Guides for watch workshops and watch dealers

Short answers to questions that watchmakers and dealers asked us. These guides are translations of the French ones: the texts cited are French and Belgian.

Dealers: stock and sales

• The margin scheme (VAT) for a used-watch dealer in France : A used-watch dealer pays VAT on the margin: what French law says before and after 1 January 2027, and what is still to check.
• The profit margin scheme (VAT) for a used-watch dealer in Belgium : A Belgian used-watch dealer may pay VAT on the margin: what royal decree no. 53 and the FPS Finance say, the invoice and the accounts.

Workshops: repairs

• What to do with a watch its client never collects, in France : A repaired watch nobody collects: the one-year period, the application to the judge and the public sale provided by the law of 31 December 1903.
• The quote for a watch repair: what the law says in France and Belgium : Must a quote be handed over to repair a watch? What French and Belgian law say about informing the client, and what is still to check.
• A watch lost or damaged at the workshop: the watchmaker's responsibility in France and Belgium : A watch left for repair is lost or damaged: the craftsman answers only for his fault, says the Civil Code. What to check in France and Belgium.

Provena Studio

Provena Studio is the working tool of watch workshops and watch dealers: repairs from reception to handover, stock, purchases and consignment.

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