Picture: Siam Rath

 

Siam Rath reported that they were contacted by a young businessman called Sathit, 35, who lives in Thawee Wattana.

 

He said that on Tuesday at 6pm he decided to go to a well known mall on Ngam Wong Wan road and do some fitness training after work.

 

He is the member of a fitness club there and a regular visitor.

 

As on other occasions he took off all his valuables for his fitness session and enclosed them in his bag along with clothes.

 

These were placed in a sturdy looking locker. 

 

After two hours when he came back to retrieve his belongings everything was gone.

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

A diamond encrusted Rolex, amulet, diamond ring, diamond bracelet, gold necklace all gone.

 

Ten million baht value in total.

 

Initial forensics have shown that the lock was not forced and a spare key was probably used.

 

The club has CCTV everywhere - except pointing at the lockers. 

 

Muang Nonthaburi police are investigating. 

 

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Wonder if his stuff was insured.

If so, no problem. If not, tough.

Who the flip wears this much bling when going out and about, let alone to the gym where it's going to be in a locker?

 

15 minutes ago, webfact said:

The club has CCTV everywhere - except pointing at the lockers. 

 

Hmm, I can't imagine who could have arranged that

I had a contractor show up w/10 baht of gold on his neck and 10 baht of gold on his wrist. I knew it wasn't going to work out. And it didn't. 

The haters will be here shortly ranting abut him being a rich Thai so deserves to lose it and demanding to know how he could afford it and whether he's paid tax on all his assets.   There will probably be at least one suggesting that the Rolex was a fake and that it's all an insurance fraud.   Fill yer boots!

Why people have such expensive jewelry and watches amazes me. My uncle was a very wealthy farmer and only had a cheap Timex watch. He said he'd wear it for a few years and when it stopped working he'd buy another of the same. This is a guy who could have afforded a Rolex but had too much common sense for that. Why have expensive things that don't do anything better than a far cheaper item. If a Rolex breaks you spend a great deal of money to have it fixed. If a Timex breaks you toss it out and buy another for $50. They both do the same thing. I guess "status" and looking cool to some is more important.

7 minutes ago, HuskerDo2 said:

Why people have such expensive jewelry and watches amazes me. My uncle was a very wealthy farmer and only had a cheap Timex watch. He said he'd wear it for a few years and when it stopped working he'd buy another of the same. This is a guy who could have afforded a Rolex but had too much common sense for that. Why have expensive things that don't do anything better than a far cheaper item. If a Rolex breaks you spend a great deal of money to have it fixed. If a Timex breaks you toss it out and buy another for $50. They both do the same thing. I guess "status" and looking cool to some is more important.

Did your uncle ever consider the investment aspect of his Timex, i.e. none, versus the future value of Rolex watches?   Many do and the chances of a Rolex "breaking" are fairly remote.

14 minutes ago, HuskerDo2 said:

Why people have such expensive jewelry and watches amazes me. My uncle was a very wealthy farmer and only had a cheap Timex watch.

Choice.   Why did you rich uncle have a farm and a Timex?

37 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

The haters will be here shortly ranting abut him being a rich Thai so deserves to lose it and demanding to know how he could afford it and whether he's paid tax on all his assets.   There will probably be at least one suggesting that the Rolex was a fake and that it's all an insurance fraud.   Fill yer boots!

Not haters but Truth Tellers. ????

1 minute ago, carlyai said:

39 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

The haters will be here shortly ranting abut him being a rich Thai so deserves to lose it and demanding to know how he could afford it and whether he's paid tax on all his assets.   There will probably be at least one suggesting that the Rolex was a fake and that it's all an insurance fraud.   Fill yer boots!

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Not haters but Truth Tellers.

There you go, the first of the completely irrational posters.

44 minutes ago, Crossy said:

Who the flip wears this much bling when going out and about, let alone to the gym where it's going to be in a locker?

 

 

Hmm, I can't imagine who could have arranged that

Most lockers are in the changing rooms. So i kinda understand why they dont want cctv there. 

 

But what a tool to take so much bling with him.

Just now, Liverpool Lou said:

There you go, the first of the completely irrational posters.

You been swetting on my post for 40 mins, well done. ????

Sounds like the work of dead friend ????

There are few things in life as tacky, and classless as a diamond encrusted watch. Yikes. It ranks right up there with a Bentley, in terms of desperation. Look at me. See me. Acknowledge me. Please. I am really somebody. 

