The Watch Register

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I came across this article the other day, I hope this will be of use to everyone considering purchasing a pre owned watch, the company is based at the following address,

63-66 Hatton Garden,
Holborn,
London
EC1N 8LE

Phone: 020 7841 5781

The Watch Register is the largest international database of lost and stolen watches available for due diligence

Private Individuals

Buy with confidence by checking the serial number of any pre-owned watch with the Watch Register or asking if your seller has already done so. It is the simplest step to ensuring good title. Alternatively, if you have suffered the theft of a watch, registering it on the Watch Register will offer you the best chance of finding it in future.


The Watch Register

The Watch Register

The Watch Register is the largest international database of lost and stolen watches available for due diligence, which also includes frauds as well as fake watches. It is the central database used by police forces, insurance companies and theft victims to register and recover losses. It also offers a database search service to retailers, pawnbrokers, jewellers, auction houses and collectors, which allows them to check the status of a watch prior to transactions.

The Watch Register currently lists over 70,000 lost and stolen watches, and is growing rapidly. Watches by over 850 different brands, manufacturers and watchmakers are registered on the database, including Rolex (25,000), Omega, Cartier, Audemars Piguet, Patek Philippe, Breitling, TAG Heuer, IWC, Franck Muller, Panerai, Breguet, Bremont, Hublot, Girard Perregaux, Piaget, Jaeger LeCoultre, Zenith, Richard Mille, A. Lange & Sohne, Baume & Mercier and Apple Watch. The database also includes vintage, antique and pocket watches.

The Watch Register offers due diligence services to the watch trade, which allow pawnbrokers, watch dealers, auction houses and collectors to check the status of a watch on the database within 5 minutes and from as little as £2 per search.

Thanks to the growing use of the database by the trade and collectors, and the Watch Register’s collaboration with industry partners, hundreds of thousands of pre-owned watches passing through the international market are now checked against the database per year. These widespread search operations offer theft victims, insurers and police forces the best possible chance of recovering stolen watches.