Roni M
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No guarantee
You are right.... anybody who has the case and movement number can get an Extract from the Archives and it isn't in itself any form of safeguard against buying a stolen watch.
I believe Patek themselves in Geneva keep a register of stolen watches in event they are sent for servicing they can be acted upon.
Best to visit the Bond street salon and speak to them in person and see if they can find out for you if it is on the Stolen database .Everyone there is most helpful.
Good luck
Roni
Extract from the archives as "guarantee" that the watch is not stolen
dear all, i am buying privately a brand new 3940G. it is the last series. the watch comes with its certificate of origin dated and stamped in 2006 by an AD. i rang PP here in the uk to ask "how can i ensure that the watch is not stolen even if i am in pos...
No guarantee
You are right.... anybody who has the case and movement number can get an Extract from the Archives and it isn't in itself any form of safeguard against buying a stolen watch. I believe Patek themselves in Geneva keep a register of stolen watches in event...
declaration of legal origin
better to ask the seller a declaration of legal origin. Fabio
how would that work fabio?
"legal origin" is also a receipt from the place bought, correct? if that is not available then what? thanks
how would that work fabio?
A declaration of Legal Origine with the signature of the seller is a paper which state the seller sell the watch( description of the watch with case number) to you at XXX price ( and this is a document of property for you ) and declare that the watch is n...
Was told the same in Geneva...
While I wouldn't trust papers already printed, I would imagine newly ordered papers direct from Geneva would provide you reasonable support for provenance. I would imagine Patek has some form of centralised database for this. Good luck! Peter
I would say if you apply for an extract from the...
.....archives with a number from a stolen watch Patek Philippe would know, so yes it would prove the watch was not stolen.
Not quite true
Patek can only tell you that a watch is stolen if the watch was reported to them as being stolen. If they were never notified, then they don'dt nkow. So, using logic: If Patek tells you the watch is stolen, then it is stolen. There is nothing else they ca...
it is obvious to me...
....that if the watch is not reported stolen then PP extracts are not going to report it as such. therefore i am questioning the value of the extracts as they are not completely watertight. what i will do instead, is draft a sale agreement and insert a cl...
Legal considerations
In the US (and I suspect most of Europe) if you buy from a retailer/dealer you are deemed a bona file purchaser and you take the item free of any claims that it was stolen. You are entitled, as buyer, to rely on reps made by such sellers that you are buyi...