Watches and Jewelry In the House? What Did Archieluxury Do Wrong? How to Protect Your Valuables.

[@richardsmegma5081]

Anything associated with the luxurious Archibald is fishier than an aquarium in a dentist's waiting room!

[@HRM.H]

Fact ! I stay as far away from Archie i can

[@karlsenula9495]

I'd want to see a police report to confirm this ...

[@themagpie_1]

@@karlsenula9495 there has been no local media coverage either, which is a red flag

[@ScoobieDoobie197474]

He started a go fund me or something similar to restart his collection.

[@simon787]

Archie is a conman

[@douglassmith9338]

Archie, enjoy the insurance money in good health!

[@Steve-qs9eq]

Hungry Jack's and third world 16 year olds.

[@nelsonoliveira1007]

Great advice. I have cctv cameras and hooked to my phone with a live feed 24/7. Get instant notifications on any movement.

[@noelbattere1548]

In 'Walden', Henry Thoreau told us: "Simplify, simplify". What we possess ends up possessing us, and our lives go by trying to prevent others from taking it away from us. Some like expensive goods and that's fine, but that extra level of complication in their lives comes at a price. My two best watches are inexpensive Casio and I sleep peacefully.😊Regards from Chile!

[@TheGrenadier97]

Reminds me of what a controversial and interesting man once said: "Happiness is a state of soul's satisfaction, a total expression of harmony between our aspirations and the realities of life. Due to this i believe that it's easier to attain happiness trough renunciation than trough the pursuit of the satisfaction of necessities increasingly numerous and intense. The pursuit of happiness therefore requires, i believe, a continual state of dissatisfaction." António de Oliveira Salazar.

[@tomasinacovell4293]

It was an inside job, Pluta had a plan. Why else would he keep them in the home safe rather than the bank, nobody turns their back from so far away, and he always had house sitters too, it's all a ruse.

[@ultimaetsolder]

This is Archie's job...

[@lukejohn6139]

In Australia high value individual items such as jewelry need to included on your home contents insurance as "Specified Items" (I work at an insurance company in Aus) ... but. it makes a significant difference to your premium. You are right on the money Tim, $200K worth of stuff should of been stored in a bank deposit box, not in a suburban home.

[@karlsenula9495]

If you can afford $200k of watches you should be able to afford the insurance. If not you may pay the price if stolen. Kind of like a beach house and storm/hurricane insurance. Beach properties aren't cheap so insure it. If you can afford one, you can afford the other ... spend the money on the other or else you may regret it.

[@treedillinger5801]

@@karlsenula9495 I don’t necessarily disagree, but you may be underestimating how much it costs to insure watches. For a $200k+ collection it’s gonna cost about 5k a year, and there might be a deductible. That’s the cost of a new Rolex every couple of years…or 50k over a decade. The question is no longer if you can afford it, but whether it makes financial sense vs security systems, safe deposit boxes…just not keeping everything in one place… or just not owning that many watches to begin with. It’s not just a simple addition to a homeowner’s insurance policy. Look at it from the insurer’s perspective. The collection is worth as much as his house…the risk of theft or fraud is *much* higher than the likelihood of a total loss of his house. In fact when it comes to watches those risks are as high as it gets. The more fundamental question would be whether one should have a watch collection worth as much as his house…

[@JohnstonPettigrew]

@@treedillinger5801 two louis vuitton watches valued at $200,000.00??

[@beardymcbeardface69]

@@treedillinger5801 Median house price in Brisbane is currently $750,000.

