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# watchfinder.co.uk

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## Website

watchfinder.co.uk

Watchfinder & Co. - The Pre-Owned Watch Specialist Buy and sell pre-owned watches with Watchfinder & Co. Over 3,500 watches available from Rolex, Omega, Breitling, TAG Heuer, Cartier and more. Shop now

watchfinder.co.uk

One of the first images collected of this website on 18 Oct 2000

Checked on 12 Nov 2026, 21:26 Unclaimed

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## Truth score

Truth score 79 out of 100, High truth signals. Customer satisfaction: mostly dissatisfied

79 / 100

High truth signals

## Business details

Category: Jewellery and watches

Years in business: 24 years

Places to visit: 2 stores Greenhithe, Grays

Sells: Physical goods

Sells to: The public

Kind of seller: Sells its own goods or services

Licensed trade: No licence normally needed

Domain age: 26 years

Address: [15 Hill Street, London, W1J 5QT, England](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=15%20Hill%20Street%2C%20London%2C%20W1J%205QT%2C%20England)

Email address: Not found

Phone number: [+44 1622 621392](tel:+44%201622%20621392)

Contact page: Not found

Website: [watchfinder.co.uk](https://watchfinder.co.uk/?utm_source=truthsignal.com&utm_medium=referral)

Social media: Not found

## Do the sources agree?

Address: 15 Hill Street, London, W1J 5QT, England Its website agrees Companies House agrees OpenStreetMap not found Web Data Commons not found

Company name: WATCHFINDER.CO.UK LIMITED Companies House agrees Its website differs

Sources give different names · Its website has Watchfinder

## Customer reviews, accreditations and complaints

Site Reviews Rating

[Reviews.io](https://www.reviews.io/company-reviews/store/watchfinder-co-uk) · Read 12 November 2026 · 116 reviews · 1.5 out of 5 stars

Total 116 1.6 out of 5 stars

Trustpilot reviews are not included in this assessment. This business also has a [Trustpilot page](https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/www.watchfinder.co.uk), which may contain additional customer reviews. We recommend checking these alongside the reviews shown here.

[Better Business Bureau](https://www.bbb.org/us/ny/new-york/profile/online-retailer/watchfinder-co-0121-87146297)

Customer satisfaction Mostly dissatisfied · Medium confidence · From 116 reviews on 1 independent review site

App experience Insufficient evidence · No app ratings found

## Summary

Is watchfinder.co.uk legit and trustworthy? Truth score 79 out of 100, high truth signals: 7 public checks clear, 1 to be cautious about, 1 not found, 1 for information. Legitimacy confidence: high. App experience: insufficient evidence. Customer satisfaction: mostly dissatisfied, medium confidence.

watchfinder.co.uk is run by WATCHFINDER.CO.UK Limited, an active UK company registered at Companies House 24 years ago. Its website address was registered 26 years ago. The postcode on its website matches its registered office. No malware or phishing warnings found for its website. Be cautious: its 116 reviews on Reviews.io average only 1.5 stars out of 5. We could not find social media profiles or an email address.

### Positives

- An active UK company registered at Companies House, set up 24 years ago.
- Its website address was registered 26 years ago.
- The postcode on its website matches its registered office at Companies House.
- No malware or phishing warnings found for its website.

### Be cautious

- A substantial number of independent reviews (116 on [Reviews.io](https://www.reviews.io/company-reviews/store/watchfinder-co-uk) ), but it falls short with only 1.5 stars out of 5.

### Not found

- Social presence information was not found from our checks.
- Email address information was not found from our checks.

Our technical team has been informed.

Important context: Truth Signal weighs public evidence about this business. A high score means strong evidence that the business is established and legitimate, not a promise that it is safe to buy from or that every purchase will go well. A low score means the evidence is thin or raises concerns, not that the business is unsafe or a scam.

### What they offer

Buy and sell pre-owned watches with Watchfinder & Co. Over 3,500 watches available from Rolex, Omega, Breitling, TAG Heuer, Cartier and more. Shop now

— Watchfinder & Co., in their own words

Where to find them

Places: 2 stores · 2 towns

- Greenhithe 1
- Grays 1

About them

What makes them different: “No other pre-owned watch retailer can boast its own fully-fledged service centre, accredited by many of the world’s best watch manufacturers.”

Customer stories: [Testimonials](https://www.watchfinder.co.uk/about-us)

What they sell

Promises: [Warranty](https://www.watchfinder.co.uk/services/warranty)

Sources [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) [Its homepage](https://watchfinder.co.uk/) [Its about page](https://watchfinder.co.uk/about-us)

### How to check if watchfinder.co.uk is legit

To check if watchfinder.co.uk is legit yourself, look at the same public records we did: the company register, who owns the web address and since when, customer reviews (where buyers leave praise and complaints), visitor numbers, how long the site has existed, social profiles, malware lists, data breaches and email security. Each row below shows what that record says about watchfinder.co.uk; open a row to see the facts and the source to check them yourself. Step by step: [how to know if a shopping site is legit](https://truthsignal.com/guides/how-to-know-if-a-shopping-site-is-legit).

