Box and papers prove nothing.The record of each handover can.
Pre-owned watches pass between dealers, auction houses and private buyers. Brand passports cover a brand’s own pieces. Crodax is designed to record each transfer, authorized by the current record holder, so the history follows the watch across brands and resales.
Start with one workflow
The numbers
Where it breaks.
- 01
First sale
A dealer or boutique sells the watch with its papers.
- 02
Papers travel apart
Box, papers and service records move separately from the watch.
- 03
Resale or trade-in
A buyer checks the watch and the papers, but not the chain of holders.
Breaks here - 04
Theft report
Reports sit in another database, checked after the fact, if at all.
The same handover, checked.
- 01
Seal the reference
A dealer or owner seals the watch reference and its supporting papers.
- 02
Authorize the transfer
The current record holder authorizes the transfer at the counter.
- 03
Carry the history
The transfer joins the history; the next buyer and the insurer see the same record.
- Issuer
- Dealer
- Record type
- Transfer
- Item
- Steel wristwatch
- 01Issued by the dealer
- 02Sealed2C91…07AD
- 03Checked at the counter
Transfer authorized by the record holder
Who takes part.
Roles, not names. Each keeps its own system.
- Owner
- Dealer
- Auction house
- Insurer
- Authentication partner
Counter transfer
A dealer or an auction house, their clients and an insurer. The outcome to test: every transfer authorized by the record holder, with a history that works across brands.
What Crodax does not check here.
Crodax does not authenticate a watch. Authentication comes from an expert or the brand, and their report can be linked to the record. Crodax does not replace brand passports; it records the handover between holders, whatever the brand.
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Other tracks
Freight release Warehouse receiptsSources
Every figure has a source.
Publications, reports and judgments. Find the original context behind the figures.