Ben Watches
Watches
Independent dealer in neo-vintage and rare timepieces, based in London, Gibraltar, Marbella and Geneva, taking Bitcoin and Tether for every watch.
USDT
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The 1916 Company
US luxury watch and jewellery group naming USDC and USDT among the coins it takes through BitPay — online, in seven showrooms and by phone.
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At a glance
- Accepts stablecoins?
- Yes (verified)
- Networks
- Not published — confirm the chain at checkout
- How you pay
- Hosted crypto checkout at the payment step
- Payment provider
- BitPay
- Verified
- · 3 source s · see evidence
- Limitations
- The BitPay invoice expires after 15 minutes; a new one must be generated if it lapses. · 3 more
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Payment readiness
Every line from the record; gaps are stated, not filled.- Confirmed coin and network pairings
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- USDC — network pairing not documented
- USDT — network pairing not documented
- Evidence
- Documentation checked · 2026-09-13 Corroborated by gateway documentation
- Payment route
- Via BitPay Checkout is handled by a payment gateway; the asset list is the gateway’s as enabled by the merchant.
- Countries
- Documented for United States
- Product restrictions
- 4 documented
- Refunds
- Not documented for crypto beyond the payment-error rules: an underpaid invoice is refunded automatically, and an overpayment is refunded to the wallet. Returns of watches and jewellery follow the company's standard policy; BitPay settles to the merchant in dollars, so a refund would come from the dealer rather than as a chain reversal.
- Identity checks
- Identity verification required
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Stablecoins accepted
- USDC accepted
- USDT accepted
- PYUSD no evidence of acceptance
- USDS no evidence of acceptance
- DAI no evidence of acceptance
- RLUSD no evidence of acceptance
- EURC no evidence of acceptance
- AEC no evidence of acceptance
A dash means we found no evidence of support, not that support is impossible. Coin availability at checkout can differ by country and product.
Payment method
- Payment provider
- BitPay
- Direct wallet transfer
- No
- Identity verification
- Required
Availability
- Online
- Yes
- Physical locations
- Yes — around 13
- Regions served
- 🇺🇸 United States
Payment notes
The 1916 Company's crypto page, dated October 2024, is a model of what this directory asks a merchant to publish. Three routes: online, where you select BitPay at checkout, enter an email and are redirected to BitPay to approve the invoice; in store, where a sales professional generates a BitPay invoice by email once the price is agreed and you "leave with your new timepiece once the payment is confirmed"; and by phone, the same emailed invoice. The accepted list names "USD Coin (USDC)" and "USD Tether (USDT)" alongside BTC, ETH, SOL, LTC, MATIC, DOGE, SHIB, BCH and XRP, "over 100 cryptocurrencies" in all. Underpayments are refunded automatically and the full amount must be re-sent; overpayments are refunded to the wallet. BitPay may ask for identity verification above $3,000. The page does not name a network for the stablecoins, so that field is empty here; on a five-figure invoice pick whichever BitPay offers with the lowest fee and confirm it matches your wallet before sending.
Refunds
Not documented for crypto beyond the payment-error rules: an underpaid invoice is refunded automatically, and an overpayment is refunded to the wallet. Returns of watches and jewellery follow the company's standard policy; BitPay settles to the merchant in dollars, so a refund would come from the dealer rather than as a chain reversal.
Stablecoin refunds are outbound payments a merchant chooses to send, not automatic reversals. There is no chargeback.
The 1916 Company is what the directory would like every luxury retailer’s crypto page to look like: the coins named, the routes described, the limits stated, the identity check disclosed.
Three ways to pay
Online, select BitPay at checkout and approve the invoice on BitPay’s site. In one of the showrooms, agree the watch and price and a sales professional emails you a BitPay invoice to scan from your phone; the watch leaves with you once it confirms. By phone, the same emailed invoice. All three carry the same fifteen-minute clock, and all three are open to anything over $100.
The coin list
“USD Coin (USDC)” and “USD Tether (USDT)” are named, which is why this record is verified rather than inherited from BitPay’s menu the way Wrist Aficionado’s and DavidSW’s are. The network is not named — BitPay’s invoice offers it — so the field is empty and the advice is the usual one, weighted by the price tag: confirm the network before sending.
Identity
You will be asked. BitPay requires a verified account with a driver’s licence to pay here at all, and the page says verification applies “for transactions over $3,000 or when using a VPN”. Given what is being sold, that is unlikely to be the only check.
Related
Wrist Aficionado and DavidSW are the other BitPay showroom dealers; Ben Watches takes USDT directly; BitDials sells for crypto only. The watches category compares them.
Verification
Verified Verified September 2026
An editor confirmed these payment options against the sources listed below.
The merchant's own guide names USDC and USDT explicitly, names BitPay, describes the online, in-store and phone routes, states the $100 minimum, the 15-minute window, the $3,000 BitPay identity threshold and the under/overpayment rules. That is merchant documentation naming the coins, sufficient for a verified status without a live purchase, which we did not make. No network is named by the merchant, so the field is empty rather than inherited from BitPay's list; BitPay's documentation is cited for the checkout mechanics only. Showroom and boutique counts and the group's history are from the about page.
Methods used
- merchant documentation
- payment provider documentation
Sources
- The 1916 Company — Buy Luxury Watches with Cryptocurrency Using BitPay USDC and USDT among the accepted coins; BitPay as processor; online, in-store and phone routes; 15-minute invoice; $100 minimum; identity verification above $3,000; payment-error refunds.
- The 1916 Company — About us Seven multi-brand showrooms and six brand boutiques across the US; the WatchBox, Govberg, Radcliffe and Hyde Park Jewelers lineage.
- BitPay — supported cryptocurrencies The gateway's asset and network list and checkout flow, cited for mechanics; the merchant's own coin list governs the record.
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Recent changes
Dated history for this record. We log only changes we can evidence, so an entry here reflects something that actually moved — not routine re-checking. The full feed across every merchant is on What’s Changed .
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Record updated
Cross-listed under handbags: the retailer's pre-owned Hermès, Chanel and Louis Vuitton range is sold through the same BitPay route. No change to the acceptance record.
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Added to directory
Added after reading the retailer's own crypto payment guide, which names USDC and USDT via BitPay across online, in-store and phone sales.
Limitations
- The BitPay invoice expires after 15 minutes; a new one must be generated if it lapses.
- BitPay identity verification (driver's licence) is required to create the BitPay account the checkout uses, and "for transactions over $3,000 or when using a VPN".
- No network is named for USDC or USDT; BitPay's invoice offers the choice.
- Crypto is accepted "for all watches and jewelry priced over $100".
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