*STOLEN* AP Barrichello 2 titanium #942

[AK797]

OP, any news?

Originally Posted by jykiim

Well, Same shit has happened to me yesterday, down in SD.
guy was wearing the same outfit, and took off from the lot w/ the same car.

hopefully noone will have to go through what the OP and I've experienced.

:(

Are you being entirely serious? If so this could be significant info. What are the details?

[rootbeer7]

Originally Posted by AK797

OP, any news?



Are you being entirely serious? If so this could be significant info. What are the details?

Just seen this on Instagram.

[smym18]

Originally Posted by rootbeer7

Just seen this on Instagram.

A lot of people have mentioned seeing it on Instagram. What account has posted it? I'm always looking for good watch accounts to follow.

[mspeed76]

yes this is the same guy who stole my watch, in the exact same way, wearing the same damn shirt

black male, mid to late 20s, 5'7", neck tatoos

[wesdaniel]

Originally Posted by smym18

A lot of people have mentioned seeing it on Instagram. What account has posted it? I'm always looking for good watch accounts to follow.

I saw it shared on @oc_chrono

[BigLeagueChu]

Thank you for sharing your story, hope that mfer gets caught

[lovetherolex]

Originally Posted by blacke90

I know exactly what you mean. I have heard deals are being done at police stations as they provide space to conduct the transactions. OP, you did everything right btw!

Police stations are the only place to execute this kind of thing.

[lovetherolex]

Originally Posted by mspeed76

yes this is the same guy who stole my watch, in the exact same way, wearing the same damn shirt

The guy doesn't even do laundry?

What a lowlife.

But seriously, there better not be a number three...

[RolexZen]

Originally Posted by lovetherolex

Police stations are the only place to execute this kind of thing.

Do they even do this?

Originally Posted by Burlington

For whatever reason the shop got involved - unless it was expressly agreed they should not hand over the watch to a 3rd party.

We weren’t there, so don’t know exactly how it went down. Maybe their was a nod of the head from the seller, or maybe when the thief said “let me take a look”, there was no effort from the seller to stop the handover.

Either way, it sounds like the seller was duped and was going to let the buyer handle the watch. But I agree, the safe thing for the shop to do was not get involved beyond preliminary authentication.

[RolexZen]

Originally Posted by SlideRacker

Maybe we're all just better off taking a little less and selling to a reputable grey dealer. I nearly got scammed online recently but my gut told me something wasn't right and I backed out.

Yep, I was too nervous about being scammed when I sold my BLNR last year. Went the easy/safe route and sold to TS, but that piece of mind probably cost me more than $1K.

[Richard6xdx]

This is the same guy that stole my watch at a Starbucks in OC. When I saw his picture I recognized him. He rain with my Breitling and there was 20 people inside the Starbucks. Lighting Quick. I almost caught him but just missed . I would love to put him away. I never got my watch back

[mspeed76]

sorry to hear...

btw the good news is that the police did find and arrest this guy at his apartment. He committed this same exact crime multiple times and was wanted by different police departments around LA/OC

Unfortunately no watches were recovered and he isnt talking

[Richard6xdx]

I would like to press charges . Do you have any info on him . I just sent you a PM

[jbk45]

I hope they nail this f#$ker - wishing you the best possible outcome, OP!

[toi]

since he is now arrested i wonder what he will get in terms of time in jail.
i hope it wont be just a slap on the wrist