[@treedillinger5801]

@@beardymcbeardface69 …Australian? So 484k real dollars. I’m not sure if his the median house, lol. Is he still using bedsheets for curtains? Either way, not really the point. Insurance will cover replacement value of the building (which they’ll lowball) not any value of the land, since the land can’t go anywhere. So let’s say 1/3 of the value is in the land…the median policy will cover a little over 300k (usd). $200k in watches will cost more to insure than 300k of house. Higher risk of loss. (Look what happened: he just had a total loss of the watches). Moreover: watch insurance will cover what they consider the replacement value of the watch: which is the original retail price. Let’s say you have a Patek from 2010. Retail price at the time was 12k. Retail price for the same or similar model today is 18.5k. You paid 25k for it in 2019 and the current used value is 40k. Now it’s stolen. You want 40k for a new one….or at very least your 25k back. But the absolute most they’ll give you is 12k (original retail), and they’ll try to knock it down from there. They don’t care if there’s a 10 year waiting list, or the watch is practically impossible to replace. They won’t pay for you to cut the line, or for what they consider an upgrade to a model that’s 12 years newer.

[@lovesickoyster628]

You are absolutely spot on on the fact that safes will only prologue the time for the burglar to open the safe - that's why safes should go hand in hand with a good quality, professionally installed burglar alarm, in case you don't have neighbors to watch out for your stuff.

[@Yoshikaable]

A good reason to be nice to your neighbors!

[@justmeeagainn]

@@Yoshikaable I wouldn’t piss on my neighbors if they were on fire.

[@1225KPH]

Burglars will find prologues in books.

[@bbrebozo6417]

Archie’s eldest son has a narcotic problem according to Archie. That son has been in the studio and Archie tried to get the young man engaged in his channel (didn’t work out). No saying the boy did it but maybe his friends did. The biggest mistake Archie made was not storing the watches in the bank safe (he did that before). I think he wanted to fill his $10K Louis Vuitton box with his watches, but the LV box didn’t fit in the bank safe deposit box. How he convinced himself that a safe could not be broken is ignorant to say the least. No alarm system means no safe is secure enough. No separate jewelry insurance policy is reckless.

[@bigguns8044]

It was probably orchestrated by him.

[@aeroAdvocate]

It wasn't the police that stated the burglars needed 5-6 hours. It was "a safe guy he knows" and up until today nobody has ever seen any police report.

[@1225KPH]

Archie's house is 550 feet from a police station. What robber would spend 5+ hours thieving that close to the cops?

[@atourdeforce]

@@1225KPH I mean there are a million other clues I'd point to for credibility rather than this one. It's pretty easy to spent 6hrs in a house if mo one knows your there and no alarm to set of as u break in. This isn't evidence that he's making it all up tbh, I'd use the far stronger point I made in a post on here just a few minutes ago.

[@tera1990]

Thanks for the video! The main problem with insurances is that they don't tell you on which basis they will reimburse the goods stolen. It's not the retail price, not the average price at auction houses, not the expertise price... And of course they will take whichever methods makes them pay less. Also, nice reading, I didn't know Blake and Mortimer were popular outside of France/Belgium :-)

[@TheGrenadier97]

That thing of "gray man" comes to my mind in such cases. If for many reasons - location, times, even politics - i feared for expensive things i would never get them in the first place; and to "outsiders" my life is a closed book in everything related to money, names, plans and locations. Your tip on the deposit box is a very interesting one, not only for watches but for other things you mentioned.

[@JohnstonPettigrew]

The circumstances are extremely "fishy" and stink just like a rotten cod. I won't go into details because channel owner removal will be necessary. Let's just say that people who know Puto and have dealt with him personally, also know that this whole incident fits into the safe box marked sketchy.

[@juniorjohnson5961]

Archie doctor asked for blood, urine, stool ,& semen sample he handed him his underwear !

[@tomasinacovell4293]

It was an inside job, Pluta had a plan. Why else would he keep them in the home safe rather than the bank, nobody turns their back from so far away, and he always had house sitters too, it's all a ruse.

[@JohnstonPettigrew]

@@tomasinacovell4293 ✔️👍🏼😆

[@mister-amazing]

Hasn't he ruined the value of the watches though if he released the serial numbers?

[@JohnstonPettigrew]

@Jack Tripper they had equipment to open the safe, but no surgical gloves (about $.10).......this "criminal" exists in fatboiz mind only.

