Watches confiscated by police, what are they?

hen · May 20, 2025

The Norwegian police confiscated these watches from criminals. I recognice the Daytona (?) top left, the Seadweller (?) top left and the IWC to the top right, but what are those other watches? They dont really look that impressive and apart from the Rollexes (that I totaly expected to see in a villains collection) the rest looks like ok derss watches. The goal of the police was to hurt the criminals economically, but some dont look that expencive. They also took some expencive cars like Mercedes and BMW. (that I also expected to see in that setting)

Link to better picture, hope this works.
https://gfx.nrk.no/PTQnMZUNoAyaeadDYaCQ7AYi-WqTN4a_OD3_B-nKcnVw

Donn Chambers · May 20, 2025

Don’t see a Daytona or a Seadweller there. That upper left chronograph looks like it is a Valjoux 7750 setup, so not a Daytona. The top middle may be Rolex Yahtmaster (can’t spell) but bezel looks off. And what you identify as an IWC could be any brand with a 7750.

Really, the photo is too poor to tell anything. They all look cheap to me.

bsowers34 · May 20, 2025

That box looks like the $50 winder box I got on eBay. Not too sure about the watches.

hen · May 21, 2025

Donn Chambers
Don’t see a Daytona or a Seadweller there. That upper left chronograph looks like it is a Valjoux 7750 setup, so not a Daytona. The top middle may be Rolex Yahtmaster (can’t spell) but bezel looks off. And what you identify as an IWC could be any brand with a 7750.

Really, the photo is too poor to tell anything. They all look cheap to me.

I tought the one you just see the side of top left was a Rollex chronograph. Maybe they are all fakes? I have posted a link to a larger picture.

hansaboy · May 21, 2025

Even the Swedish police are working with this kind of criminals, started last year, and it has been a success!

Google translate...😉
Police will have expanded powers to seize luxury items such as watches, clothes and cars from criminals, even without direct suspicion of a crime. The new law only requires that the value of the property be disproportionate to the suspect's income.

Donn Chambers · May 21, 2025

hen
I tought the one you just see the side of top left was a Rollex chronograph. Maybe they are all fakes? I have posted a link to a larger picture.

I see now the watch you are talking about. You can only see a side profile and that doesn’t look like a Rolex crown or pushers. Lots of cheap chronos have a Rolex-like case. Only “valuable” watch is that “Yachtmaster” in the middle, and I doubt it is real.

97TJ · May 21, 2025

Trust me, if there's a valuable watch confiscated it made it's way to someone's arm on the force already.

hen · May 22, 2025

97TJ
Trust me, if there's a valuable watch confiscated it made it's way to someone's arm on the force already.

Oh yes the blue gang!

ExpiredWatchdog · May 22, 2025

We are having that happen in the US. No laws were changed tho.

Meme-Dweller · May 22, 2025

Top left is definitely not a real Daytona as Daytonas have a rounded case profile. The Submariners, GMT-Masters, Sea-Dwellers, etc have sharp case edges, but not the Daytona. However, it does seem like a Daytona imitation with the screwdown pushers and that fliplock flap open on the clasp.

Yachtmaster- the second hand is supposed to be entirely blue and its lollipop/lume circle is supposed to be larger and further out. Platinum bezel insert isn't supposed to age like that.

IWC Portofino-- the left subdial is too small.

There's a vintage "Rolex" OP Date under and to the left slightly of the IWC-- the cyclops is installed crooked.

Basically, everything is fake because all the details are just slightly off.

CBM1590 · May 22, 2025

97TJ
Trust me, if there's a valuable watch confiscated it made it's way to someone's arm on the force already.

Yeah, not in my department. I’d wager the none of the other LEOs on this forum either. You have evidence that this occurs or you just watching police shows on tv?

hen · May 23, 2025

Meme-Dweller
Top left is definitely not a real Daytona as Daytonas have a rounded case profile. The Submariners, GMT-Masters, Sea-Dwellers, etc have sharp case edges, but not the Daytona. However, it does seem like a Daytona imitation with the screwdown pushers and that fliplock flap open on the clasp.

Yachtmaster- the second hand is supposed to be entirely blue and its lollipop/lume circle is supposed to be larger and further out. Platinum bezel insert isn't supposed to age like that.

IWC Portofino-- the left subdial is too small.

There's a vintage "Rolex" OP Date under and to the left slightly of the IWC-- the cyclops is installed crooked.

Basically, everything is fake because all the details are just slightly off.

Thank you, you have a good eye.

The police probably caught one of the bottom feeders in the criminal organisation, as usual. I wonder if he was fooled by any of these watches as payment or he bought them himself to look like the successful "gangsta" with a Rollie and BMW. Poor kids! 🙁

97TJ · May 23, 2025

CBM1590
Yeah, not in my department. I’d wager the none of the other LEOs on this forum either. You have evidence that this occurs or you just watching police shows on tv?

My bad.
No, no, I wasn't implying they stole it or anything, just why not be the first at being able to snag a great watch first before it goes up at public auction. Are y'all not allowed to buy them like everyone else or does this imply a level of impropriety?

CBM1590 · May 23, 2025

97TJ
My bad.
No, no, I wasn't implying they stole it or anything, just why not be the first at being able to snag a great watch first before it goes up at public auction. Are y'all not allowed to buy them like everyone else or does this imply a level of impropriety?

In the U.S., there exists both civil and criminal forfeiture. Both are lengthy processes governed by state laws regarding the disposition of confiscated property. I won’t go through the varied processes in detail, but suffice to say it is arduous and the owner of said property has multiple chances to dispute the confiscation through legal hearings. The process takes a minimum of 90 days and there is certainly a strictly followed chain-of-custody requirement. In the event that the property is disposed in my state, it must be done by public auction. Shorter answer: LEOs don’t get dibs on stuff they want and anything else would be seen as far more than just an “impropriety”.

Watches confiscated by police, what are they?

hen

Donn Chambers

bsowers34

hen

hansaboy

Donn Chambers

97TJ

hen

ExpiredWatchdog

Meme-Dweller

CBM1590

hen

97TJ

CBM1590

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