patrick_y
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Going to the Supermarket in Danville, a town in California...
Danville is a nice town in Northern California. An upper middle-class town, Danville is known for its good schools, warmer weather, and The Blackhawk Museum - a very famous classic car museum. The average home in Danville is $2.6 million (according to Zillow.com). The local area used to be a big Harley Davidson motorcycle market as well. Birds chirp.
But unfortunately, in front of the Trader Joe's supermarket in the Town of Danville, a man was supposedly robbed of his Rolex watch 01-July-2022 in the afternoon daylight as he exited his vehicle. Two armed young juvenile teenage children approached the victim at gunpoint, took a Rolex valued in the neighborhood of $40,000 USD, and escaped in a getaway vehicle where there a third suspect (aged 18 years old) who was the getaway driver.
Considering that the man was robbed as he was exiting his vehicle, he was likely targeted beforehand. I can think of at least three possibilities: 1, Perhaps the suspects noticed the victim's watch as the victim was driving or parking and decided to follow him. 2, Perhaps the victim drove a nice car that caught the eye of the suspects and they chose to rob the victim without knowing he had a nice watch. 3, Perhaps the suspects knew this victim had a nice watch and they followed the victim from the victim's home/office/other until he got out of the car.
Especially concerning was that two guns were involved. One was a Glock, a type of handgun; the other an "AR Style" weapon which would indicate a large military style weapon.
This and the fact that underage teenagers are recognizing watches as targets - is a concern worth noting.
The story does have some good news. Police have three suspects in custody related to the getaway vehicle. Hopefully the police have the perpetrators to this incident.
Here's the full story:
NBC San Francisco news incorrectly reported that the Trader Joes supermarket itself was robbed.
Going to the Supermarket in Danville, a town in California...
Danville is a nice town in Northern California. An upper middle-class town, Danville is known for its good schools, warmer weather, and The Blackhawk Museum - a very famous classic car museum. The average home in Danville is $2.6 million (according to ). ...
I'd eat someone else's Pistachio gelato.
Anybody around with pistachio gelato? If so, you better hide your treat. I just can't help myself! I'll take a big bite out of your pistachio gelato.
Whole Foods, a local supermarket has a very nice pistachio gelato...
And Van Leeuwen, a New York based ice cream store has an Earl Grey Tea flavor that I really like too. They don't consider themselves Gelato. But they're still fairly dense.
Yes! Enjoy our passion safely...
I guess it's kind of like don't drive a fancy bright yellow Ferrari into a really bad neighborhood... You may get unwanted attention. But... If one cannot enjoy a Rolex in a good neighborhood like Danville - that's really bad news. Then again, Highland Pa...
Thank you for sharing Patrick!
There’s a lot to unpack here and these type of stories. 1) Rolex became a stock which can very easily be non traced converted into cash. 2) watches are unlike ever before which used to be a tool, now it’s a symbol of wealth and a jewelry. 3) driving flash...
Indeed!
Rolexes are indeed virtually liquid like cash. And I agree to all of your statements. Danville is mostly conservative, I would guess. But still. California is overall fairly liberal. But I hear people in San Francisco are so fed up with the crime that the...
Way too commonplace....
No Rolexes for me foreseeably . Good to see people were apprehended in connection to this case. Cheers, Filip
It's sad
I just have a sub which is not even near my most expensive watches. But it gets the most attention so I find myself not wearing it, which is silly since it is a quality sports watch. I don't like watch attention good or bad. Other than an enthusiast comme...
I don't wear the first watch I bought anymore...
The first watch I bought in my early 20s with my first series of many paychecks (it took more than one paycheck) was worn as a daily wearer watch for many years. Unfortunately, it recently became a popular piece and now it's recognized. I understand your ...
I lived in Danville for a few years. Wish I could say nothing surprises me anymore . . .
. . . but this story does. 😡
Oh! Wow! Yes, I always considered Danville to be a nice and safe neighborhood.
I was a bit surprised too! Newport Beach is a nice and safe neighborhood, but it's also a flashy neighborhood, so that flash brings its own troubles. Danville, unlike Newport Beach, isn't particularly flashy.
Just think: we all got into this hobby/obsession without a thought that it could lead to our being injured or robbed.
How many of us would have started collecting if this was a common occurrence 20, 40, 40 years ago. And what happens now? Do people never wear their expensive pieces in public? Do passionate collectors stop collecting?
Good question...
Who knows... And how bad does this get? Will I be robbed in the future, walking into a restaurant, because many patrons of this restaurant carry expensive bottles of wine into the restaurant? Wine is fairly liquid (I don't mean literally) and convertible ...
Every trader, everybody
Do not buy a watch without box and papers. And if a watch or watches have box and papers, check if the papers are real and not copied. Watermarks, matching numbers. I know there are watch buyers who do not need box and papers. But giving criminals no chan...
This is related
Nobody buys a car without paperwork. Back to watches. Completeness is always fine. Sure, i do not watch my watch boxes how nice they are. I use one of my wax boxes for little daily stuff, cause it is a handy box.
Lived in SF and Marin for years
Never used to feel worried about wearing any nice timepiece. Best to hide a nice watch if in SF these days. It is really sad to see how crime-ridden even the nicer suburbs have become.
