in my opinion.

I believe it is better than giving them a new watch. Especially if the person is your family member.

I gift my watches all the time. So long as the watch doesn’t look like you stuck in the dryer along with all your flatware you should be fine. 😂 Recommend giving them a good cleaning, and putting them on a new strap (if not on a bracelet). Congrats to your brother on his new job! 🍻

If you are giving it to your younger one or a younger family member it's fine. It's not advisable to gift a worn watch to office colleagues 😁

Depends on the watch, depends on the friend.

I Gave my good friend my Casio Duro & cleaned it first of course. He recently broke his Fossil watch so I sorted him out with a new to him watch.

It's always weird when I do it. Chasing people down the street and forcing my old watches into their pockets never gets the grateful reaction I expect.

I buy most of what I own on the used market. I’ve never really understood the infatuation with unboxing a new item. You’re just going to scratch it up anyway, so there’s no point taking the hit yourself. I’d buy a Rolex from an AD, but that’s about it.

I’ve given away about 8 watches, mostly to my father in law. He wears them all. Most of them were bracelets, the ones with leather, I changed the strap before I gave them the watches.

It really does depend and, in your case, I think it's fine. The vibe is, "You know that watch you've seen me wear? Well buddy, now it's yours..." which feels very special, like you're giving him something very personal from you. If it was, "Hey, I got this the local pawn broker. I gave it a quick wipe with a damp rag. Enjoy!" That is a totally different vibe.

If it’s your brother and he knows you’re into watches I’d imagine he’d know you’re not going to gift him a piece of crap….to a non watch person I’d say the Prx looks like a seriously nice piece. But I am biased (I’ve 6 of them)

Few of my exes have my watches on their wrists. Oh the audacity lol

He’s getting a watch with a bit of history built in already, sounds about perfect to me.

As long as the condition is good and that I still have the box + papers, then I feel comfortable gifting them a used watch

Have done this for friends, coworkers, neighbors, and family.

Has always been appreciated.

As a matter of fact my recently purchased Momentum yellow diver is in a box waiting to be given to my son-in-law. He can keep it, sell it. Whatever he wishes.

I think it’s cool! I gave my little brother one of his first real watches as a gift and he wears it all the time and is into watches now. :)

I gave my father's Navitimer and Day Date to my sister.

It is in fact that potential (of being passed on) that I love in watches so much and a recurring excuse to justify purchases… 😅

Not weird. If I want to gift something I previously owned, I generally ask them first to make sure they want to have it. I don't want them to feel like they have to keep it something they didn't ask for, since they also can't return it.

IMHO, I'd be careful with this one. It could definitely give off that " I've decided this isn't good enough for me, but I think it's fine for you" vibe, depending on your relationship with the gift recipient.

Comes down on who you are gifting too. Son/Grandson now gets the Family watch, can be worn, it now has a history.

If you don't like a watch and are within a few days of wear, no problem. But just gifing it because it's worn out or you are unhappy with it after a few months is weird.

Why are so many people bothered to give a watch off your wrist to someone? It’s still an act of generosity and genuine respect for the recipient?!?! I gave a favourite watch to my brother in law in Thailand because he kept eyeing it off , but saying nothing . I also gave two other seiko divers to my wife’s nephews so they can get to work on time as no mobile phones in their possession in the village. I feel great about gifting these watches that I genuinely appreciated owning, but happily help my less fortunate relatives who are pretty bloody poor in comparison to me .