[@Sovereign_sparky]

All valuables should have at least 3 layers of security, a decoy safe with fake watch, fake bullion, a small amount of cash and some fashion jewellery can also be extremely useful.

[@truxton1000]

If Archie had an alarm it probably would not have happened, as he would have got a message that the alarm was off, or the noise would have deterred the burglars from attempting the safe. In this case I think it's likely that the burglars somehow knew the odds, they knew it was a safe there, they knew it would be a good chance at least some watches was inside, they probably also knew the movements of the family, and they had a good idea when his wife would get home. Noise like this in the day is not unusual as it could have been building work going on. Anyway terrible situation for him, I really feel sorry for anyone this happens to almost regardless the circumstances.

[@davidc5191]

All excellent advice. And if Paul has the serial numbers of the watches, can they ultimately be recovered, I wonder, if someone tries to sell them on the grey market?

[@matejsrb155]

I think that the first measure of safety is not to "advertise" that you have something of value. Tim does have pretty good advice, but I also have to state that majority of burglaries are done by someone whom the family knows (of). Most of the time it's distant family members, friends of friends, work colleauges, clients, etc. Someone who knows relatively lot about you, especially in the case of watches and other luxury goods. Junkies, petty thieves and other random criminals people usually think will burglarize their homes, they tend to burglarize stores. Safe deposit boxes do seem like a good option, but bear in mind that very often it happens that you'll be denied access to it at times when you need it the most. e.g. When it comes to bank safe deposit boxes there is a possibility of third party denying you access to it (think of evacuation scenarios or being politically blacklisted).

[@TheKnobCalledTone.]

Where Arch went wrong is that he obviously staged the whole thing as a grift to extract yet more money out of his paypigs. $5 says Arch's entire watch collection is magically recovered once his GoFundMe campaign finishes.

[@1225KPH]

Archie's house is 550 feet from a police station. What thief would spend hours breaking into a safe that close to the cops?

[@plethoraofscents3230]

100% agree Tone, he is a disingenuous scammer. A beggar.

[@ScoobieDoobie197474]

Who uses paint to cover finger prints

[@bregjejabra25]

You are wrong. Not true.

[@1225KPH]

@@ScoobieDoobie197474 Paint is used to lubricate and cool drills and circular saws. WHERE IS THE FINGERPRINT DUST?

[@Hamzaal]

The problem in Australia is some banks no longer offer deposit boxes and they are not insured. Or they ask for itemised lists of contents which in my opinion defeats the point of a deposit box .

[@Wadley225]

Even without insurance, locking the watches in a bank vault is surely better than leaving them at home.

[@ScoobieDoobie197474]

He said he was running late and couldn’t make it to his deposit box

[@junomaxzoey5146]

I use diversion as one of my tactics. I have 2 huge security vaults, but my watches are not really there. I have a Ring security system and ADT as well, plus 2 big dogs. I never reveal my travel plans as well.

[@d.fenestrator9529]

This. Put your shitters in the vaults. Hide the valuable ones elsewhere or in a safe deposit box.

[@kingduckford]

Great, now you told everyone your secret.

[@friskjidjidoglu7415]

Why on earth would you tell everyone this

[@martimcfly6207]

Ih happened to me as well. I was robbed while being out. Among other things my watch collection is gone. Gladly I have insurance. Like tim says relatively affordable and can be important in so many cases, not just burglary.

[@j.burgess4459]

I would say there are two kinds of Einbrecher: (1) lowlifes who climb through open windows, grab whatever they see, and get away in under 10 minutes; (2) professionals. A good safe will give a lot of protection against the first kind. But Profis? They will wait till the right time when they can work undisturbed with power tools. They will get a safe open or (where it is more appropriate for them) extract the whole thing and take it away with them. I can only whole-heartedly agree with the Caseback approach to security: the entirety of a big collection of watches or jewellery should NEVER be kept in the home - only one or two pieces at any given time. During extended absences, trips overseas, etc, NONE of it should be left in the home. And if, hypothetically speaking, something of value were left in the home, it is probably better not put in the safe! Let the criminals sweat for 4 or 5 hours to open the safe only to find it empty! (Meanwhile, the jewellery is in some hidden cavity in a random room of the house...)

