I almost wish there was a database for vintage watches as well. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/05/31/database-aims-counter-surge-luxury-watch-thefts/
I wonder how many buyers are actually consulting those databases, especially when purchasing from eBay.
Yeah, I thought of making something similar before but this was the biggest reason I held back. It'd be useful, but of all the factors people take into consideration when buying a vintage watch, I feel like checking it against a DB of stolen watches is very, very low in the priority (if it's at all there).
It reminds me of the story with the sailor who was offered the opportunity to buy back a watch he claimed was stolen from him and this was heavily publicised in numerous newspapers https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/20...hristies-after-british-sailor-claims-the-auc/