### Who they are

Company details An active UK company registered at Companies House, set up 24 years ago

- Its registered office at Companies House is 15 Hill Street, London, W1J 5QT, England
- Its latest accounts at Companies House run to 31 March 2025
- It has filed at Companies House regularly for the last five years, with no gap longer than 15 months
- Registered with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) to handle personal data

Country

Where the company is based: UK

Why we believe that: it is registered at Companies House, which is a registration for UK businesses, its Better Business Bureau profile is a US listing

Which countries the company serves: United Arab Emirates, Austria, Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, UK, Greece, Hong Kong, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, US

Why we believe that: its address ends .uk, £ prices on its homepage, it publishes pages for 36 countries (hreflang)

Registration

Companies House registration: Registered as WATCHFINDER.CO.UK LIMITED

Data protection registration (ICO): Registered, number ZA864953

VAT number: GB787562376

Companies House register

Company found in official company register: Yes

Registered company name: WATCHFINDER.CO.UK LIMITED

Company status: active

Company age: 24 years

Registered address: 15 Hill Street, London, W1J 5QT, England

Accounts overdue: No

Confirmation statement overdue: No

Insolvency history: No

Registered office in dispute: No

Filing history consistent: Yes

ICO data-protection fee payer: Yes

Registered to do: 47990 Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets

Company type: Private limited company

Size and borrowing

Accounts filed: Full accounts The most detailed kind a company files.

Secured loans (charges): 0 No secured loans outstanding at Companies House.

Sources [Companies House](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04524723) [ICO register entry](https://ico.org.uk/ESDWebPages/Entry/ZA864953)

Domain registration Its website address was registered 26 years ago

Domain age: 26 years

Sources [ICANN Lookup](https://lookup.icann.org/en/lookup?name=watchfinder.co.uk)

Website details We read 4 of its pages: about, returns, terms and privacy

HTTPS enabled: Yes

Contact phone number found: [+44 1622 621392](tel:+441622621392)

Contact page linked: Yes

Sources agreeing on postcode: 2

Hosting company: Amazon Technologies Inc.

What its pages say

In their own words: “Decades of experience, a manufacturer-certified service centre and choice in the thousands come together to help you find your next watch. Since Watchfinder & Co. was first founded in 2002, it has been established as the premier resource from which to buy and sell premium pre-owned watches. With thousands of watches available from more than 50 brands, including Rolex, Omega, Cartier and more, plus international locations and a manufacturer certified service centre, there’s no better place to find a luxury timepiece.”

Sources [Homepage](https://watchfinder.co.uk/) [About page](https://watchfinder.co.uk/about-us) [Returns page](https://watchfinder.co.uk/articles/feature-discontinued-rolexes-we-hope-to-see-return) [Terms page](https://watchfinder.co.uk/glossary-of-terms) [Privacy page](https://watchfinder.co.uk/privacy-policy)

Search engines and AI Lets in every search engine and AI tool

Which search engines and AI tools its robots.txt file lets read the website. Search engines list it in results; AI training tools learn from it; AI answer tools read it to answer someone’s question.

Search engines

All allowed

Google Search: Allowed: it has no robots.txt file Googlebot

Bing: Allowed: it has no robots.txt file Bingbot

AI training

All allowed

OpenAI: Allowed: it has no robots.txt file GPTBot

Anthropic: Allowed: it has no robots.txt file ClaudeBot

Google AI: Allowed: it has no robots.txt file Google-Extended

Apple AI: Allowed: it has no robots.txt file Applebot-Extended

Common Crawl: Allowed: it has no robots.txt file CCBot

Meta: Allowed: it has no robots.txt file meta-externalagent

ByteDance (TikTok): Allowed: it has no robots.txt file Bytespider

AI answers

All allowed

ChatGPT search: Allowed: it has no robots.txt file OAI-SearchBot

ChatGPT: Allowed: it has no robots.txt file ChatGPT-User

Claude search: Allowed: it has no robots.txt file Claude-SearchBot

Claude: Allowed: it has no robots.txt file Claude-User

Perplexity: Allowed: it has no robots.txt file PerplexityBot

Sources [robots.txt](https://watchfinder.co.uk/robots.txt)

### Reputation and track record

Customer reviews, accreditations and complaints Rated 1.5 stars out of 5 from 116 reviews on [Reviews.io](https://www.reviews.io/company-reviews/store/watchfinder-co-uk)

Platform · Rating · Reviews

[Trustpilot](https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/www.watchfinder.co.uk) · Unknown · Unknown

[Reviews.io](https://www.reviews.io/company-reviews/store/watchfinder-co-uk) · 1.5 out of 5 stars · 116

Total · 1.6 out of 5 stars · 116

[Better Business Bureau](https://www.bbb.org/us/ny/new-york/profile/online-retailer/watchfinder-co-0121-87146297)

Visitor traffic Real people visited its website in 24 of the last 24 months

- Real people have visited its website since February 2021 or earlier
- It is among the 100,000 most-visited sites on the internet (Cloudflare Radar)

Monthly visitor data

Popularity among Chrome users: top 50,000 sites

First known user traffic: Feb 2021 or earlier

Months with real traffic, of the last 24: 24

Traffic pattern: sustained

Rank jump in the last 12 months: none

Rank drop in the last 12 months: none

Cloudflare Radar

Popularity across the internet: top 100,000 sites

Where its visitors are

Share of people looking up watchfinder.co.uk, by country, over the last 2 days.

