Used Apple Watches in Edinburgh typically sell for £70 to £300 (about $94 to $405). Apple Watches hold value better than most smartwatches, and the spread comes down to generation, case material and size.
Selling an Apple Watch in Edinburgh
Edinburgh is a university and finance city whose population swells enormously every August for the festival, and that single month does more to move second-hand goods here than any other part of the year. Outside it, the Old and New Town tenement stock means most people live in flats and buy furniture to fit them.
The Old Town is steep, cobbled and awkward for vehicles, with restricted access on several streets, so anything heavy needs a conversation about where a van can actually stop. Trams and buses cover the rest of the city and handle small handovers fine.
Check vehicle access before agreeing to collect anything heavy from the Old Town. Several streets are restricted or effectively impassable for a van, and the nearest legal stopping point can be a long carry.
Edinburgh, in Scotland, has around 530,000 people, which means a steady local market where the usual things move reliably and the unusual ones are worth listing with a wider radius in mind. Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dundee are close enough that a buyer there may well make the trip for the right thing.
Handing it over in Edinburgh
Most private sales settle by bank transfer or cash on collection. Faster Payments clear in seconds, which makes a transfer as safe as cash for the seller — wait for it to land before the item leaves your hands.
What Apple Watches are worth
What lifts the price
- Recent generations still taking watchOS updates
- Larger case sizes, which sell more readily
What pulls it down
- Activation lock still tied to a previous Apple account
- Battery health well below its original capacity
Working out what yours is worth
- Check battery health in the Watch app under General
- Note the exact generation, case size and material
Getting it ready
- Note the series, case size in millimetres, case material, and whether it is GPS or GPS plus Cellular.
- Check battery health in Settings, and inspect the screen edges and case corners for the chips these watches collect.
Photograph
- The watch face on, showing the display
- The settings screen showing series, case size and battery health
Put in the description
- Series number, case size in millimetres and case material
- Battery maximum capacity percentage
Small and valuable. Confirm cleared funds before handover, and make sure the watch is genuinely unpaired first.
Listing is free and there is no selling fee, so the whole amount the buyer pays stays with you. You and the buyer agree the handover between yourselves.
Same region (Scotland)
Common questions
Where can I sell an Apple Watch in Edinburgh?
Put it on WishThrift free and deal with the buyer direct. The Old Town is steep, cobbled and awkward for vehicles, with restricted access on several streets, so anything heavy needs a conversation about where a van can actually stop. Trams and buses cover the rest of the city and handle small handovers fine.
Is Activation Lock removed?
Unpair through the Watch app on your iPhone, which handles it properly, and confirm in the listing. A locked Apple Watch cannot be used by anyone else.
How much is an Apple Watch worth in Edinburgh?
Most used Apple Watches change hands for £70 to £300 (about $94 to $405). Condition and completeness move that figure more than anything else.
More: selling an Apple Watch across the United Kingdom, what Apple Watches are worth, everything second hand in Edinburgh, or Electronics in Edinburgh.
Guide range converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate, not a quote — sellers set their own price.