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Well-Known Watch Dealer Robbed and Tased Outside Home, Video July 27, 2025 (0 comments)
New York, NY--A watch dealer known on social media as "The Watch King,” was robbed in broad daylight outside his Queens home. The robbery was caught one camera.
Surveillance video shows 39-year-old Moshe Haimoff heading home around 10 a.m. Thursday when a man dressed in what appears to be a fluorescent construction vest is seen running up behind him, Fox 5 news reports.
The video then shows Haimoff running into his yard when another man dressed the same way comes sprinting to help the other suspect, according to the Fox 5 report. Haimoff is seen falling to the ground. The two robbers took his jewels and watches and ran off.
[A screengrab from Fox 5 website of Moshe Haimoff, known as "The Watch King" robbed outside his home in Queens]
Police reportedly said the two men took hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of jewelry off him. Haimoff says there was a third man behind the wheel of the getaway car. He told Fox 5 news he knew knew what was happening as soon as he saw someone take out a weapon.
Haimoff told the news station that he believes he was specifically targeted because it's known he has access to luxury goods. He has 1.6 million followers on Instagram where he is known as “The Watch King.”
Read more about it, watch a video of the robbery and his interview afterward on Fox 5.