The stolen clock concerned a Richard Mille, a luxury watch brand that is known for the angular shapes of the timepiece and the openwork dials. Although this specific copy would have cost ‘only’ around 190,000 euros, prices for the watches can rise above a million.
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According to Dagblad Le Parisien, the Engelsman walked unsuspectingly on the Champs de-Mars last Sunday morning, the vast park area at the foot of the Eiffel Tower. During his morning walk he was approached by two women “of Eastern European descent,” who asked him to sign a petition.
The tourist distrusted the ladies, refused to sign the petition and continued his walk. A few minutes later he bumped into four men, who wanted to sell him a photo. Again the Englishman declined the offer before entering a taxi in the middle of the Champs-the-mars.
Sophisticated trick
During the taxi ride, the man discovered that his watch had disappeared from his wrist, without noticing anything about it. The jewelry had to be stolen during his morning walk, in a very refined way, without there being any violence.
After this unpleasant discovery, the man immediately reported, hoping to regain his precious jewelry. The Paris public prosecutor confirms the declaration and stated that no people have been arrested at this stage.
Recurring phenomenon
The theft of luxury watches is a recurring phenomenon in Paris, especially in the chic and tourist neighborhoods; A beloved hunting ground for shrewd thieves. At the end of June, an English-Canadian tourist was the victim of the theft of his Patek Philippe Watch worth 200,000 euros.
The man ran through the Rue Saint-Honoré in the afternoon, a chic street in the heart of Paris, when he was surprised from behind by a thief who grabbed his luxury watch. A witness to the incident tried to catch up with the thief, but he managed to escape in the direction of the Tuileries, where he merged with the crowd of passers -by and tourists.