Why the apparent shortage of ladies rolex for sale on secondary market?

[Wooddog44]

In general they are very poorly taken care of - don't get serviced and women like to wear them "loose" which knocks the snot out of the bracelets stretching them to the point that they can't be worn (sold) unless replaced.

Factoring in the $$ for a new bracelet, and complete service which they almost always need, makes them a very poor (low value) trade in item and the owners tend to keep them, get another one and pass the old one along to a family member/sell to a friend or throw them in a jewelry box... A lot of them turn up at estate sales...

Learned this recently from a jeweler as I was hoping to trade up my wife's DJ for a newer one but when told the (low) trade value (I have had it serviced and clean it for her but the bracelet is pretty bad... not nearly as bad as some though that can literally be tied in a knot) will probably just keep it for a niece who starts college soon.

This "keep it for someone else" phenomenon is what holds many of them off of the pre-owned market...