Street Cleaner in UK Finds Gold Rolex

[burnside]

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/bre ... ing30.html

[bomberman]

Woooow

Strange one???? not even registered as lost or stolen????

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-17025879

A £21,000 gold Rolex watch has been plucked from a drain in Essex.

The 18-carat gold Rolex Oyster Perpetual Cosmograph was discovered by a worker cleaning the street drain near Leigh-on-Sea last week and handed in to police on Monday.

Police said it had not been registered as lost or stolen.

The 30-year-old who found it did not want to be identified, but stands to own the watch if it is not claimed within the next 30 days.

The watch was discovered during a routine clean inside the drain by the Cory Environmental contractor.

Its five-figure value was confirmed to police when officers contacted Rolex to check the records it keeps of every watch made by the company.

PC Calley Mackay said: "This was a highly unusual find and it's hard to imagine how something so valuable has not been reported lost or stolen.

"It is possible, seeing as the drain was near Leigh train station, that the watch was dropped by a commuter."

Anyone who believed the watch was theirs should contact Essex Police but PC MacKay warned "only honest people need apply".

[Jonathan007]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... tches.html

SERIAL NUMBERS???????

[markrlondon]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2101966/Arron-Large-Street-cleaner-handed-21-000-Rolex-finds-expensive-watches.html

SERIAL NUMBERS???????

Yes, something odd going on here.

From the article:

Essex Police have established the first Rolex was made in Singapore and bought in Hong Kong. It has not been reported stolen.

Hmm.....

[Jonathan007]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2101966/Arron-Large-Street-cleaner-handed-21-000-Rolex-finds-expensive-watches.html

SERIAL NUMBERS???????

Yes, something odd going on here.

From the article:

Essex Police have established the first Rolex was made in Singapore and bought in Hong Kong. It has not been reported stolen.

Hmm.....

I'd be quite worried as to where the owner is??

[NickHKent]

The same chap found several other decent watches in the same drain a few days later!

Pinched from a house/dealer?

[dirtysquare]

This looks like it was someone's secret stash.
The watches have been wrapped in plastic and then hidden.

[TheWatchman]

The same chap found several other decent watches in the same drain a few days later!

For real?? :shock: :shock: :shock:

[NickHKent]

Have a look at this link:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...e-watches.html

[markrlondon]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2101966/Arron-Large-Street-cleaner-handed-21-000-Rolex-finds-expensive-watches.html

SERIAL NUMBERS???????

Yes, something odd going on here.

From the article:

Essex Police have established the first Rolex was made in Singapore and bought in Hong Kong. It has not been reported stolen.

Hmm.....

I'd be quite worried as to where the owner is??

A thought-provoking point. ;-)

[swanbourne]

Essex Police have established the first Rolex was made in Singapore

Since when have Rolex been made in Singapore?

Eddie

[seikopath]

didnt we have some police regd on here ( in an official capacity ) regarding lost /stolen watches? or did i imagine that?

[rincewind]

didnt we have some police regd on here ( in an official capacity ) regarding lost /stolen watches? or did i imagine that?

We do, or at least did, wasn't that the whole reason for this sub forum being setup? I'm guessing he wouldn't be much interested in a load of fakes though :wink:

[-L-]

Maybe its an insurance job where the rightful owner has put in a claim with a view to reclaiming the watches when the "heat dies down" :)

[seikopath]

Maybe its an insurance job where the rightful owner has put in a claim with a view to reclaiming the watches when the "heat dies down" :)

To put a claim in they would have to be reported stolen no ? And hence appear on the register

[Bravo73]

Maybe its an insurance job where the rightful owner has put in a claim with a view to reclaiming the watches when the "heat dies down" :)

The rightful owner came forward in the end. He ended up keeping the Daytona but was gracious enough to give the street cleaner the rest. Shame they were all fakes. :roll:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-17139483

[paulf]

I can't understand why the thief would hide them in a drain

[640Samuel]

I found something down a drain once. It wasn't a watch though and there was no way I going to put on my wrist :lol: