Timeless Review 2026: My First Exits – This Is How Much Return Came Out

My Timeless experience after almost a year in short: over €5,000 invested, +19.73% portfolio performance – and now my first two exits, where real profits landed in my account. Two assets from my portfolio at Timeless* were sold: an A. Lange & Söhne watch with +14.18% and a Michael Jordan card, with which I even made +21.22%. In this review I transparently show you all the numbers, why the trading feature is currently the best part of the platform for me – and which risks you should know. (As of August 2026)

As always up front: this is not investment advice and not a buy recommendation – I only show my personal investments and my opinion. I'm responsible for my money, you're responsible for yours.

My Timeless portfolio: €5,007 and +19.73%

The current status in my dashboard:

• Market value: €5,007 across all shares
• Performance: +19.73% on the current holdings – that's €825 in book profit
• Asset classes: wine & spirits, cars (mainly classic cars), watches, sneakers, art, trading cards & games, and "other"

Under "other" I have, for example, the 1997 NBA Finals jersey of Dennis Rodman, an All-Star Game basketball and a gemstone. That's exactly my goal with Timeless*: spread as broadly as possible across different collectible classes instead of putting everything on one card.

Exit 1: A. Lange & Söhne watch (+14.18% in 9.5 months)

I started at Timeless in Q4 2025. In Q2 2026 came the first exit I was part of: a watch by A. Lange & Söhne (ref. 1815), in which I held five shares.

The key figures:

• Drop price: €52,550
• Exit price: €60,000
• Holding period: 9.5 months (exit on 21 June)
• Performance: +14.18%

Concretely for me: €250 invested became €285.40 paid out. Not a fortune, but a real, completed profit – and that's exactly what makes a first exit like this exciting: the concept works not just on paper.

Exit 2: Michael Jordan card (+18.8% – for me even +21.22%)

A few weeks later, in Q3, the second exit followed: a Michael Jordan Fleer Rookie Card from 1986.

• Drop price: €53,700
• Exit price: €63,797
• Holding period: 34.5 months
• Performance: +18.8%

The special thing in my case: I hadn't bought the card at the original drop at all, but only a few months before the exit via the trading feature – €98 for two shares, and €118.80 was paid out. That's +21.22% in a short time, so even more than the standard drop return. How that works is the actual trick:

The trading feature: why I now buy almost only via the marketplace

At Timeless you normally buy at the drop – i.e. when a new asset comes onto the platform. During the holding period, however, the app additionally has a trading feature through which investors can trade shares with each other.

And here lies the opportunity: some investors get impatient and sell their shares below the drop price, simply because they want out faster. For me as a long-term investor that's ideal – I buy cheaply what others give up. My last purchases were all via the marketplace, and with practically all of them I was in profit from the start.

An example: a Mercedes-Benz 300 SE (classic car), drop price €50 per share. I bought three shares for a total of €143.97 – so €47.99 per share. The current market value is now €57.88 per share, putting me around +20% in profit.

My advantage here is simple: I have time and don't depend on this money. Anyone in a hurry pays extra at such marketplaces – anyone who can wait collects the bargains.

How Timeless works

For anyone who doesn't know Timeless* yet, the principle in short:

1. Timeless identifies assets that could be interesting: classic cars, luxury watches, whisky and spirits, artworks, sneakers, trading cards and more
2. Timeless fully manages the assets – insurance, professional storage, sale. So the Michael Jordan card was never at my home
3. You invest from €50 per share and thereby become a percentage co-owner, for example of a classic car
4. When a purchase offer comes, all shareholders vote democratically. If more than 50% vote for the sale, the exit takes place and the proceeds are credited proportionally

Under "Assets" you'll always find the current drops – from a Rolex to Colombian emeralds to a walrus skeleton, there's regularly something curious and exciting.

The exit track record: 87 exits at an avg. 25% return

The platform statistics are now respectable:

• 87 exits in total
• Avg. return: 25% per exit
• Avg. holding period: just under 21 months
• Exit volume: €2.57 million

Important for putting the 25% into context correctly: that's the total return per exit, not the return per year. Divide the average return by the average holding period and you land at roughly 14% per year – no guarantee for the future, of course, but a surprisingly stable track record so far.

The holding periods vary enormously: one painting was gone again after one and a half months, my Jordan card needed 34.5 months. You can't plan for that across the board – the investment horizon should tend to be long.

Taxes: know the 12-month holding period

A point that's especially interesting for us in Germany: gains from private sale transactions are tax-free after a holding period of more than 12 months. Both of my exits were each under a 12-month holding period (I'd only bought the Jordan card via the marketplace shortly before) – so taxes are due on them.

From this comes a simple food for thought: it can be worth voting for a sale after the 12 months have elapsed rather than just before. Important: I'm not a tax advisor, this is not tax advice – please clarify your situation yourself.

My take: opportunities and risks

So no wrong impression arises here – as exciting as the first exits are, a few things belong to the honest assessment:

• Illiquid: unlike ETFs, you can't access your money at a fair price at any time. Selling only works via the marketplace (often at a discount) or at the exit – Timeless itself states an average holding period of 2 to 8 years
• No predictable returns: whether and when an exit comes is decided by buyers and the vote – not you
• Know the legal structure: you buy tokenised debt securities, not direct ownership of the collectible. You therefore also bear an issuer risk – read through the risk notices of the respective assets
• Collector markets fluctuate: prices for watches, cards or classic cars can also fall; the previous averages are no guarantee
• The platform block stays small: for me it's around €5,000 – perhaps 3 to 5% of my total portfolio in perspective, no more

That's exactly why Timeless is a diversification block for me that runs completely independently of the stock market – and will by no means replace my stock portfolio or a global ETF. You can see how all my investments are distributed in my net worth updates.

Conclusion: the first exits make me want more

After the first real exits I can say: the concept works – €250 became €285.40, €98 became €118.80, and my total portfolio stands at +19.73%. The trading feature in particular turned out to be a real advantage for me, because I buy cheaper there than at the drop.

I'll keep building up my Timeless portfolio step by step and will keep you updated here and on YouTube. If you want to try Timeless* yourself: through my link you get a €10 starting bonus – you'll find all the details on the promotion in my Timeless bonus article. For transparency: this is a referral link – if you start through it, I get a small reward. It doesn't make anything more expensive for you; on the contrary, you get a bonus that wouldn't exist otherwise, while supporting my channel.