Watch thefts reach the Sierra: a 13,000-euro Rolex is snatched from a 70-year-old woman in the Escorial Monastery

Watch thieves have also reached the most touristic areas of the Sierra. A 70-year-old woman was the victim of the theft of a Rolex valued at around 13,000 euros when she was walking last Sunday at noon near the Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial. A young woman violently snatched her wig while she was walking around noon along the famous Paseo de Carlos III. Then, she ran out and got into a car that was waiting for her a few meters away..

The events occurred around 11:50 a.m. on Sunday, July 16.. The victim was walking towards the Monastery of El Escorial and a woman approached him from behind.. “He overtook me and in a friendly tone he walked towards me asking me if I had clothes for the parish. I replied that I had a lot of clothes and, at that moment, he came even closer and asked if I could give him my phone number,” the victim said.

Next, the thief grabbed the septuagenarian's arm with both hands.. “He began to struggle, I yelled at him to let go of me. He unfastened my watch, took it from me and ran off,” continued the assaulted woman.. The thief fled and went to a car that was parked very close.. He got into the vehicle and they left the place.. The complainant was not able to see the driver of that car.

The woman, who did not suffer any type of injury, denounced the events at the Civil Guard barracks. The Rolex that was taken from him is an Oyster Perpetual model with a pink dial and a white gold crown.. According to the agents, it is valued at about 13,000 euros.

The Civil Guard investigates the assault and tries to identify the thug, a well-dressed woman with an accent from an Eastern European country and who spoke to the complainant in a polite manner until she committed the robbery. He is about 25 years old, 1.60 meters tall and was wearing green pants and a yellow shirt. It also inquires if there are security cameras on the site to be able to locate those involved.

Last week the Civil Guard and the National Police arrested in Madrid a gang dedicated to the violent robbery of watches that used the key of the mataleón for their blows, a very different method from that used by this woman who tried to gain the trust of the victim before the assault. The detainees assaulted businessmen who left their jobs or homes, stealing their watches and cash. The Police searches were carried out in the Madrid towns of Parla and Ciempozuelos.