FOUND .... well kind of

[Jules1975]

Hi,
My husbands 2008 Submariner 50th Anniversary (Kermit) was stolen in June 2016. As per this thread https://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=479199

Well, i've looked online and on ebay periodically over the last 4 years, then yesterday, I found the watch, on a sold page at a Watch Dealer in Surrey. It seemingly was sold in Oct 2017.

I have spoken to the owner of the business, explained and asked him to find out who he bought it from and sold it to as it is stolen, and it was (and still is) on the Rolex Stolen register. Quite why they didnt check that at the time is beyond me. He has gone to look at paperwork as their computer system doesnt go back to 2017.

Anyway, to cut a long story short, we were paid by insurance, but not the value of the watch, they only paid 50% of its market value as we we had only specified a gents rolex on the policy, so they got out of a full claim due to a technicality!

What should I do? Insurance, Police, etc. We would like the watch back, and to pay the insurance company back what they paid out. It was bought as an investment, so the intention was always to keep it :(

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks

Julie