Storing a high value Rolex collection

[Oldwoods]

Originally Posted by codecow

Bank safe. Home safe for whatever you have out.

This is what I do.

[rohada]

Originally Posted by Cassian739

Exactly - Thomas Crown Affair or Italian Job, this is not....

I’ll start off by saying that I live in a low crime, small town and I use a safe that is not particularly heavy, but it is bolted to the floor. For the safe experts here, I guess you would say it’s not a safe at all. And that’s fine. It is hidden. I have a monitored security system in my home. Police respond quickly after being notified by my monitoring company. I’m really not expecting George Clooney and the cast of Ocean’s 11 to come in and pull off the great watch heist. I think everyone needs to evaluate where they live, what they have, police support, and everything else that’s been listed in this thread, and make prudent decisions that best fit their individual needs. While a maxed out, complete security strategy is no doubt the best answer, it may very well be overkill (and excessively or prohibitively expensive) for the vast majority of people here on this forum (and everywhere else). The various components that have been listed on this thread can easily be applied in an à la cart strategy as anyone sees fit. It’s really not one size fits all. Be safe.

[Gab27]

Originally Posted by Kevin of Larchmont

So much advice here to simply insure your watches as if there is no collateral damage to having knuckleheads ransacking your house looking for treasure and as if new watches just magically reappear when you get payout from your insurance company. I don’t want these violators in my house and if they get into my house I want to deprive them of what they seek. The answer is a monitored alarm system and the best safe you can afford hidden and solidly affixed to an immovable object. Slow them down and wear them out to hunt for greener pastures. There is no single solution, the best solution is multi-layered.

Absolutely.

There are a lot of things I have insured that I still don't want stolen, even if the monetary value is reimbursed. Further, I have a lot of items and records that are confidential that I also would not want stolen or damaged--passport, medical records, home ownership records, insurance documentation, bank cards, checks, cash, other jewelry from family members, original family photos, ownership records, certain heirlooms, hard drives with family photos/files etc.--and I think that applies to most people. I have safes that are designed to last longer than a thief will have before police arrive, and are also designed to protect the contents should the house burn to the ground.

I used to sell safes. You do not have to spend a fortune to get a high-quality safe. And alarm systems aren't very expensive, either.

If one has a high-value Rolex collection and they want a safe that is matched to such a collection, they should be looking at a high-security safe to pair with their alarm system.

[illiguy]

For those with bolted, large safes … how are you concealing them, if at all?

[David Daniel]

Originally Posted by Straphanger

Best solution is to have 2 quality safes one very large bolted to the floor of your basement and hidden with lots of room and another smaller one easier to access also bolted so you can keep the watches in the rotation in there as well as your important paper.
If your house get burglarised chance is that they will concentrate on the smaller safe which they would find first.

The direction I thought you were going in was...

Get two safes. One is easier to find and has some fake watches and fake jewelry inside. The other safe is hidden and holds your real watches.

[Gab27]

Originally Posted by illiguy

For those with bolted, large safes … how are you concealing them, if at all?

For the most part, I don't. If someone is coming over to work on the house, I may put a cover over the larger one to avoid flat out advertising what it is, but if someone breaks into the house when I am not home, they'll quickly find the safes. But the probability of them getting into them is extremely small, as they are safes that are designed to withstand a forced entry attempt.