Is box and papers really that important?

Here is a question...Is the papers that important if the timepiece is registered and considered new/old stock? I collect TAG Heuer's. I purchased all 17 from the same AD here in Texas. I recently noticed that a few of them had the wrong instruction manuals inside the original boxes, maybe the sales lady put the wrong one in the box. Will having the wrong manual hurt a timepiece even if I can sell it as new/old stock watch (mint maybe worn twice), I have the guarantee cards for all and the boxes years down the road? They have all been registered with trusted.com so they are authentic and I have the original boxes with the guarantee cards for each timepiece. I did notice the AD sometimes would let me have the original price hang tag, but then other times when I got a different sale person and they would not. I can always have a receipt printed out at the AD and I can ebay a original owners book so how important is box and papers when the main thing should be buying a authentic timepiece and the box to store it in? Can I buy a owners book from TAG Heuer direct? Please let me know Thanks.

Lots of questions in a single block of text!

Box and papers, the latter in particular, are important to me. Different buyers have different requirements though.

A couple of points of order: a watch once sold is no longer considered NOS whether it has been worn or not. A watch worn once or twice is not unworn or mint, it is used.

I wouldn't have thought having the 100% correct box or manual is massively important to most casual buyers. The paperwork (stamped warranty cards, receipts) is much more important as it provides provenance to the watch. It will make much more of a difference to limited edition pieces, however.

I will just take the opportunity to ask you kindly to get your camera out and then visit this nice little thread of ours:

https://forums.calibre11.com/threads/tag-heuer-photo-gallery-share-your-photos.61772/

Were you asking me to post pictures here or there?

Well my point was mainly that you've been a member for 1,5 year and you happen to own 17 (!) but have never posted a photo. We need to see them almost nos beauties man! Doesnt matter in which thread here or there

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Because of my OCDness, YES i think it is important.

However, recently i've been so much desensitized because i also collect vintage watches and most of vintage watches comes with...watch only (and few bumps here and there on the watch ).

So for me, it is mostly important IF i get it brand new in the box from AD...or used watch from dealers that i need it for further verification that the watch is genuine (of course there is also factor of price, etc. Complete box and paper will still command exorbitant price even on used watch sometimes. Rolex, i am looking at you!). Other than that really it served me no purpose. I rarely open the manual. But i get it. There is one time the sales rep at Tag Heuer Boutique when i bought my Heuer01 (which i sold later, much too Jim Dolares dismay) he told me he didn't have the correct manual to give with the box and the warranty card. So he gave me other manual and promised to call me when the right one arrived. Sure enough he gave me a call one week after for me to swap the manual book. How does this happened in the first place ? I don't know. Does it happen to other brand as well ? Not that i know of, but i probably didn't purchase enough other brand watches to find out.

Cheers

EDIT: Oh i forgot another thing. I sold several of my collections in recent years and most of the times, the buyers didn't really care about the invoices where i purchased the watch in the first place. Everytime i asked them do you need my invoices ? they said meh...no need...so i keep all of it, even when the watch is already not mine anymore...

You can't wear the box. Only really matters for rare and popular watches value wise.
Apparently there are people who buy expensive new watches and throw away the box. I remember a few months after the C11 Siffert release one came up for sale without b&p... and I've seen a few since.

If you buy new and later wish to sell you'll probably get a little less without.
If you buy used the lack of b&p should be reflected in the price, which is ok. If you later on sell the watch it'll even out. You'll pay quite a bit less for a paperless sub 14060m but it'll still appreciate in value.

The more expensive or rare the watch, the more important the b&p are, even for recent watches like the Hodinkee Skipper. The value difference will be quite high already. So best keep everything that comes with LEs, hangtags, strings, stickers etc. Even the boutique bag might command a premium one day.

I've been collecting vintage design since my early 20s so I just like that aspect of it. I enjoyed opening my '90s full set 2000 or empty vintage red racing box more than the Hodinkee Dato box for some reason. Weird I guess.

Whenever I see this sort of thing, it does make me question the watch, though. Makes we wonder if it might be stolen perhaps.

That would make sense indeed. Speaking of stolen stuff, police in Sweden issued a public warning that now things are going back to normal after the pandemic and luxury watch robberies and thefts are increasing a lot, getting closer to "normal" levels before the pandemic. Majority of these probably end up on the used market by sellers who "threw away the box and receipt".