The thief ambushed a Diamond District worker outside his gorgeous watch store and stood up with a $10,000 Rolex, officers said.
The unidentified man followed an unusual time on the pavement outside the shop at a 5th Avenue store near West 48th Avenue around 5pm Tuesday and snatched a grey bag containing two Rolex watches, officers said.
The 22-year-old employee chased the robber onto West 49th Avenue and retrieved his bag. One Rolex has gone missing, a police source told the Post.
During the brawl, he pleaded with workers saying, “Give me $500 or $1,000 — you guys won’t help me,” the source continued.
Surveillance footage released by officers on Saturday shows a suspect in the store before the robbery walking past a jewel case wearing a black and green North Face jacket.
The victim was not injured. No arrests have been made yet.
Anyone with information about this incident will be asked to call the NYPD Crime Stopper Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or Spanish 1-888-57-Pista (74782). The public can also send tips by logging into the Crimes Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or x @nypdtips.