1 hour ago, webfact said:

A diamond encrusted Rolex, amulet, diamond ring, diamond bracelet, gold necklace all gone.

The amulet would have been the most valuable , prevents death by bullet ,

when he should have also had the non theft amulet ....????

 

regards worgeordie

58 minutes ago, Crossy said:

Who the flip wears this much bling when going out and about, let alone to the gym where it's going to be in a locker?

 

 

Hmm, I can't imagine who could have arranged that

A apt saying comes to mind "Im not very bright but I can lift heavy things".

58 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

The haters will be here shortly ranting abut him being a rich Thai so deserves to lose it and demanding to know how he could afford it and whether he's paid tax on all his assets.   There will probably be at least one suggesting that the Rolex was a fake and that it's all an insurance fraud.   Fill yer boots!

Should we feel sorry for him? ????

Wow.  The mall is so "well-known" we need not even be told which one it is.

Modern media.  So sensitive.

 

1 hour ago, Crossy said:

Who the flip wears this much bling when going out and about, let alone to the gym where it's going to be in a locker?

 

 

Hmm, I can't imagine who could have arranged that

Don't you know who I am, look at me, can't you see I am hi-so. Move away you low lifes and let me at the machines to workout you poor peasants.

1 hour ago, HuskerDo2 said:

This is a guy who could have afforded a Rolex but had too much common sense for that.

I see Rolex watches as an investment item, just asked fatso who "borrowed" 24 high end watches from his deceased friend, suffice to say, I would never wear one, although I did for a mate who purchased it back home duty free and as I was returning a week later he asked if I could take back with me.

 

It cost him 450,000 baht and he didn't want to have to pay the duty if they pulled him up with it on his possession.

 

I did return it to him, but not before advising him that all care would be taken but no responsibility accepted, to which he signed off on in front of a witness.

 

https://www.businessinsider.com/investments-in-rolex-watches-beats-houses-gold-dow-jones-average-2022-2

Edited January 12, 20233 yr by 4MyEgo

I've never seen anybody wearing USD $300,000 in jewelry.

Is that a sissy lapdog in the photo? Wish that had been stolen too from the fitness boy.

 

Can buy a top notch Rolex in Laos for 600 baht. Losing that is no big deal.

21 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

There are few things in life as tacky, and classless as a diamond encrusted watch. Yikes. It ranks right up there with a Bentley, in terms of desperation. Look at me. See me. Acknowledge me. Please. I am really somebody. 

I know of a client of mine in his mid 70's, he is worth in excess of a hundred million all day long, and one day I saw he had a Rolex on with the glass cracked, and I said to him why don't you change the glass, to which he replied, this was my fathers watch, he gave it to me in 1960 and I just wear it to remind me of him.

 

He is not tight with his money, but a good 7 years later when I saw him again, I said, what happen to your Rolex, he said, I lost it, I said oh no, he said, yeh, starting to lose things in my old age, to which I said, you can always buy another. To which he replied, are you serious, I wouldn't throw my money away on a watch, I can tell the time by looking at my mobile, if I lose my mobile, it's cheaper to replace than a Rolex.

1 hour ago, HuskerDo2 said:

Why people have such expensive jewelry and watches amazes me. My uncle was a very wealthy farmer and only had a cheap Timex watch. He said he'd wear it for a few years and when it stopped working he'd buy another of the same. This is a guy who could have afforded a Rolex but had too much common sense for that. Why have expensive things that don't do anything better than a far cheaper item. If a Rolex breaks you spend a great deal of money to have it fixed. If a Timex breaks you toss it out and buy another for $50. They both do the same thing. I guess "status" and looking cool to some is more important.

It's called style, the love of beautiful things......if you can afford it and have good taste why not. It doesn't surprise me that a farmer would wear a Timex, wealthy or not.

29 minutes ago, ozimoron said:

I've never seen anybody wearing USD $300,000 in jewelry.

 You forgot about Mr T

32 minutes ago, ozimoron said:

I've never seen anybody wearing USD $300,000 in jewelry.

That means nothing, quite a few people do.

1 minute ago, FritsSikkink said:

That means nothing, quite a few people do.

Maybe I mix in the wrong circles.

5 minutes ago, BostonJoe said:

You forgot about Mr T

 

Nobody could forget Mr T!