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
Rolex Submariner 381TY178
Rolex 311314102
Rolex 116333 Datejust 003MGO37
Rolex 1665 Sea-Dweller 2247984
Rolex 116503 116503 6758N6D0

Black dial. Gold rim. With 3 little mini dials. All black with thin gold rims.Wristband has gold stripe down the steele.

Rolex 115523 DM912805
Rolex 16013 Datejust 36 9612878

Gold bezel-gold dial with gold arabic numerals- brown leather strap – gold pin buckle 1987

Rolex 1675 GMT-Master 2129223
Rolex Rolex Yacht-Master 42 1A57W489
Rolex 118206 Day-Date P197938
Rolex Datejust II 5975E543

ROLEX DATEJUST II 41MM WITH CHAMPAGNE DIAL

Rolex 116589 K852826

Sodalite diamond dial

Rolex Explorer II Oyster Perpetual A93116T3
Rolex Submariner X593973

SUBMARINER

Rolex Day-Date 8121183
Rolex W148876
Rolex 116520 Bamford Rolex Daytona 3591C718
Rolex 69178 Ladies Oyster Perpetual 21Q32023
Rolex 8940 Precision N98762

18ct yg, cal 1210

Rolex Gmp V273968116710LN
Rolex 16013 9752913

DATEJUST ; TWO TONE WHITE

Rolex 18239 U701237

Lapis dial

Rolex 18038 Day-Date 6548979
Rolex 180388 President 6195131

This watch has a diamond white gold bezel with no diamonds on the face numbers

Rolex 114060 Submariner 691D2325

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.