(03-21-2019, 11:15 PM)Jagfan44 Wrote:

(03-21-2019, 07:16 AM)Jags Wrote: Let me ask you this, if you don’t mind.  This is an honest story/question.  My nephew found what he thinks is a real Rolex.  He works at some sort of dump or waste facility.  Tbh, I am a little confused as to where or what kind.  Didn’t sound like the normal place regular trash went.  He noticed a pile of watches and went through them and found this watch.  It says it’s a Rolex submariner.  He supposedly did research on identifying real ones and show me the watch and research.  Based off that, all signs point to it could be real.  The problem is, with the potential value, he’s afraid if he took it in for repairs or inquire about it, that it would be linked to a crime, whether just stolen or worse and doesn’t want to get in trouble. After all, something like that doesn’t end in a dump for no reason.  Seems like either fake, or someone trying to distance themselves from it. He’s had an offer for it from a coworker that supposedly already owns a genuine Rolex.  What, could he do? If he took it in and numbers (assuming they have serial numbers) match to stolen or from a guy whose murderer is still out,  can he get in trouble, or do they just hand it over to police? Assuming, he’s told me the real story and not some premeditated fabrication of the truth, what’s his options?

If it’s real that is one hell of a find. Could definitely be a fake, there are extremely good fakes out there unfortunately. Nothing is going to link him to any possible crimes. The only way to get the serial or the exact model of a Rolex is by taking off the bracelet. I would say maybe just take it to a pawn shop and ask them if they think it’s real. But don’t go to any shop, find one in a decent area that knows this type of item because some won’t. They will definitely ask you questions as to it’s origin but you can tell them anything that implies ownership; furthermore, if it is authentic I can guarantee they will want to buy it from you but I don’t recommend selling unless you have to.  Police have a database of items that are pawned and if the item and the serial are linked to a crime it wouldn’t show up unless the item was actually pawned or sold to them, as long as you aren’t doing this you have nothing to worry about. I do not suggest taking it to an authorized dealer to ask for authentication. If you don’t want to take it somewhere physically there are options that can found on Google that involve sending it in for authentication, this won’t be free ofcourse. 

That’s pretty exciting, please do let us know what ends up happening!