Bezel CEO Quaid Walker Brings Prediction Markets to Luxury Watches

Like many others with time on their hands and disposable income during the pandemic, Quaid Walker, a Google designer turned entrepreneur, tried to break into watch collecting. He quickly ran into a familiar problem: wait lists. After repeated attempts to purchase coveted luxury timepieces, Walker found himself shut out. That frustration became the impetus for Bezel, a secondhand luxury watch marketplace that now features $950 million worth of listings.

Bezel doesn’t just facilitate transactions;...