My Rolex was stolen most likely by a taxi driver in Italy. Odds of recovering it?

[Lostrolex2024]

This submariner has a serial number of 200G5755 and model reference 116610LV
This Rolex was stolen, please contact me at +393312531735
Thank you

[Dimas24]

Sorry to hear that your Rolex with serial number 200G5755 was stolen. Please share some information on how that happened so other members of the forum will be aware. Also, have you filed a police report and reported a watch to Rolex?

[Lostrolex2024]

Originally Posted by Dimas24

Sorry to hear that your Rolex with serial number 200G5755 was stolen. Please share some information on how that happened so other members of the forum will be aware. Also, have you filed a police report and reported a watch to Rolex?

I was out drinking at a club in Florence, Italy when my drink got spiked. I lost consciousness and an unknown taxi that I had not called brought me home. When I woke up my Rolex was missing. I filed a police report and they are going to be watching the camera footage in the club. I also went to my local Rolex dealer and they took a copy of my police report and so I assume they sent it to the Rolex database in Geneva. Really sucks because that was the only gift my mother left me before passing away from lung cancer when I was 18. So the sentimental attachment to my Rolex with serial number 200G5755 cannot even be put into words.

[77T]

I'm sorry to hear your Submariner was stolen. And that is was a 116610LV serial number 200G5755

You do want to get that watch on the stolen Rolex database quickly.


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[Lostrolex2024]

Surveillance footage of the club where I left from in a very intoxicated state showed me getting into a taxi with my Rolex on. 20 minutes later the taxi is seen arriving at my residence and I get out without my watch in an extremely intoxicated state (can barely stand up). The taxi plate was given to the police and the taxi left without being paid (I had no cash on me and there is a 35€ card payment made at that same exact time when the taxi arrived from my credit card to the taxi, and that transaction being declined by my bank) so the taxi left without getting paid. What are the odds I can recover my Rolex? I have reported the serial number to the police, to Rolex Geneva and on the watch registry. I mean what are the odds that a taxi driver knows how to properly get away with this type of crime? Can I ask a judge to get a search warrant?
PS in Italy camera recordings inside taxi cars are automatically deleted after 2 hours so there is no footage of what actually happened inside the taxi (wtf)

[shaunylw]

Probably close to zero


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[RW16610]

Oh man, I'm so sorry to hear this and really hope you're somehow able to recover the watch.

[cblock406]

Sounds like an expensive lesson learned.

[996marty]

I’m hoping Lady Luck is shining on you

[tudorbaja27]

A good friend of mine also had his watch stolen by a taxi driver in Milan some years back. Mind you he was drunk enough to ask the driver to come up for a drink. He did, and left with his watch.

Always keep your eyes open, gents.

[Blansky]

Good luck OP. Hope you get it back.

[GB-man]

[Blansky]

We've allowed taxi drivers to run rampant throughout the streets of our cities.

[omar10213245]

abolish taxis

[77T]

First off I am sorry to hear about your plight.

Some of what you've posted might work against the odds of getting a warrant.

Originally Posted by Lostrolex2024

...I get out without my watch in an extremely intoxicated state (can barely stand up).

Under those circumstances you wouldn't be a reliable witness in a hearing.

Nor in a trial - the judge or jury wouldn't know if it fell off, you took it off, or a mishap occurred.


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[rmagoo57]

That's unfortunate.

[Moondoggy]

Even AI gets drunk.

[sellingblackbird]

OP, good luck , hope you get it back .

[Cazador60]

Could be that the bartender and the cabbie were working in tandem, just a thought. I have heard of similar happenings in Bogota back when I used to travel down south.

[Lostrolex2024]

Rolex found by the CARABINIERI!!!! I don't know how to delete this thread, I would greatly appreciate if someone could explain or if an admin could do it for me

[carbon888]

Originally Posted by Lostrolex2024

Rolex found by the CARABINIERI!!!! I don't know how to delete this thread, I would greatly appreciate if someone could explain or if an admin could do it for me

Please tell how you found it, happy for you!!

[77T]

Originally Posted by Lostrolex2024

Rolex found by the CARABINIERI!!!! I don't know how to delete this thread, I would greatly appreciate if someone could explain or if an admin could do it for me

No need to delete the thread - let's hear your update on what happened beyond it being found.

The Carabinieri are a national arm of the police and partly a military force. How did they get involved?

Where did they find it?

Let's see some wrist shots of the watch!


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[BillA]

Why delete, a good story.
How did they find it?

[Dimas24]

wow. I suspect that Taxi driver has decided to receive payment in the way of Rolex. But more likely you gave him a watch as a "deposit".

[RAB321]

Originally Posted by Dimas24

wow. I suspect that Taxi driver has decided to receive payment in the way of Rolex. But more likely you gave him a watch as a "deposit".

Well, of course that's the taxi driver's story anyway.

Guessing the police tracked him down by the license plate (OP said he had it on video).

[brandrea]

Welcome to the forum.

Let’s hear the story.

[Crown & Shield]

Yes, please do tell…

[bswanson]

Story time!

[digitalcrocodile]

Let me guess. Franky "the Hose" Giovanni made him a deal he couldn't refuse..............

[BillA]

The OP has ghosted us.
Did this really happen?