[@theaussiewhinger]

I don't have a collection of high value watches, just 2 that I alternate between, and honestly the whole issue of security and stories of burglary is all quite discouraging. That said, this is all very good advice for any one to keep their home and belongings secure.

[@ausaleve6002]

Safety deposit box at the bank is the way to go for me. Inconvenient is that you can't enjoy your full collection at home. I have also a cheap safe at home which is filled with old nails and screws. It's fixed in a closet but you can remove it easily. Let's hope burglars will take it the day they come in my appartment.

[@chrisclarke3880]

During tough times, someone in the bank will raid the box. The police in LA stole boxes in a local bank recently, claiming they were looking for something.

[@TheKnobCalledTone.]

You mean like the safety deposit box where AC3's watches probably were the whole time? lol

[@ausaleve6002]

@@TheKnobCalledTone. 😂

[@michaelmaggi7637]

The best "safe" is a well thought out hiding spot like in the garage, the basement, the laundry room, etc.

[@SevenDeMagnus]

So sad, may it all be recovered on eBay and similar places. God bless.

[@lsimpson50]

Bank safety deposit boxes are a great idea, but the contents are not routinely covered by insurance, from the bank, at least in the USA.

[@JO11190]

I mean...Publicly saying WHAT you have, WHERE you have it, and WHEN you're going in a vacation is frankly asking for trouble.

[@Yoshikaable]

For starters I don't share my luxury watches, home, and travel plans with the entire internet. But then again we are talking Archie so disaster is on brand, is it not?

[@meson183]

I would not be surprised if Paul Pluta's home was being watched for a few weeks before and perhaps even for a week after he went away, so that the occupants' comings and goings could be observed. Then the offenders could pick an ideal time to perform the robbery when they could be sure no-one was in the property for the several hours needed. Paul did say on his YT vid the other day that he ran out of time to put his watches in safety desposit. But to me, you make time for that sort of thing, especially if it's well known that you're going away. It's a mess, for sure

[@evanmc60200]

“This is a heavy topic: safes.” 🤣🤣🤣

[@hausmeister10961]

Deposit boxes can bei raided as well. There is only very basic insurance at bank boxes, you need special deposit box insurance!

[@beardymcbeardface69]

Regarding bringing watches in a plastic bag, I will soon be buying an Omega Planet Ocean and although this is not a hyper expensive watch, it is expensive for a lot of the people in the street in my inner city location. So I will be stopping off at a local big chain grocery store, to get one of their plastic bags to bring my Omega watch home with.

[@superdario2425]

Your AD may have some ‘unbranded’ bags for this purpose. I had the same concern.

[@halfsourlizard9319]

Probably better to not buy Omegas if this is something that seems reasonable to you!?

[@uhrologe2596]

I'm sorry for Archie. But I'm happy for the watches. Finally they can have new owner who are worth it to own them. But hey...may be it's a good chance for him to start from scratch and try Frederique Constant again as his first qatch for his new collection.

[@armandblake]

Good and sensible advises, but it’s Archie we are talking about 😂

[@jeffgyro465]

Several possibilities. -Insurance scam -Bitter son did it -Hiding assists from his bitter wife ; fake robbery -Fundraising grift / pity party -Actually telling the truth: it was a burglar

[@TheKnobCalledTone.]

Most likely scenario is grift. TPG had a good one going last year, and there have been a few high profile KZbinrs involved with grifts over the past couple of months. (not in the watch community tho)

[@damo0078]

He can't pay his Utilities and the Lease on that BMW ... Ureaka ! An Insurance/Go Fund me scam .

[@simon787]

Drug addict son did it

[@mikejacobs4092]

@@damo0078 personally i think he didnt claim or have insurance, this wasnt real obviously, but imo this was just a youtube gofundme scam

[@Wadley225]

I find Archies robbery to be... SUSPICIOUS to say the least.

