Fancy a timepiece?
Three Rolex watches seized during a search operation by the Criminal Assets Bureau as part of Operation Thor targeting the assets and activities of a County Cork based organised crime gang.
Name those models, anyone?
Meanwhile…
A cash-stuffed sock among yesterday’s haul.
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rolex watches are tacky and ugly
i’d opt for the old sock any day
+a nice pair of slippers
how many 50s would be in each slipper?
if its all 50’s that looks like €5k
yeah those watches are special edition Rolex, usually gifted to friends of the “Football Family”
not sure how they got there but y’know organised crime gang
not really, Weirs would likely have both those date-justs in stock or ones very similar. the Sub a the top is harder to find but there are a few on Chrono 24 for under 10,000
whoosh
was just a little sarc @lolly
nevermind
whoosh indeed… sadly I’m a watch nerd so took you seriously!
wouldn’t you think with that amount of money they could afford a more refined sock?
silk?
So that’s what all the socks are being used for these days
The top one is a G16. God I love expensive watches. It’s a beatification of time itself.
have a gander over to the bbc iplayer
there’s a nice little part historical docu up there at moment by Nicholas Parsons (yes him, who happens to be a horology nut) all about this fella called Breguet & a famous watch called the Marie Antoinette, endearing
the top one is a Rolex submariner date two tone – reasonably respected but less so than stainless steel versions such as the green ‘hulk’ or ‘kermit’ models – I’m guessing it is a 16613 like this one which is on chron24 for $8719
https://www.chrono24.com/rolex/submariner-black18k-gold-40mm—16613–id9662789.htm
the real rolex fan boys would always go with the steel versions.
the other two are easy to obtain date-justs – the gold one could be worth up to 17,000, the other is likely around 6,000
Different times and wrong dates suggest these watches aren’t operational. Maybe they just need new batteries.
I have a difficulty with these CAB raids. The drugs trade in Cork is massive and the alleged criminals targeted by the Gardai are accused of all sorts, fraud, burglaries, drug dealing. What was recovered yesterday is so tiny; the raids are really just PR exercises for the Gardai (was Garda Reynolds brought along in the back of a Garda SUV)?) which help conceal the pee-poor performance with crime and detection rates.
Ah eoin, you’ve once again outed yourself as an uneducated plebian. Rolex are a mechanical watch, with some rare exceptions. If you owned a decent watch, you’d know this. In before “i just use my phone to tell the time”
Jaysus they’re fugly fuppin’ watches…. why… why would ya spend that kinda money on fugly…
because you can’t wave your willy in public.
depends on your audience
Depends on the level of law enforcement surrounding Brother Barney’s Seminary.
that’s the beauty of a cassock, hoop
LOL… thanks Paul! :)
None of the pictures in papers this morning showed the caravans.