Beware, luxury watch collectors! Thieves in London are using social media to target their next victims. 👀 watchcollector crime
on this side of the pond scooping Rolexes off the wrists of Bay Area residents back in August. What is new, however, is the stalking of potential victims on social media.
“Gangs are looking at them and thinking, ‘He’s staying at this hotel in London and he’s got these Hublot watches. Let’s wait for him to pop out and we’ll get him,’” Christopher Marinello, founder of Art Recovery International, told. “You can’t blame people for wanting to show off what they have but there simply aren’t enough police on the street these days.”
Marinello says these robberies happen several times a week, and the thieves are becoming more violent. “You can’t go out to dinner in Mayfair wearing a high-end watch,” he adds. Commander Owain Richards, the Met’s lead for robbery and violent crime, acknowledged that “there is more to do” and apologized to any victims the force has let down. “I’m not content with where we are with our detection rates and my mission is fewer robberies, more detection, and less crime,” Richards explained.
In the meantime, you might want to resist the urge to ‘Gram your collection and leave your prized pieces at home the next time you travel to London. You can never be too careful.
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