Stolen watch registry

Please use the Alpha Hands stolen watch registry submission form if you would like to have any watch(es) added. Please note there is little chance of recovery without a police report! So if you haven’t submitted a police report yet, please do so before reporting the watch to the Alpha Hands stolen watch registry.

The Alpha Hands stolen watch registry is the largest free registry in the world, and is used and contributed to by:
– Collectors and enthusiasts
– Insurance agencies
– Retailers/dealers
– Auction houses
– Manufacturers
– Police departments
– Pawnbrokers
– Service providers
– Watch associations/foundations

The registry doesn’t just include stolen Rolex – this database includes a wide variety of manufacturers, including Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet, Breguet, TAG Heuer, Vacheron Constantin and others. But in addition to searching the Alpha Hands registry, always perform a broader search (aka Google) for the serial number of the watch you are purchasing (or even a fraction of the serial number). There are also manufacturers with databases of stolen watches, including Rolex.

Alpha Hands does not take a position as to the proprietary rights of the watches recorded in the registry, rather we are just aggregating watches that have been reported as stolen on or to a variety of sources: watch forums, instagram, Facebook, auction houses, police departments, manufacturers and directly to Alpha Hands. As such, there may be disputes over ownership. If you are interested in the original source of a piece reported stolen, please contact us for details. Prospective buyers should always do their own due diligence regarding watches that have been reported as stolen, as well as watches they are purchasing. In addition to the below, I also maintain a list of manufacturers’ stolen watch databases. That list details whether collectors can reach out to manufactures in advance of a purchase to confirm that the watch is not registered by the manufacturer as stolen.

Alpha Hands does not assist with recovery of stolen timepieces. We recommend that you work with a company that has experience in navigating the legal process to recover your watch. We do not recommend that you contact the seller/reseller of your stolen watch directly, but rather engage a third party in recovering the watch. We recommend Chris Marinello at Art Recovery International – Chris regularly works not just on stolen art cases, but stolen watches as well.

As with the rest of this Website, the following table, and data contained therein, is subject to Alpha Hands LLC Terms and Conditions.

Stolen Watch Search

Manufacture Reference Number/Code Model Serial/Case Number Movement Number Additional Description
Cartier Tank Francaise 732352WX
Cartier W5330003 Tank MC 3589143878ZX
Cartier Tank Francaise 3751449998YX
Cartier 17310326 Ballon Bleu 3009751753BX
Cartier W7100055 Calibre de Cartier Diver 37291280 43UX
Cartier 987801 Santos Galbe 2
Cartier W1525851 Collection Privee Monopoussoir Tortue Chronograph 0099CE
Cartier WSTA0010 Tank Blue 1904 PS MC
Cartier 8057912 Baignoire 8057912
Cartier W69010Z4 3009 Ballon Bleu 787776SX
Cartier WSTA0042 Cartier tank Must 4322755253AX
Cartier 2611 Declaration 261156206CE
Cartier Vermeil 150th Anniversary Must 1774/1847
Cartier 883968 Panthère 8839680537
Cartier W25029B6 1120/ 66921 Panthère 66921016758
Cartier 1120 Panthère 1120C100412
Cartier W2PN0006 Panthère 4023190971AX
Cartier WSPN0006 Panthère 4177338609BX
Cartier 1057920 Panthère Vendome 1057920C27472
Cartier W31058M7 2475 Pasha 119937PB
Cartier W62001V3 2510 Roadster 388551CD2510
Cartier 0900 1 Ronde Louis MG216891
Cartier WSRN0021 Ronde Solo 3939483794YX
Cartier WSRN0023 Ronde Solo de Cartier 3802389375YX
Cartier W20025D6 1564 Santos 214147LX1564

The above table, and data contained therein, is subject to Alpha Hands LLC Terms and Conditions. I have added a number of “dummy” watches to the Registry, so if the Alpha Hands Stolen Watch Registry is imported into another company’s database, I will be able to search and verify its use without consent.

A few comments and caveats on the above:
– Pieces in the registry are watches that are reported stolen. However, there may or may not be a filed police report. For reasons I will never fully understand, victims often do not file police reports. If your watch is stolen, to have any hope for recovery, please submit a police report!
– I do my best to ensure that serial numbers are correct, but I do not have knowledge of the serial number format for all manufactures. As such, it is very likely that there are cases where reference numbers are listed serial numbers, or vice versa. If you see any references that are indicated as serials, please let me know.
– Given the manual nature of this data, errors or omission in data undoubtedly will occur during transcription.
– On occasion a watch is reported without a manufacturer name, but the police report appears to include the serial. In these cases I still include it in the database, in the hope that the serial number format is recognized later and I can appropriately add the manfacturer, or a watch with that serial is found.

If you find any watches in the following table, please let me know. I retain contact information for all registered timepieces.