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 424SA659
Rolex Q4Q00695

Rolex w/dia bezel & dia on dial

Rolex 925224

Diamond Oyster dial

Rolex R15053320B6252 & R421929

OYSTER PERPETUAL, DIAL STATE JUBILEE BRACELET

Rolex 18039 Day date 7380091

Bad and caring have diamonds

Rolex 16518 Daytona X434380
Rolex Oyster S686137

Rolex with “2004 Thomson Reuters” engraved on the back

Rolex 126610LV Submariner 4Q23Q055
Rolex 216570 Explorer 2 99QP0785
Rolex Oyster Perpetual Explorer D40949
Rolex R16618860B9325 Y926595
Rolex 16622 Y615417

Platinum

Rolex 116710LN Rolex GMT Master II 7H8F5886
Rolex T633301

2tone ladies MOP dial Roman w/ paper

Rolex GMT Master II 555W10V6
Rolex Submariner Y975247

Blue

Rolex 18038 9486852
Rolex 16600 Sea-Dweller 264-F964534

Stainless steel with black dial

Rolex FAKE X41900

This is a number used for fakes

Rolex

Engraving “35+ years of service”, gold/silver

Rolex Bicolour Datejust 160Y875970
Rolex OYSTER PERPETUAL DAYTONA D597370

GOLD WITH BROWN LEATHER STRAP

Rolex 16613 Submariner M145523
Rolex DAYTONA/MODEL# 116520.78590 M692314
Rolex 126334-0016 Datejust 8U2Z4386

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.