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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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[–] TallPain9230@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Interesting dilemma. I’d be lying if I said that my first thought wasn’t to keep them, as I feel it’s highly unlikely to be discovered. Others have pointed out that it might not be difficult though, assuming there’s some paper trail. Although depending on the situation, it might be near impossible to find out where they’ve gone.

Regardless, the monetary value raises a large moral issue. I presume he loved his wife and while he wanted his watches, while he was alive, there’s no way to say that he wouldn’t just as much want their liquid value to help his wife while she’s alive.

Personally, I’d probably return all but the most sentimental one. Assuming I felt confident that my business partner/friend would want me to have one to remember him by.