Stolen Rolex Daytona

You'd probably have to have copies of the police report for the pawn shops as a matter of course.

Watch the ebay and CL. Post on http://watchuseek.com/ and http://www.timezone.com/

I regularly deal with a few of the Rolex guys here in LA so I'll at least tell them to alert their TX associates if they have them.

 

Also notify Rolex.

-dsd

 

Sorry to hear the sad news.

I've worried about something similar to this (missing jewelry, watch, etc.) many times over the years when we've had guests at our house.
It can happen, for sure. So far, we've been lucky.

One idea is to post a large reward (perhaps $3000) and advertise the reward locally.
Make sure every guest that stayed with you is aware of the reward.
This might make the person come forward and return the watch (not likely, but worth a try).

 

9 iron to the kneecaps will fix the thief up just fine.

 

So sorry to hear about this Shawn. That it was someone you know must make it a bitter pill to swallow.

 

Sorry to hear mate.

 

That sucks. As someone else said, notify Rolex. If the watch ever comes in for service, Rolex will keep it and notify the proper authorities.

 

If you KNOW who it was, and you want to be a nice guy (remember: no good deed goes unpunished, though), you can certainly make it known to him/her/them (without accusing anyone), that if the watch is returned within X hours, there will be no questions asked.

However, if it's not, you will be reporting it stolen to the PD, and you will press charges.

Giving them a chance to make it right is honorable but expect to have to file with the PD.

CW

 

Thats terrible. Definitly get the police report so you can check out the pawn shops

 

Post the serial etc on the watch forums as well - watchnet, timezone, watchuseek etc. Lots and lots of dealers on those sites.

 

Sickening. I'm really sorry about that.

 

I really feel for you, man. Sorry.

 

I keep my jewelry in a safe deposit box in my bank and only retreieve them for special occasions only...

You may want to register your stolen Rolex at this site as well...

http://www.stolen-property.com/report-stolen-watch.php

Good luck on having your stolen Rolex returned to you unharmed.

You may consider getting everyone back at the hiouse and informing them of the situation and see if everyone else can pressure the one guilty to return the watch... sometimes the guilt is too much for the person that stole it, worth a try.

Nick

 

That really sucks, sory to hear that. Anytime I am unsure of a situation I leave my Daytona on my wrist at all times and if I absolutely cant wear it I hide it.

 

A long time ago a good friend stole my first Rolex..

I know how you feel..

 

Hopefully no longer a friend.

 

In Los Angeles, the LAPD distributes notices to the pawn shops which, in turn, must file cards with LAPD with the serial numbers of the watches they take in. That's how I got an SS/18K Rolex GMT returned to me.

Rolex, on the other hand, will be of no help whatsoever. Rolex in Japan had my 18K GMT for a year and would never have returned it to me had I not made a major fuss going straight to the CEO of Rolex Japan in the process. They knew within two weeks that the watch had been stolen from me but chose not to tell me they had it for an entire year until I forced the issue.

 

Hopefully that person has a change of heart and comes clean (or at least the watch "reappears")

Sad to hear it was of certain sentimentality.

 

How utterly strange. Any theories on why they 'sat' on the information?

 

My theory is that following: If they don't return my watch, I am likely to buy a new one from them.

A little background. When the watch was stolen, LAPD detectives told me most of them were being sent to Japan because of the price differential and other considerations. I immediately faxed a copy of the police report and a description and photo of my watch to every Rolex service center around the world--including Japan, needless to say. Two weeks later, I get a call from Rolex Japan asking why I thought they had the watch. I told them what the detective had told whereupon they hung up on me. I thought nothing of it until later when it dawned on me that the fellow who called had my watch. I pursued this line of thought which proved to be correct and I finally abused them into returning my watch. I told them their action aided and abetted the thieves to the benefit of Rolex who could sell replacement watches to the victims. Not pretty.

 

Something similar happened to my brother. He was traveling to Dubai and someone at the airport stole two watches from his luggage at the terminal. One of the watches was his Patek Philippe 10 day tourbillion (260k) and my Rolex (12K). The thing was that he discover that the watches was missing when he decide to open the boxes in Dubai (Can you imagine his reaction!!!). As soon after that he contracted a private detective and starts the search. Nothing came up after a year. One day he was searching at EBay when he found the watch. The seller was offering the watch without papers for a crazy price of 175K. When he compared the serial number at the pictures with his original papers, boom it was his watch. He rapidly contacts the detective and the detective went from east to west with a federal order and was capable to get the watch. Can you believe this! Very lucky of him he was capable to fount his 260k watch, it was a miracle. I lost my Rolex but it doesn’t matter compared to his watch. Lesson learned, never let some idiot at the airport search your luggage without you checking him.

 

Honestly, do you know who took it?

If not... How many people were there? How many likely? How many possible?

Were the guests family / friends / co-workers?

As bad as it sucks, prob not worth accusing family of theft... you will likely become the bad guy.

 

Another lesson might be don't put a qtr million in your luggage...