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Seems like a good ideal that will be impossible to implement.
They must think The Real Real is there competition in this field. I think most of it has gone to Chrono24 or private websites.
So, are the autheniticators going to open the watch and inspect the movement? It's not much of an authentication if they don't. In that case the are going to have to be a watchmaker as well as an expert on watches. Those two things are not always mutual.
Are they going to open a new watch sealed in its original box?
Are they going to open up brand new watches?
If ebay is opening up watches and they scratch them are they going to take responsibility for it? The new buyers are pretty anal. You see photos of nicks under microscopes on this site.
You hear enough complaints about how watches were returned from RSC or Patek, what watch experts is ebay going to hire that are better than can be found by Rolex or Patek?
On vintage watches the gaskets disintegrate when open you open up the back. Are they going to replace them? If particles fall into the movement are they going to remove them?
Ebay sells 200 wristwatches over $2,000 every day. And that is without the Christmas rush. If you look at one every half hour, it would take 13 watchmakers.
It is not going to be easy to find that many highly skilled watchmakers. Are they just going to hire people off the street like The Real Real and train them?
How are they going to handle a holiday rush? Add 65 watchmakers? Have a back up of 2 weeks?
I think this whole plan will fall under its own weight.
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