What we move · Jewelry & Watches
Moving Jewelry and Watch Collections
A jewellery collection is small, portable, easy to sell, and often the single most attractive thing in a house. It is also the category where discretion matters most, because the risk is usually somebody who already knows the collection exists.
Tell us what, from where, and roughly when. No obligation, and no inventory list needed to start the conversation.
Unmarked
No livery, no logo, nothing that names the cargo
Two-person
Every movement. One never leaves the property
Signed
Chain of custody at every handoff, timestamped
1983
Operating the destination vault since
Why this is different
The problem worth solving
Most jewellery losses are not sophisticated. They involve someone who knew what was in the house, knew when it would be empty, and knew where it was kept. That is why an armored truck parked outside is exactly the wrong answer for a residence — it tells the street a great deal it did not previously know.
Procedure
How it is handled
- 01Unmarked vehicle, ordinary clothes, and no signage anywhere on the collection or delivery.
- 02Itemised and photographed at collection, piece by piece, against your schedule if you have one.
- 03Watches recorded by reference and serial number, and boxes and papers travel with the watch — they are a third of the value.
- 04Sealed in your presence and never opened in transit.
- 05Two attendants, no unscheduled stops, no consolidation with other clients.
- 06Signed into the vault and stored in individual custody rather than a shared shelf.
What to expect on the day
Bring the paperwork. For watches, box and papers can be a quarter to a third of resale value, and they are exactly the thing that gets left in a drawer during a move. For jewellery, an existing insurance schedule saves an hour of itemising and gives the file a valuation we did not invent. If neither exists, we will still itemise, but we will only describe — never appraise.
The limit
Where we stop
We do not value, authenticate, or comment on whether something is genuine. If you need that, it should happen before the move, not during it.
Common questions
- Will anything on the vehicle identify what it is carrying?
- No. That is the point of an unmarked vehicle, and it is why we do not use livery, magnetic signs, or branded cases.
- Can my insurer's schedule be used as the inventory?
- Yes, and it is the better starting point. We check the items against it and note anything that does not match, in both directions.
- Can I access individual pieces later?
- Yes. Access is by appointment at the Fort Lauderdale vault, and you can take out one item without disturbing the rest.
- What about a collection in a home safe?
- We can open and empty a safe you have the combination to. We are not safe engineers and we will not drill anything.
Statewide
Routes we run
45–75 min
Brickell & Downtown Miami
High-rise collections, which means the loading dock and the service elevator decide the schedule rather than the traffic. Most Brickell towers require a certificate of insurance filed with building management days in advance and will only release the service lift in a booked window — we handle that paperwork, but it is why a Brickell collection is booked a week out and a house is not.
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50–80 min
Coral Gables
Older single-family houses on narrow, banyan-shaded streets with strict tree and parking rules. A vehicle cannot always get close to the door, so a Gables collection is planned around where we can legally stand, and that is worth a phone call before the day rather than a surprise on it.
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50–80 min
Coconut Grove
A mix of waterfront estates and 1920s houses, several of them with art collections that have never been condition-reported. The Grove sits low, and clients here move things out ahead of the season more often than anywhere else in Miami-Dade.
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60–90 min
Key Biscayne
One causeway on and off the island, with a toll and a single point of failure. When a storm is forecast the Rickenbacker is exactly where everyone is at once, so Key Biscayne is the one market where we insist on booking well ahead of a cone rather than during it.
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45–75 min
Miami Beach & Surfside
Causeway-dependent and, from Surfside north, largely mid-rise condominium. Since 2021 the building-access rules here have tightened considerably, and management offices are noticeably more careful about who is allowed a service lift — expect to be asked for documentation that a house never requires.
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30–50 min
Aventura
Dense high-rise on the Dade line and the shortest big-building run we make. Loading docks here are generally well organised and bookable, which makes Aventura one of the few tower markets where a same-week collection is realistic.
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Tell us what needs to move.
What, from where, and roughly when. You do not need an inventory to start the conversation, and if the job belongs with an armored carrier we will say so on the call.