Stolen luxury watch returned to Tokyo store via courier with apology note

Fadingcorroborated9 outlets reported this themselves in 10 reports over 3 days - more reporting than echo.

Mon, 2 November 2026peak 7 reports on Tue, 3 November 2026Thu, 5 November 2026

What it is about

Aichi Prefecture Japonii Audemars Piguet Tokyo Nakano Tokijska policija Japanu Tokiju Asahi Shimbunu Tokyo police Japan Asahi Simbun Asahi Shumbun Asahi Shimbun Chilean Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan Japanese

Who published it, and when

original reportfirst to report

Japan Times

Polsat News (Poland)

Le Figaro (France)

Telegram.hr (Croatia)

Index.hr (Croatia)

Vecernji list (Croatia)

N1 Info (Croatia)

Channel News Asia

aol.com

2 Nov, 08:29over 3 days5 Nov, 08:37

How it spread - 10 original reports

Mon, 2 November 2026
2 reports
- Japan Times08:29first to report
  Stolen luxury watch returned to Tokyo store via courier with apology note
  The package containing the stolen watch had been sent from Aichi Prefecture and included a handwritten apology.
- Polsat News (Poland)12:27
  Złodzieja gryzło sumienie i odesłał cenny łup. W przesyłce był też liścik
  Ukradł w stolicy Japonii zegarek warty fortunę, a następnie... przemyślał sprawę i odesłał łup wraz z krótką notką z przeprosinami. Złodziej początkowo udawał zwyczajnego klienta. Gdy przymierzał zegarek, wykorzystał chwilę nieuwagi personelu tokijskiego sklepu.
Tue, 3 November 2026
7 reports
- Le Figaro (France)03:44
  À Tokyo, une montre de luxe à 260.000 euros volée puis renvoyée avec une lettre d’excuses
  La semaine dernière, à Nakano, un homme se faisant passer pour un client s’est enfui d’une boutique avec une Audemars Piguet de 46 millions de yens qu’il venait d’essayer.
- Telegram.hr (Croatia)08:55
  Neki tip u Japanu popalio sat vrijedan 260.000 eura. Tjedan dana nakon krađe priča dobila neočekivani obrat
  Tokijska policija još uvijek traga za muškarcem osumnjičenim za krađu
- Index.hr (Croatia)09:03
  U Tokiju ukrao sat vrijedan 260.000 eura pa ga vratio uz pismo isprike
  NAKON što je u Tokiju ukrao sat od 260.000 eura, lopov ga je neočekivano vratio uz pismo isprike, no policija i dalje traga za počiniteljem.
- Vecernji list (Croatia)09:09
  Ukraden luksuzni sat vrijedan 260.000 eura, a sada je stigao neočekivan obrat
  Prema Asahi Shimbunu, tokijska policija još uvijek traga za muškarcem osumnjičenim za krađu
- N1 Info (Croatia)09:14
  Lopov ukrao sat vrijedan 260.000 eura, a zatim šokirao vlasnike trgovine: Stigao im je neobičan paket
  Luksuzan švicarski sat vrijedan više od 260.000 eura, koji je ukraden prošli tjedan iz jedne tokijske trgovine vraćen je zajedno s pismom isprike, izv
- Channel News Asia09:19
  Stolen watch worth US$290,000 returned to Japan store with sorry note
  Tokyo police are still searching for a man on suspicion of theft.
- aol.com12:08
  Stolen watch worth $290,000 returned to store with apology note
  The case of the stolen Audemars Piguet timepiece took a twist when the store received a package containing the watch -- and a note saying sorry.
Thu, 5 November 2026
1 report
- Telegram.hr (Croatia)08:37
  Skupi sat ukraden iz dućana u Tokiju vraćen je dostavnom službom, uz rukom pisanu ispriku
  Provjerom serijskog broja utvrđeno je da se radi o ukradenom satu