{
  "id": 8026272,
  "title": "Michigan teen flipped a Rolex at 16; watch business later topped $10m in sales",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/michigan-teen-flipped-a-rolex-at-16-watch-business-later-topped-10m",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-17T12:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/at-16-a-michigan-student-spent-3500-of-his-savings-on-a-vintage-rolex-and-flipped-it-for-about-500-profit-five-years-later-his-watch-business-says-it-has-topped-10-million-in-cumulative-sales/articleshow/134309409.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "At 16, Michigan student Mason Maressa spent his $3,500 savings on a vintage Rolex Air-King and sold it days later for about $4,000. He reinvested the money into more watches and gradually built Clocked In. Five years later, the 21-year-old says his appointment-only luxury watch business in Grand Haven has crossed $10 million in cumulative sales.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}