[@Jdinaz]

Not sure about banking rules in Europe, but I have heard horror stories of banks opening SDBs and “losing” the contents. Also heard of minor payment problems resulting in the closing the SDB account and the contents being seized. Home owner’s insurance is also usually not sufficient or affordable for watches, jewelry and firearms. Even special riders are not optimal. Agree 100% with guarding your public profile. That should be the norm but it isn’t in this age of social media. It’s a bit of a labyrinth. The answer is defense in depth using privacy, home security and specialized insurance coverage. Have a plan.

[@Yoshikaable]

What's the point in living if you aren't bragging to people you don't know on the Internet? Just kidding!

[@Jdinaz]

@@Yoshikaable right?!? I don’t get it.

[@petersmith2040]

Not to mention that most people nowadays also own high value electronic gadgets in their homes and the typical home insurance and content policy also have compensation limits on electronic devices per incident .

[@TheKnobCalledTone.]

Privacy rules are very strict in Australia, where Archie is. Bank employees aren't even allowed to be in the same room as one of their safe deposit box customers when their safe deposit box is open.

[@d.fenestrator9529]

There are private vaults.

[@CharlesOwenVALUEOFEVERYTHING]

Why isn't there a machine that stays inside the safe the when the safe vibrates it sends a notification to your mobile?

[@halfsourlizard9319]

Same reason you don't have signal inside a lift? Because physics ...

[@demopem]

Regarding bank deposit boxes: Unfortunately, in Sweden they are pretty much nonexistent now. I had one for years, and when my bank decommissioned them (maybe two years ago), I asked why. They claimed there was not enough demand for them to warrant the cost. (Alarm systems, administration, maintenance, etc.) The same with all the other banks. Is this just in Sweden, or is it happening in other countries as well?

[@CasebackWatches]

Interesting. Here in Hamburg/Germany it is the opposite. Very hard to rent a box, because they're pretty wanted.

[@rashakor]

In the USA it is very location dependent. In large cities, it i almost impossible to get one (2-3 years waiting lists) in small cities they became inexistant. There is also the concern that many banks were closed for months after hurricanes and other varied emergencies (covid) rendering access to the box contents unavailable (ie cash and documents).

[@wristfulthinking]

Isn't there no crime in Sweden? Congratulations on hitting the jackpot being born in Sweden. I will stay strapped, have my alarm, and keep most stuff in the bank here in crime infested America . . . wish we were like Sweden.

[@rickmb07]

I happened to check in Amsterdam a few years back, and they were almost non-existent.

[@rickmb07]

@@CasebackWatches Not surprised. I've been living in Germany since last year, and anything related to banking is about 2 decades behind countries like Sweden or the Netherlands.

[@TopSecretVid]

post your vacation pics...after you get home from vacation 🤙🤙

[@ronervine]

Slick Intro !

[@robertscoggin]

The chances of a bank deposit box being broken into are very small. However it is my understanding they are not insured against theft.

[@hangtimedangjang]

Archie said in the video he usually keeps his collection in this bank box, but he "ran out of time getting ready for my American trip and I decided to leave it in my commercial grade safe"

[@karlsenula9495]

ALL of the watches??? That is what makes it a bit mysterious ... plus Paul has been known to have recent financial issues ... plus his past behavior ... plus his desire to crowd fund to replace his luxury watch collection ... combined it makes this suspicious - not untrue - but worthy of being investigated and verified.

[@larrysmith6797]

As I recall, there is no "Commercial Grade" safe classification anywhere on Earth.

[@Yoshikaable]

@@karlsenula9495 I agree. He isn't above lying about this for attention. Now people will pay attention to him to learn what he does next. "does he contact the police? Will he get in trouble for filling a false report? Will the police catch the criminal? Tune in next week to find out!"

[@TheKnobCalledTone.]

BS. Those watches are like kids to Archie. There's no way he'd leave them lying around the house, "commercial grade safe" or otherwise. Arch is doing a TPG here.

