Rolex, other watches stolen from Keanu Reeves’ Los Angeles home turn up in Chile

Los Angeles Times ^ | Dec. 29, 2024 12:52 PM PT | Russ Mitchell

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Keanu Reeves’ stolen Rolex has been found — in Chile.

The $9,000 Rolex Submariner, engraved with Reeves’ name, turned up in a police raid on four houses in Santiago. The timepiece is believed to have been stolen from Reeves’ Hollywood Hills home in December 2023. Two other watches belonging to Reeves, described by police as valuable, were also found in a sweep linked to a series of local robberies, according to CNN.

A 21-year-old man was arrested.

Reeves, perhaps most famous for his starring role in the “John Wick” movie series, had engraved the Rolex watch with his first name and the words “2021, JW4, thank you, The John Wick Five.”

The first “John Wick” begins with Reeves’ former hit man character seeking revenge after his house is broken into and robbed, and his dog killed.

According to CNN, Reeves reportedly gifted Rolex Submariners to the stuntmen he worked with on “John Wick: Chapter 4.”

Reeves’ house is no stranger to break-ins. Last December, police were called to the property on Thrasher Avenue after a reported burglary. The Los Angeles Police Department reported that burglars “entered the property through the backyard and broke a window to gain access.” Reeves was not home at the time.

Reeves’ home was the scene of back-to-back break-ins in 2014. In one case, Reeves confronted an intruder in his library, while cleaners found the other days later in his pool.

Early last year, Reeves filed for a temporary restraining order against a man who allegedly trespassed on the actor’s property at least six times between November 2022 and January 2023. In one case, the alleged stalker left behind a backpack containing a DNA testing kit, which he had intended to use on Reeves to show they were somehow related, according to the application for the order.

[Rinnwald]

Bought a GMT Master II in the 80’s, when I sold it in the 2010’s I made a very tidy profit on it.

Does that include the 120% inflation (nominally 1985 to 2015)?

[unlearner]

Anyone who can predict the future accurately can become very wealthy.

If you spent the same $3000 in 2012 on Bitcoin, today it’d be worth at least $20M.

[Preachin']

I don’t wear jewelry either. My wedding ring was replaced with a ring tattoo about ten years ago.

I bought a turquoise ring in Williams Arizona about a year ago to remember my mom. We went out there to sprinkle her ashes in the Grand Canyon. I have only worn that ring three or four times.

[MayflowerMadam]

My watch is a Rado that I bought in 1985. I have some $10 costume watches that I wear for fun sometimes, but I love the Rado. Keeps great time and is simple and beautiful.

[takebackaustin]

I was looking for a good very accurate watch in 1977 or so when I was a poor grad student, working on an instrument rating in my “spare time”. When I couldn’t afford the new watches he showed me,the counter salesman at a nice jeweler in Austin offered me a used Rolex GMT Master they had taken in trade, for $160. Wore it every day for 15-20 years and it was great. In that time I took it to be maintained. The watchhmaker who serviced it told me the maint history engraved inside the case showed it “it has been around the world” before I bought it.

Last time I checked it was worth $16,000, 100x what I paid for it (in Bidenbucks though). It did cost $2000 to maintain after some years of disuse ( more than 10x what I paid). But I’m never selling, it’s worn on special occasions and going a grandkid someday.

[Fuzz]

Ever see this from antiques roadshow?

https://youtu.be/b9Y4bmbh1KY?si=LmiD5AFsOnaMQpLv

[PGR88]

Ain’t globalism grand?

Who wants to just be robbed by some local thug? What fun is that?

Now the whole world can rob and rape you!

[WASCWatch]

I was thinking about that episode when I started reading this thread. That guy did pretty well.

[I-ambush]

That’s funny. Similar story: My oldest son went on Teens Westward Bound, which takes high school kids on a coast-coast tour of the US by bus. One expedition, probably dropped by now, had them go to Tijuana for a day. That night, my son called me, elated, that he had bought a REAL Rolex for only $25. I couldn’t convince him that he had been taken, until I spoke to him a few days later. He reported the watch was a “piece of junk” because the second hand had fallen off.

[takebackaustin]

That was fun, thanks!

[Organic Panic]

I am surprised to learn Reeves lives in California.

[Organic Panic]

I bought a TAG Hauer Carrera for $2.50 at a thrift store in Tahoe. I bought it, polished it up, and sold it for $2500. That got me addicted to thrift stores.... I was going to give it to my girlfriend at the time but she didn’t wear watches.
Now if only I can find a Patek for five bucks....

[ABN 505]

I have to check my toolbox in the garage. I remember two Rolex watches from my dads estate I put in there, one mans and a woman’s watch. Thanks for the info.