HK$420,000 Rolex watch thought to be lost brought in by owner’s friend
The watch was left in the owner’s bag on a bench while he played soccer, and the next day his friend told police he had taken the watch by mistake
Hong Kong police are questioning a man over the disappearance of a HK$420,000 watch that went missing while its owner played soccer at a Sham Shui Po playground on Sunday night.
An initial investigation showed a bag carrying the Rolex Daytona watch was left on a bench at the junction of Fat Tseung Street West Playground and Ying Wa Street at about 10pm Sunday when its owner, surnamed Chung, went to play soccer with his friends there, police said.
Chung, 20, was understood to be working as a project manager at an engineering company and residing with his family at a luxury house in Tuen Mun.
The theft was discovered at about 11pm, when the match ended, and Chung went to retrieve the bag and found the watch gone.
Police arrived after receiving his report shortly after 11pm. Officers from Sham Shui Po police district were handling the case and combed the area, but to no avail.