A luxury watch estimated at nearly 800,000 euros was stolen Monday night on the wrist of its owner in a posh district of Paris. The victim, a 30-year-old Japanese man posing as a businessman, went out to smoke in front of the five-star hotel where he was staying when he was hit by a man who asked him for a cigarette. reported one of the sources, confirming information from the Parisian . The stranger then seized one of the two arms of the Japanese businessman and stole the watch he had on his left wrist before fleeing.
The Richard Mille brand watch is a model Tourbillon Diamond Twister estimated on a guide to purchase watches online at 768,000 euros. The facts took place in front of the Napoleon hotel, not far from the Arc de Triomphe (8th arrondissement). In his escape, the thief dropped a cell phone. The investigation was entrusted to the banditry crackdown brigade (BRB) of the Parisian PJ.