travel insurance and watches?

[fulanito_uk]

Hi,

Not sure anyone will know the answer here, but will be going for a week to morocco very soon, will be taking my Gen Omega X-33 bought 2nd hand on Ebay. my question is if it gets lost or stolen how do I prove to the travel insurance that I owned it if it wasn't bought in a store?

any ideas?

Thanks

[Logan]

Options are:

a/ A proper valuation, no arguments with this, but send your insurance co a copy first to be completely covered.

b/ Photo's showing the watch and serial number, good but not as good as a valuation. Most reasonable insurance companies will accept these

c/ ebay & paypal records showing the purchase, it'll depend on the insurance co, many will not take this alone.

Remember travel insurance often has much lower item limits then home and contents does, so clear this up first.

The golden rule with insurance is always.. Tell them everything before you need to claim.

It worth mentioning that I never travel with genuines, or more expensive looking replicas, I can't speak for Morocco specifically but you are asking for trouble in many non first world countries.

[Member X]

Great post ^^^

[fulanito_uk]

Thanks! called the insurance they said that the e-bay & paypal statement is enough to act as proof of ownership.