One record for the life of your watch.
Anyone can see what the watch is. The record is anchored to the blockchain. Ownership is encrypted, held apart, and disclosed only by the owner.
IndependentOwned by no brand, no dealer, no marketplace
In-person authentication opens later this year. Get notified when it opens near you
What the registry does
Authenticated
An expert examines the watch in person and photographs it in high definition, piece by piece: dial, case, movement, bracelet, and the marks only your watch carries, down to a scratch on a lug or a nick on the clasp. Watch Safe publishes the entry and its certificate.
Sells on the record
The owner is never part of the registry entry. Your identity is stored encrypted and apart from the watch itself, so nothing on the registry ties the two together. The entry shows how many owners the watch has had, never who they were. When it sells, the next owner takes the entry over for $49, with the papers, service history, and every earlier transfer attached, and the owners before them stay unseen.
A voice if it is ever taken
Flag it from your account, or by replying STOLEN to the alert text. From then on every serial lookup says the watch was reported stolen, with a masked line from the police report, and no transfer or access request can go through until you clear it. Each lookup texts and emails you with the city it came from.
You hold the only key.
Anyone can see if a watch is on the registry, and a theft flag if the owner has reported it. Only the owner can open the expert's report, photographs, ownership history, service history, and supporting papers.
When a buyer requests access, a one-time approval code is sent directly to you. The record remains sealed unless you authorize its release.
The entry shows whether an expert has examined the watch in person and whether it has been reported stolen. The full record opens only with the owner's code, and the entry transfers to you for a flat $49 with its history attached.
Nobody should need six databases to check one watch.
Brands keep records for their own watches, marketplaces certify their own listings, and stolen-watch databases track theft and nothing else. Watch Safe belongs to none of them. It was started by watch lovers who were tired of searching half a dozen places and still guessing, so we built one record for any maker that stays with the watch through every sale.
Questions owners ask first.
Is it free?
Registering is free. In-person authentication starts at $250, based on the watch's value. A transfer to the next owner costs $49.
Does registered mean authenticated?
No. A free registration is a private record from the owner. The watch joins the registry only after an independent expert examines it in person.
How is my serial number protected?
Watch Safe encrypts it and shows a masked version. The registry entry shows what the watch is, never whose it is. Only your one-time code opens the full record.
What happens if the watch is stolen?
Report it from your account, free. The serial is flagged in every lookup, so buyers, dealers, and pawnshops see it, and no transfer or access request goes through while the flag is up.
What is Watch Safe's role?
Watch Safe records and publishes what an expert found and when. The expert is the source of the findings. Insurance and payment services are separate from Watch Safe.
Register your watch. Own the record.
One in-person examination. A registry entry that stays with the watch for life.