Could someone help me ID this Rolex?

[dzejmsk]

Hope this is the right place to post this, apologies if not :)

My girl was working in a Rolex store, found the watch and handed it in. It was unclaimed, so she's now got a shiny Rolex! However, we're having trouble identifying and/or valuing the watch. Have looked on the Rolex website and it seems to be some sort of DateJust, but we can't find anything on there that is exactly the same.

Seems to have diamonds on the numbers. Have attached some pics.

[Johny]

Hi

Who did she hand it in to?

[dzejmsk]

The store!

[Kostas]

She was working at a Rolex store and handed in to the store? In other words to herself? :)

I hope you meant the police, that’s where you’re supposed to hand it in.

[dzejmsk]

Originally Posted by Kostas

She was working at a Rolex store and handed in to the store? In other words to herself? :)

I hope you meant the police, that’s where you’re supposed to hand it in.

It's pretty normal to hand found items into the manager. There's a whole lost and found policy. It's in a massive well known department store.

[Johny]

When did she find it?

[watchwatcher]

Which is it, a Rolex store or a well known department store?

[Kostas]

Irrespective of the moral issues

Looks like ref 69173, not worth a whole lot, maybe a couple of thousand with no provenance and someone looking for it.

[dzejmsk]

Originally Posted by watchwatcher

Which is it, a Rolex store or a well known department store?

The Rolex boutique in a well known department store.

[watchwatcher]

Originally Posted by dzejmsk

The Rolex boutique in a well known department store.

Where? Which one?

[dzejmsk]

Originally Posted by Kostas

Irrespective of the moral issues

Looks like ref 69173, not worth a whole lot, maybe a couple of thousand with no provenance and someone looking for it.

Ah, cheers for the help! Morally I mean she followed procedure so not much else she could have done.

[mikkolopez]

Why don’t she just wear it and consider herself lucky?


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[Johny]

Originally Posted by Johny

When did she find it?

This.

[mountainjogger]

Originally Posted by dzejmsk

The Rolex boutique in a well known department store.

If she works at a Rolex Boutique, why did she no ask her employer for help identifying the model? Wouldn't they know? Just curious.

[beshannon]

Originally Posted by dzejmsk

My girl was working in a Rolex store, found the watch and handed it in.

She works in a "Rolex store" and needs help to identify a watch?

No one else in this "store" can help her?

Not much of a story.

[dzejmsk]

Originally Posted by mountainjogger

If she works at a Rolex Boutique, why did she no ask her employer for help identifying the model? Wouldn't they know? Just curious.

Well she didn't remember to do this, could probably go back and ask, but it's easier to post online than get the tube for an hour :P

Why don’t she just wear it and consider herself lucky?

That's the plan! We were just curious as to what exactly it was.

[BigBoy17]

Originally Posted by beshannon

she works in a "rolex store" and needs help to identify a watch?

No one else in this "store" can help her?

Not much of a story.

x2

[dzejmsk]

Originally Posted by beshannon

She works in a "Rolex store" and needs help to identify a watch?

No one else in this "store" can help her?

Not much of a story.

Well she's not in the store now is she. People seem pretty paranoid.

[2001jesper]

Delete

[Dsmith1974]

I’m no expert , but the date wheel looks very iffy to me.

[mountainjogger]

Interesting.

Several articles on line as to the changes that UK police have instituted regarding procedures for lost property. Seems they are bowing out of the business.

See: https://www.met.police.uk/ro/report/...5&stepid=1-2-2

Short form, found on private property like a store, turn it into the manager. The Met does not want to spend their time on this.

There has been a lot of criticism on this decision. And I agree with the criticism. But it is what it is.

[mountainjogger]

But legalities and morality aside. It I still don't under stand why an employee at a Rolex store would need help identifying a Rolex.

[dzejmsk]

Originally Posted by mountainjogger

Interesting.

Several articles on line as to the changes that UK police have instituted regarding procedures for lost property. Seems they are bowing out of the business.

See: ...

Short form, found on private property like a store, turn it into the manager. The Met does not want to spend their time on this.

There has been a lot of criticism on this decision. And I agree with the criticism. But it is what it is.

Yup, she handed it in a month ago, got an email Friday saying it was unclaimed and she had two weeks to collect it before it went to charity. We collected it yesterday from the dept. store's customer service place.

[Nikrnic]

It looks just like my mother in laws she bought new in 1977

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[Bluside]

Originally Posted by Dsmith1974

I’m no expert , but the date wheel looks very iffy to me.

I was thinking the same thing.

[Token74]

Not entirely sure what people think the OP’s daughter has done wrong here.

People lose things every day, and I know from personal experience (wife is a police officer) how under resourced the police force is, so the last thing I want them spending their time doing is dealing with things people have lost.

It is a little curious that the OP’s daughter hasn’t gone to the Rolex boutique, but curious is different to suspicious.

I don’t know anything about the Rolex DateJust but it doesn’t look quite right to me, particularly the date font and magnification, but I could be talking nonsense.


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[904VT]

That doesn’t make any sense. So someone lost a Rolex at a Rolex AD and no one bothered to call for it?

And if lost in store and not claimed should it not be the store’s property rather than an employee that found during a shift?

Someone is missing that watch regardless, I’d try a little harder to find the rightful owner.

[Tridor]

Looks like a fake to me. Also, the "story" seems a bit difficult to buy into.

[dzejmsk]

Originally Posted by Token74

It is a little curious that the OP’s daughter hasn’t gone to the Rolex boutique, but curious is different to suspicious.

Lol not my daughter, girl I'm dating. We could go back to the boutique but we're hungover and it's like an hour away. She was a host so not trained in identifying watches.

[904VT]

Originally Posted by Dsmith1974

I’m no expert , but the date wheel looks very iffy to me.

I agree. That may not be a genuine date wheel imo but I’m not as familiar with these fonts. Though researching further I have seen examples with similar font.