Being careful - guarding your watches in the big bad world.

Is there a Rolex gang active in Amsterdam? Since the summer, more than sixty people have been violently robbed of their precious watches. The thieves often strike in the evening hours. Victims are overpowered on the street and robbed of their clock

Amsterdam - In the night from Friday 7 to Saturday 8 December 2018, a man at Oosterpark was forcibly robbed of his expensive watch. The two suspects fled by scooter, the police are looking for witnesses.

Around 1.15 a.m., the 29-year-old man arrives in a taxi at his home at Oosterpark. When he is standing in front of his door, two people ride a dark-colored scooter from his east direction. They stop in front of his door and one of them knows how to overpower him and pulls his watch off his wrist.They then flee by scooter in the direction of Linnaeusstraat.

In a good month, no fewer than eight people in Amsterdam were violently robbed of their expensive watches. In six cases it was a Rolex. The police think it is striking and has since opened an investigation.

The police report this after asking questions from AT5.

Although several victims speak of a gang, the police cannot confirm that yet. That should reveal research. However, according to the police, a clear pattern is visible. The robberies occur during the night hours, the perpetrators run off with a scooter and wear face-covering clothing.

Two men were violently robbed of their valuable watches on Wednesday evening and night in the center of Amsterdam.