https://metro.co.uk/2022/06/09/tour...d-off-wrist-outside-barcelona-hotel-16798193/
Whilst I am appalled at this crime I cannot get my head round why you would wear such a valuable watch in a city notorious for thefts.
The diamonds are distributed in different parts of the timepiece; 322 are on the case, 23 are on the crown 179 are on the dial while 30 are in the clasp bringing the total weight to 34.5 carats. If one carat of a diamond can go as high as $25,000, the black diamonds alone make the watch worth over $850,000.
I know Barcelona pretty well, having traveled there frequently. One keeps ones valuables close in the narrow streets of the old city. Thats where you wear your beater watch.
Yep. I lived in El Born for almost a year. A lot of street robbery. Amsterdam is nothing compared to over there. But what a great city!
I doubt people buy million dollar watches to hide away in a bank vault, especially not one THAT ugly. They buy them to tell the world they can buy a million dollar watch. Did he realise how dangerous that part of the world is? Who knows? After all, he comes from gun-totin' USA so maybe he thought in comparison Europe is like going to his mum' house.
Alternatively it could be one of the regular Black Caviar Bangs, which is this trash-can of a watch:
https://moneyinc.com/hublot-million-dollar-black-caviar-bang/
Which is 10k or so,
So let me suggest a scenario....
Guy who buys regular 10k black caviar, gets it "stolen" in a believable manner, has press tout it as the million dollar model.....files insurance claim for 1 million dollars.
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I doubt it, insurance investigators are often very smart and watches like that million dollar piece don’t come into anyones hands without a solid paper trail. When my house was robbed and my car stolen I was looked at very closely as the fact that the car id only had two months went missing along with my wallet and apple AirPods while the Rolex Daytona was left on the bench beside them was a bit of a red flag.
When the car got found and the kid got caught they realised the kid was just a complete idiot and the detective was quite entertained letting the kid know he stole 2 year old AirPods covered in my earwax and left a watch with a 50k aud street price.
Nice of them to give the kid a heads up as to where he could find a $50k aud watch.
I got my ass out of there as soon as I could, now in a high security tower with cameras, swipe cards and on site security. Kid got released a few months back and some prison fellowship organisation asked me if I’d like to meet him and have a conversation / pray with him.
That was a firm no thanks.
I got my ass out of there as soon as I could, now in a high security tower with cameras, swipe cards and on site security. Kid got released a few months back and some prison fellowship organisation asked me if I’d like to meet him and have a conversation / pray with him.
That was a firm no thanks.
