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Not long ago, I received an email from the founder of a pre-owned watch start-up pitching me on his new company. There’s nothing inherently remarkable about that. Over the course of my 20-plus years writing about watches—for Robb Report, the New York Times, and other publications—I have received countless emails touting all kinds of…

