Two Chilean men, aged 23 and 33, were arrested on August 27, 2026, at a private lodging in Osaka for stealing four luxury watches valued at approximately 200 million yen ($1.6 million) from the Time Walker boutique in Nakano Broadway, Tokyo, on August 25 [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6].
The suspects smashed a glass display case around 11:50 a.m. local time using a hammer and stole three Richard Mille watches and one Patek Philippe watch [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]. Surveillance footage and police reports indicate the act took just 6 to 10 seconds inside the store during broad daylight. An unnamed police official said, "The thieves stayed inside the store for about 10 seconds during the daylight robbery" [7, 3, 8, 6].
After the theft, the two fled separately—one on an electric kick scooter and the other on foot—then reunited about 300 to 400 meters away before taking a train [1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 6]. They returned briefly to their lodging in Asakusa, Tokyo, then left the city for Osaka the same day [2, 5, 6].
Police found that the suspects had arrived at Tokyo Haneda Airport on August 21 from Sydney, Australia, on short-term tourist visas. They visited the watch store on August 23, likely to case the location before the robbery [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6].
At the time of arrest, one man was found wearing a watch matching those stolen; police continue to verify if it is stolen property [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]. Manzano Quezada Boris Alexis, one of the suspects, admitted to the theft and said, "I originally planned to sell the watches for cash and take the money back to my home country" [1]. The other suspect claimed he only stole one watch and was unaware of the others [1, 2, 3, 4, 5].
Estimates place the total value of the stolen watches at roughly 200 million yen, though some sources report varying amounts between 1.25 million and 1.6 million U.S. dollars or equivalent in other currencies [1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 4, 10, 5, 6].
On August 29, the suspects were transferred to prosecutors as investigations continue into the stolen luxury watches [6].