[@karlsenula9495]

The video I saw Archie post had this older looking safe exposed in the open in the corner of an office right in front of a big glass sliding door with barely any shades on it. The safe had the door taken off and put on a desk top PLUS a large hole in the top of the safe so large that I would have assumed that it would have damaged the contents in creating it ... plus a ransacked office. Supposedly the watches all the boxes AND all the paperwork taken. Hmmm 🤔

[@atourdeforce]

What I found very odd is they covered the place in paint, Archie said it was to cover fingerprints. Why would anyone go to such lengths when all they have to do is wear latex gloves. I mean it's not even guaranteed you're not going to miss a spot or forget to paint somewhere you touched..it doesn't make sense at all. It does however make it look like you were burgled. Also Archie said he had his watches in two designer cases. How did the burglers get those cases out through the tiny hole in the top of the safe, how were they even able to open those cases through that hole you can barely fit a hand through. How do you get past the first shelf to the bottom section without taking the door off and removing the shelf that way, how do you access the bottom of the safe with the shelf in the way and a hole too small to put power tools into to cut the shelf? Archie said himself he paid somone to break open the door of the safe so the thieves only had access through the fist size hole at the top. Why does somone with 200k worth of watches only have insurance that covers up to 15k? Really if you look at the room there was actually very little damage and nothing that couldn't be cleaned or replaced cheaply. It was only messed up, and dusty, along with some areas painted over. I really am suspicious that Archie just had an old safe he wanted to get rid of or didn't care about destroying and is scamming people. Also where is the entry point where they broke into the house he never showed that. Not that it's proof of anything it's just one less thing he'd have to damage if he was pulling off a scam. Fools have already donated nearly $5K to his go fund me. I can't believe people are so willing to give him money with no conclusive evidence. I really think the KZbin community should force him to show a police report at minimum. But honestly even then it could still be a scam it might just mean the police don't have evidence to prove otherwise. He should also show proof the place has been assessed by his insurance company. If his watches were truly stolen then I feel bad for him because he's not a rich man by any means and it would be soul destroying to save all your life only for them to be stolen, but he really should be made prove it if he's going to have the audacity to beg for money.

[@HRM.H]

I personally employ the looking like a hobo technique. I wear sweatpants and hoodies all the time when not wearing a suit for work etc. I have a very decent home security system and concrete anchored safe at home , but still keep most of my watches at the bank.

[@beardymcbeardface69]

I'm hobo chic too 👍

[@JayandSarah]

All homeowners policies have a cap on jewellery and watches that make just one luxury watch requiring a special rider to cover it. Every single watch needs to be documented and submitted to your broker who then has the underwriter quote the added premium. You are talking around $150 per year per $10k dollars on average. And that is on retail replacement estimates, NOT on appraisal values which many insurers of watches will NOT do. Your watch might be $100k to replace on the resale market. If that watch or it's current iteration retails for $30k, that is what they insure. They do not care that you can't find it at retail. Facts. If you want a higher appraised value on discontinued or highly collectible watches, you are paying quite a bit more and they will be required to be stored in a bank safe when not in use, not in a home safe.

[@Chris-mm5gi]

Nice video about a really sad subject.

[@hillogical]

My watches are the least of my concern. I have a few ... American.. hobby items and if they take those they can do more than just tell time.

[@LeccareNewHandle]

Archie was lucky. A couple in the Mediterranean was shot when they opened their door. They had lots of watches and gold jewlery showing in Instagram. The criminals even had a device to block cellphone calls.

[@Yoshikaable]

Instagram is like a catalog for robbers. I'm not even that old and when I was a kid we were told don't share your name or location on the Internet. What changed?

[@Yoshikaable]

Also I agree. I do think gun crime is not so common in Australia, but a determined robber shouldn't be tested

[@LeccareNewHandle]

@@Yoshikaable People forgot what might happen. Now they are learning again. In my culture there is a saying that fortunate ones should hide that they are fortunate. Showing off anything worth money is/was considered vulgar.