- Over 50%
- 5 to 50%
- 1 to 5%
- 0.2 to 1%
- Under 0.2%
- None seen

- 1 United States 28.7%
- 2 Singapore 16.1%
- 3 Germany 8.6%
- 4 Brazil 6.9%
- 5 United Kingdom 6.3%
- 6 Hong Kong 4.0%
- 7 South Africa 2.9%
- 8 Argentina 2.3%
- 9 Vietnam 1.7%
- 10 Canada 1.7%

Top 10 of 35 countries.

Sources [Chrome UX Report](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/crux) [Cloudflare Radar](https://radar.cloudflare.com/domains/domain/watchfinder.co.uk)

Web history and authority The Internet Archive first saved a copy of its website 26 years ago

Website archive history: 26 years

Sources [First archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20001018/watchfinder.co.uk)

Social presence We could not check how big its social media following is: the check ran out of time.

### What data this site collects about you

What its privacy policy says We found this business stores and uses your data

May send your data to other countries.: “We have implemented standard contractual clauses to ensure adequate safeguards are in place to protect your information where it is transferred to our affiliated companies and boutiques in territories outside the European Economic Area and Switzerland.”

Source [Its privacy policy](https://watchfinder.co.uk/privacy-policy)

Tracking tools on its homepage Google Tag Manager

Named in its homepage's code when we read it. Others may load later, so this list may not be complete.

Google Tag Manager: Loads other tracking tools, which may not be listed here.

Source [Its homepage](https://watchfinder.co.uk/)

### Safety

Malware and phishing No malware or phishing warnings found for its website This check is not perfect: it can miss a harmful site, and it can wrongly warn about a safe one.

Malware or phishing threat status: None found

Sources [Google Web Risk](https://docs.cloud.google.com/web-risk/docs/advisory)

Data breach history No known data breach involving the company

Known data breaches found: 0

Sources [Have I Been Pwned](https://haveibeenpwned.com/)

Domain and email security Its email is protected: mail forged in its name is blocked

Email

MX records: Yes

SPF record: Yes

DKIM key: Yes

DMARC record: Yes

DMARC policy: reject

Certificate

Security certificate browsers warn about: No

Certificate issuer: Amazon

Certificate type: DV

Certificate expires: 26 May 2027

Hosting

Nameservers: ns-1477.awsdns-56.org
ns-1785.awsdns-31.co.uk
ns-57.awsdns-07.com
ns-802.awsdns-36.net

Address: 18.172.153.118
18.172.153.27
18.172.153.29
18.172.153.65

Sources [Its DNS records](https://dns.google/query?name=watchfinder.co.uk&rr_type=TXT)

### Proof of ownership

What the business has done to prove it runs this website. Each proof adds points to its truth score, up to 5. A proof it has not added is never counted against it.

DNS record Not added yet +3 possible

What we check: A record the business adds in its domain's settings. Only someone who runs the website can add one.

When we check: On every check. The points stay only while the record is there.

Points: 0 of 3 added

Source watchfinder.co.uk's DNS records

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Email at its own domain Not added yet +1 possible

What we check: That someone at the business has confirmed an email address at its own website's domain.

When we check: When the address is confirmed. It counts from then on.

Points: 0 of 1 added

Source Truth Signal's own records

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Lets our checker read it Not added yet +1 possible

What we check: That its robots.txt file names our checker, TruthSignal, and lets it read the whole website.

When we check: On every check. The point stays only while the file allows it.

Points: 0 of 1 added

Source watchfinder.co.uk/robots.txt

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Points added to its truth score 0 of 5

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- Social Followers
- Data points

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## Past reports

The report as it read each month, newest first:

- 2026-11: truth score 79, High: https://truthsignal.com/business/watchfinder.co.uk/report/2026-11.md

## How the customers' Total rating is worked out

Bayesian average: 7 reviews at 3.5 stars added, so a few reviews move it less. The 7 added reviews at 3.5 stars are the weighting Trustpilot publishes for its TrustScore. With this business's figures:

(7 × 3.5 + 1.5 × 116 (Reviews.io)) ÷ (7 + 116) = 1.6, to one decimal place

## Cite

Truth Signal, Watchfinder & Co.: truth score 79 out of 100, legitimacy confidence High, assessed 2026-11-12, https://truthsignal.com/business/watchfinder.co.uk. Licence Truth Signal terms: free to read and quote with a link back; bulk copying, data sets, resale, white-label and model training need the paid API plan (https://truthsignal.com/terms). The same report as JSON: https://truthsignal.com/business/watchfinder.co.uk.json
