About WatchPassport
Every watch has a story. Now it can travel with it.
I built WatchPassport because I kept running into the same frustration: watches have lives, but their stories disappear the moment they change hands. Box and papers tell you something, but not enough. Not where it has been, what was done to it, or how the dial looked five years ago. Not the things that actually matter to anyone who genuinely cares about watches.
The problem
The secondhand watch market runs on trust between strangers, with almost no shared information. Buyers wonder what they are really getting. Sellers know their watch deserves more than their listing suggests, but cannot prove it. Stolen watches circulate invisibly. History carefully accumulated over years vanishes in an afternoon. WatchPassport fixes that. A shared, transparent record that builds confidence for everyone involved, and gives the watch itself a story worth keeping.
Who it's for
Owners and collectors
Document a watch's life as it happens: services, modifications, condition, personal notes. Many of us already do this in spreadsheets and notebooks. WatchPassport is the proper home for it. And when you eventually pass the watch on, what you have built goes with it.
Sellers who want to stand out
In a market full of 'good condition, box and papers', a verified history is a genuine differentiator. It builds buyer confidence, reduces the back-and-forth, and reflects well on you as a seller. Think of a collector's car with a full documented history. Documented history is a premium buyers care about.
Buyers who want to know
Before you buy, look up any watch by brand, reference, and serial number. No account needed. You will see whether it is registered, and whether it has been reported stolen. The full Passport belongs to the current owner, but knowing a verified record exists, and that the watch is clean, is often exactly what you need.
Dealers who care about detail
Offer documented provenance as a standard part of how you do business. Fewer buyer questions, fewer post-sale disputes, a stronger reputation for transparency. WatchPassport is available to dealers and individual sellers alike, the same record whoever you are.
What's in a passport
A passport has two parts. The watch's record: identity, service history and event timeline, this belongs to the watch and travels with it when it changes hands. Your personal content stays yours: notes, private photos, and anything else you add for your own reference never transfer to a new owner.
When you sell, you hand over the watch's story. Your own chapter is preserved for you in a frozen snapshot, exactly as it was at the moment of transfer. Owner identities are never exposed at any point.
Ownership timeline
How many owners the watch has had and when each ownership began and ended. No identities, just the record.
Photos at each transfer
Condition photos taken at registration and at each handover, documenting the watch's state at that point in time.
Service and repair log
Every service, repair, and modification with dates, descriptions, and any attached receipts or documents.
Stolen status
Owners can flag a watch as stolen. Anyone can check before buying, no account needed.
Register your first watch
Takes about five minutes.