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[collection] friend left his collection with me and passed away. (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by No_Rent_6845@alien.top to c/watches@style.land

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He’s also my business partner. He kept his watch collection with me since his wife doesn’t allow him to buy watches and made me promise not to ever tell his wife about them. Not only because she doesn’t like it but also because she will definitely ask him to sell them and probably spend the money on clothes and traveling like she often does.

He lets me use the watches in the condition that I don’t cause any damage. But now that he passed away it doesn’t feel right any more.

His watch collection is worth about 200K$ in todays market. I think the lawful and ethical thing to do is to break the promise and tell his wife but I’m not sure that’s the right thing to do since he made me promise not to tell her.

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[–] viront7@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Firstly... Condolences for your loss. Nobody should have to go through this.

Am I the only person here that sees this as something more than just money, though? He trusted you for a reason. He also enjoyed watches for something more than their value.

Imagine he knew of his passing ahead of time. Do you think he'd then say "don't tell my wife until I die."? I'd wager not. He wouldn't say that because he'd know his love for watches would still be traded for money and then used on things HE might not approve of.

If I were the person saying these words to a friend I'm entrusting 200k to, I'd 100% want him to keep them and ENJOY them for what they are... Not what their worth.

This is how I see it... Maybe I'm whack, idk. Usually I'm super conservative about these things but it seems like he knew what he was doing when he said what he said. Nobody seems to take those words into account just because of his death.