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OneTwo
·Hi OF,
I am writing in the hopes of hopefully locating my Mother-in-law and late Father-in-law’s Rolex Datejust watches. It is a bit of needle in a haystack search with slim chance of finding the watches, but I figured it was worth a shot to reach post here and ask for advice/help.
After my father-in-law passed in 2021, I was told the story about how they each, unknowingly to one another, bought each other a Rolex Datejust as a Christmas gift in the late eighties, most likely 1989. They each wore the watches almost daily until the watches went missing from their home in the early 2000’s. Since my in-laws weren’t completely sure if the watches were just misplaced / lost somehow or if they were stolen, as there was no sign of a break in at that time, a police report was never filed. Nevertheless, it was a great loss to them and they were saddened to not be able to wear the watches anymore. Hearing that I was interested in / researching vintage watches, my mother-in-law said she had something to show me; asked me to wait a minute, went upstairs and returned with the original hang tags, box, and papers for both watches. It was quite something to see how fondly my mother-in-law recalled the story and I would love to track these watches down. Realizing that I had enough information to start the search for the watches with the original reference and serial numbers noted on the Rolex Guarantee papers, my curiosity to start the search was sparked.
While I understand this is a bit of a wild undertaking years later with slim to none chance of success as Rolex made so many examples of these references, I 've reached out to a few resellers to see if they have either of the watches for sale or if they have sold either watch they could potentially connect me with the purchaser but also thought I'd post here to see if any of you could provide any advice/help.
I am aware that Rolex provides a "Missing Watch Report" search service but when I spoke with the local Rolex boutique in Beverly Hills they informed me that a police report was necessary for this search so I don't believe that will be a viable path. Maybe some of you have experienced different? Would appreciate to hear if you have.
I have no interest in involving any authorities, I merely would like to buy the watches back to return them to my mother-in-law as I know it would make her very happy.
The serial and model information are as follows and I’d be happy with any help / advice you all could provide.
Father-in-law’s watch:
Rolex Datejust
Ref. No. - 16014
Serial No. - 8935476
Mother-in-law’s watch:
Rolex Datejust
Ref. No. - 69173
Serial No. - R569669
Happy to answer any questions here or through DM. And please know any advice or help that can be provide is greatly appreciated.
Kind Regards,
OneTwo
I am writing in the hopes of hopefully locating my Mother-in-law and late Father-in-law’s Rolex Datejust watches. It is a bit of needle in a haystack search with slim chance of finding the watches, but I figured it was worth a shot to reach post here and ask for advice/help.
After my father-in-law passed in 2021, I was told the story about how they each, unknowingly to one another, bought each other a Rolex Datejust as a Christmas gift in the late eighties, most likely 1989. They each wore the watches almost daily until the watches went missing from their home in the early 2000’s. Since my in-laws weren’t completely sure if the watches were just misplaced / lost somehow or if they were stolen, as there was no sign of a break in at that time, a police report was never filed. Nevertheless, it was a great loss to them and they were saddened to not be able to wear the watches anymore. Hearing that I was interested in / researching vintage watches, my mother-in-law said she had something to show me; asked me to wait a minute, went upstairs and returned with the original hang tags, box, and papers for both watches. It was quite something to see how fondly my mother-in-law recalled the story and I would love to track these watches down. Realizing that I had enough information to start the search for the watches with the original reference and serial numbers noted on the Rolex Guarantee papers, my curiosity to start the search was sparked.
While I understand this is a bit of a wild undertaking years later with slim to none chance of success as Rolex made so many examples of these references, I 've reached out to a few resellers to see if they have either of the watches for sale or if they have sold either watch they could potentially connect me with the purchaser but also thought I'd post here to see if any of you could provide any advice/help.
I am aware that Rolex provides a "Missing Watch Report" search service but when I spoke with the local Rolex boutique in Beverly Hills they informed me that a police report was necessary for this search so I don't believe that will be a viable path. Maybe some of you have experienced different? Would appreciate to hear if you have.
I have no interest in involving any authorities, I merely would like to buy the watches back to return them to my mother-in-law as I know it would make her very happy.
The serial and model information are as follows and I’d be happy with any help / advice you all could provide.
Father-in-law’s watch:
Rolex Datejust
Ref. No. - 16014
Serial No. - 8935476
Mother-in-law’s watch:
Rolex Datejust
Ref. No. - 69173
Serial No. - R569669
Happy to answer any questions here or through DM. And please know any advice or help that can be provide is greatly appreciated.
Kind Regards,
OneTwo
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