Armed Robber Grabs $700K In Watches From UES Boutique, Cops Say

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — An armed robber knocked over a luxury watch boutique Tuesday morning on the Upper East Side and made off with hundreds of thousands in merchandise, an NYPD spokesman said.

The robber entered A. Lange & Söhne on Madison Avenue between East 67th and 68th streets just before 11:30 a.m. and displayed a silver gun, police said. The man then smashed a glass display case and snatched luxury watches, police said.

The man fled the store and has not been caught, police told the Post. The stolen watches are valued at $700,000 according to a preliminary investigation, an NYPD spokesman said.

The luxury retailers of Madison Avenue are no strangers to heists.

Last year watch boutique Jaeger-LeCoultre fell victim to a similar robbery in November. As one armed robber controlled employees and guests of the Madison Avenue and East 63rd Street store, another smashed cases with a hammer and grabbed watches.

The Dennis Basso store on Madison Avenue was also robbed last year after men gained access to the store after throwing a brick through a window.

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