In a shocking Ocean’s 11-esque heist, two thieves made off with approximately $2 million worth of luxury timepieces and jewelry in New York this weekend. The New York Post was the first to report that at around 2 a.m. on Saturday, thieves used a sledgehammer to break into display cases in the lobby of the posh Four Seasons Hotel on East 57th Street.
In a shocking Ocean's 11-esque heist, two thieves made off with approximately $2 million worth of luxury timepieces and jewelry in New York this weekend.
Paul J. Browne, the chief spokesman for the New York Police Department, said the duo targeted the Jacob & Company display, taking three watches. The New York Times spoke to company owner Jacob Arabo, who commented that because the thieves only managed to make a small hole in the protective casing, they could only reach three of the timepieces on display. “This is small-time, running into a hotel, smashing things with a hammer,” Mr. Arabo told the Times. “Unfortunately, it happened to me. How come it was my window, when there were other windows with jewelry in the hotel? I think [because] they would recognize my name more than anyone else’s, from the magazines.”
The brazen robbery has shaken the confidence of companies displaying their high-end wares at the hotel, particularly since the display cases were meant to be protected by shatterproof glass. Arabo told the Times he is considering the use of bulletproof glass, a material used by many boutiques in street-level displays.
Pictured above is the Jacob & Company display case at the Four Seasons Hotel New York that was robbed. Photo credit: Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times. Source courtesy the New York Post and the New York Times.
