Fast, remote watch authentication — powered by a global network of credentialed specialists.
Whether you are ensuring authenticity or earning from your expertise — it starts here.
Platform
Submission received
Rolex Daytona 116500LN · SUB-0000042
Specialist
Specialist assessment
18 checkpoints · remote authentication
Certificate
Certificate issued
CRT-0000042 · Valid 90 days
Specialist earned +15 pts · 94.2% accuracy
Echt /ɛxt/ — Dutch and German for genuine, authentic, real. It's what every watch should be.
24%
of watches submitted to major platforms fail physical authentication.
Every failed auth costs platforms time, money, and buyer trust. Echt catches issues before they get there.
The process
18
checkpoints
per assessment
Structured specialist review on every submission.
8
hours
avg. turnaround
Median time from received to certificate-ready.
90
day certificate
publicly verifiable
Buyers verify at echt.watch with no login.
API
integration
in a sprint
One endpoint, webhooks, sandbox included.
1
Your platform sends a watch via API. Photos, reference, declared details.
2
A credentialed specialist reviews 18 authentication points and submits their findings.
3
A 90-day Echt certificate is generated. Your platform receives a webhook.
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For platforms
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Echt was built by watch dealers, for the watch market.
The pre-owned market moves fast. Buyers trust platforms. Platforms trust their authentication process. But that process starts too late — after the watch has already been listed, sold, and shipped.
Echt adds a layer before physical authentication. A credentialed specialist reviews the listing from photos. Issues are caught early. Certificates are issued. The market gets a little more trustworthy with every assessment.
Echt is Dutch and German for genuine. It is what we are building toward.
— Stan Duin, Founder · Amsterdam