An Osaka-based company that operated a service called "Tokematch" where luxury watches were entrusted to owners and rented to those who wanted to use them, suddenly announced its dissolution this year, and 13 watches across the country were left unreturned due to a large number of watches not being returned to their owners. According to interviews with investigators, prefectural police have received more than 40 complaints from watch owners and have begun investigations.
Toke Match is a service based in Osaka that allows luxury watches such as Rolex watches to be entrusted to the owner and rented to those who wish to use them. The company had been attracting customers by advertising things like ``Enjoy a new type of watch life,'' but at the end of January this year, they suddenly announced on their website that the company would be disbanded and the service would end.
Since the company's dissolution, there have been a number of complaints from service users that their watches have not been returned.To date, police in 13 prefectures nationwide, including Tokyo and Osaka, have responded to more than 40 complaints. Through interviews with investigators, we learned that they have received a report of the damage and have begun an investigation.
NHK has also confirmed cases in which ``one person has not received tens of millions of yen worth of watches back,'' and cases in which ``watches that were supposed to have been deposited were listed for sale on a flea market app.'' .
Police are investigating possible charges such as fraud and embezzlement, but the whereabouts of the president of the operating company are unknown.
Last month, NHK visited the apartment building in Osaka where the management company is located, but there was no response when pressing the intercom, and so far there has been no response to requests for interviews via email.