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Ruud Van Driver · 12 January 2018, 01:05 PM

I don't worry about the safety of my watches here in Singapore. However, now that I'm repatriating back to the UK later this year, I'm investing in a home safe in which to store them.

The company from where I'm buying the safe have offered a product called "SelectaDNA", with which to mark valuables. It's an additional £75 (about US$ 102), which is academic given the cost of the safe is over £2,400 (US$ 3,250).

I've had a look at the website and this stuff is a liquid, synthetic DNA which owners apply to their valuables leaving an invisible mark that is virtually impossible to remove. UVA tracers and microdots are incorporated into this stuff to allow police equipped with the appropriate scanners to reunite stolen goods with their owners. Apparently, it's simply applied with a cotton swab and you're done.

Whilst I'm not overly keen on permanently marking my watches, invisibly or not, given the spate of thefts reported on here of late, it's making me wonder if this stuff is worth getting.

Thoughts?

12 January 2018, 01:05 PM	#1
Ruud Van Driver "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Real Name: Chopped Liver Location: S. Wales Valleys Watch: Mickey Mouse Posts: 9,926	Synthetic DNA on your watches/valuables I don't worry about the safety of my watches here in Singapore. However, now that I'm repatriating back to the UK later this year, I'm investing in a home safe in which to store them. The company from where I'm buying the safe have offered a product called "SelectaDNA", with which to mark valuables. It's an additional £75 (about US$ 102), which is academic given the cost of the safe is over £2,400 (US$ 3,250). I've had a look at the website and this stuff is a liquid, synthetic DNA which owners apply to their valuables leaving an invisible mark that is virtually impossible to remove. UVA tracers and microdots are incorporated into this stuff to allow police equipped with the appropriate scanners to reunite stolen goods with their owners. Apparently, it's simply applied with a cotton swab and you're done. Whilst I'm not overly keen on permanently marking my watches, invisibly or not, given the spate of thefts reported on here of late, it's making me wonder if this stuff is worth getting. Thoughts? __________________ 116520 Black, 116610 LVc, 116660 D-Blue, 116610 LNc, 116622 Blue, PAM359, PAM689, PAM737 *"Why should you allow an AD to shake you down, just so you can buy a watch" - Grady Philpott* Card carrying member of TRF's Global Association of Retro-Grouch-Curmudgeons

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