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I have a few watches that need to be kept in a safe. At present, I had a watch box that fits in the safe. But it's full to bursting and a bigger box wouldn't fit.
Are there are any safes that are specific to watches at a reasonable price? Preferable with electricity as I am hoping to add a perpetual calendar to my collection soon, so will need to be on the spin!
Afraid can't help, but watching this thread as am also interested in doing the same
I’d like a good safe also
Buy a bigger safe.
I have an old office safe that is about 2ft square and 3ft high and weighs a bloody ton. It took 3 men built like gorillas to install it, so it is safe as houses.
I stuff everything I need in it and it is hidden from sight under the stairs behind a door. That keeps the house proud wife happy.
I got a Sentry Safe from Costco a few years ago for about £250. I keep 10 watches in a watch box in the top shelf compartment and a couple of watch boxes for my more expensive watches in the bottom part (and other minor trivialities like marriage certificate, passports, etc).
The safe bolts to the floor although is pretty heavy anyway. The added bonus for me wasn't just theft prevention but also incase of fire as It has a 2 hour fire resistance guarantee
Some Googling reveals this. I'm sure it's rather out of my budget!
https://www.brownsafe.com/man-safe/index.html
Yes there safes that are specific to watches but none that I would rate as a "reasonable" price - they are extremely expensive. The Rolls Royce of watch safes are Buben Zorweg. It is more cost effective to buy a bigger general purpose safe rated to a suitable cash rating and then put watch boxes inside plus winders. This tends to mean you have to use a battery powered winder.Originally Posted by CJQC
Wow! they're pretty impressive ........ I wonder if they do a woman safe? And I wonder what a woman would keep in her safe! :)
Through work we use a company called a2wsecurity. Chap called Fred Whale owns the company and has been in the game several decades. Very knowledgeable and very friendly guy.
They supply a whole variety of safes, equally those which provide watch housing, watch winders etc.
Possibly worth giving him a call
J
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Because thieves would never think to look in any discrete locations. Thats probably never dawned on them. They'd much rather turn up with the contents of B&Q in order to dislodge half a house to skip merrily down the road with a 60kg safe under their arm.
This + some insurers require keeping specified valuables (for example when above certain value) in an appropriately rated safe when not in use, as a condition of cover.
Echoing this. A safe weighing 10/20kg maybe even 30kg - someone could quite easily make off with this.
Graded safe’s are often bolted down and if fitted properly - you’d be dismantling the wall before you got to the safe
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I have installed a safe and an alarm system. Bloody expensive. On the safe, what protects youn is weight! If the safe weighs 300 kilos and it is fixed to a concrete floor, the thieves will have more problems to take it away.
Having said that, as the people installing the safe told me, if they want to,open it, and they have the time, they will do it. The key is putting time against them...
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OP, I had my safe supplied and fitted by MarcJ on this forum. It doesn’t have an integrated winder but might be worth checking with them if they supply those too.
Our safe is securely bolted to a solid wall inside a wardrobe. To protect and save space all my watches are kept in draw string pouches (Omega and JLC watches (after service)come with them) You can buy them incredibly cheaply from China on flea bay
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You got a rough idea of cost?Through work we use a company called a2wsecurity. Chap called Fred Whale owns the company and has been in the game several decades. Very knowledgeable and very friendly guy.
They supply a whole variety of safes, equally those which provide watch housing, watch winders etc.
Possibly worth giving him a call
J
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MarcJ also sorted mine. Highly recommended.
As others have posted, MarcJ on here specialises in this kind of thing.
When you look long into an abyss, the abyss looks long into you.........
Our insurer insisted on the professional installation of a safe and it does give some peace of mind. Bolted to a concrete floor it ain't going anywhere.
Having measured the interior dimensions I then sourced smaller watch boxes with cushions that would fit - rather than pouches or socks -works well.
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I used to keep my watches in a cheap but well reviewed safe (around £100 IIRC) securely bolted to a wall in a wardrobe. One day I realised that I’d lost the keys and had to break in to it which took me less than 5mins with a hammer and screwdriver.
The moral of the story being get a decent one or don’t bother.
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i would not get a safe with biometrics. Potential for harm. Some unfortunates my find their future watches keep slipping off the wrist without a hand to keep it there.
I’d want a safe to keep that safe in. Hmmm this could get out of hand 🤪
No different to a keyed safe, they’ll force you to open it.
Would they really cut off a hand if you were there?
These sentry safes aren’t well regarded at all I believe.
I got an insurance approved safe from Total Safes as it was required as a condition of my insurance policy
You can't beat back breaking weight and a 3" thick steel case to make burglars take one look and move on.
My safe is so damn heavy, it will have to be sold with the house as it would be too much of an ordeal trying to move it out.
sounds like MarkJ is the man...
How expensive are we talking...?
Also in the same boat...
Bought one recently from BDB Lock and Safe based out of Coventry (no affiliation). They do reconditioned units which tend to be a lot heavier than new ones. Service was good and they had a decent choice at the time. Cost me about £650 and that included delivery and placement in a downstairs room. It's a good size as well so plenty of room for watches, boxes, paperwork etc.
Mine's a Grade 0, weighs nearly 400kgs and is fitted with a digital combination lock so I don't have to hide any keys. As someone has already said, its about minimizing the time they have. It would take a lot of time and effort to shift
Of course any safe is better than no safe
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