[@Yoshikaable]

@@LeccareNewHandle Archie is also an illustration of mindless consumption. I cannot say I would want a robbery to happen, but I will shed no tears for him.

[@lzwart99]

If you live in a reasonably sized house or apartment, I'd suggest not keeping all your valuable items in one place, not even a safe, which as we've heard can usually be defeated given some time. There are plenty of non-suspicious places you can hide things and if you spread them around in different places then your chances of just losing an item or two as opposed to your entire collection are much better.

[@Yoshikaable]

Dive watches in the toilet cistern!

[@justmeeagainn]

I keep my most valuable stuff in the toe of an old sneaker because nobody would ever look there, just like when I put my wallet in my sneaker at the beach. I used to keep my watches on the freezer, but I kept eating my Rolex for dinner.

[@AM-hk3uw]

You are right, there is an excellent video with the Police interviewing a crook and his MO. They like houses where no one can see in too much. First room to steal from is the main bedroom eg Jewellery, chains, watches etc Leave a couple of low value items around for them, I have a couple of watches I leave out ( they don't even work) . bit of cash etc I don't leave much in my safe. If you leave out absolutely nothing, it sends a signal that you have things hidden for a reason. Crooks in m most cases want an easy job and to move on quickly.

[@Yoshikaable]

@@AM-hk3uw leave out some broken laptops and smartphones while you're away. Lol

[@quehorassao00]

I have a big surprise for thieves if they dare to try to still from me...I have nothing of value at home LOL

[@damo0078]

A Safe Should ALSO be hard to find...Concealed that's another tip ....SEEING a Safe light up a Burglars eyes .... not seeing one makes him think....no valuables here...

[@urbanproductions4852]

I saw the red flags years ago, I used to see trolls spamming his address on his live chat stream...no brainer it would happen sooner or later.

[@jeeperspeepers8323]

As soon as Fatboy cashes his insurance check, I'm sure his collection will be found the same day. The police should raid his son's home. 😂

[@mikejacobs4092]

how can we prove hes even put in an insurance check? or even a police report? i think this is classic bs and just for gofundme

[@shafserious2805]

Good luck Archie

[@anonimushbosh]

What did you mean by insuring watches in a bank safe? Is that on your own insurance or the bank's, and if the latter what checks does the bank carry out to make sure the cover reflects the safe's contents?

[@CasebackWatches]

The bank's insurance. At least in Germany every box comes with a basic insurance of let's say 30k (depends on the company I think). If you have more value in the box you can buy an extra insurance from the bank up to every amount you want.

[@mikaxms]

For insurance, don't the watches need to get appraised (regularly)? You will probably also need to prove you stored them in a certain place.

[@AM-hk3uw]

Good point, my insurance coy send me an email every yr to update with any new info about the watches, so the values are adjusted every yr if necessary.

[@gamebred26]

I have an alarm on my house...cameras...also when I travel...I hide my watches where no one will find them. A safe is an awful idea. That screams "here is where the valuable stuff is"...hide your shit. My guns are in a safe but fuck it steal them, don't care. But you have to get in first. Also all my watches are insured.

[@jigd0471]

There is song that says… tell me lies… tell me sweet little lies. Oh no, no, no you can’t disguise…scam alert, there is something fishy…

[@kevingilhooley2064]

And a great song it is too....Fleetwood Mac and 'Rumours' which kind of fits in with this story.

[@ArchieLuxuryLivestream]

Hello Caseback! Thank you for the video. We reviewed your original analysis on my livestream today. Would love to chat with you about your channel and watches sometime. I stream daily at 12:45 pm (after lunch) and 12:45 am (late night) German time. Please stop by and chat watches with me sometime. Appreciate your good content

[@ImtianaJones]

I have a fake power socket and a cheap- looking clock with a secret compartment in which I keep my watches. Better than any safe.

[@pmac206]

Insurance is really the only way to cover yourself because if the robber gets away with the stuff, the chances they’re going to catch him are very slim.

[@petersmith2040]

Keeping high value watches and jewelries in a safety deposit box is better than keeping them in a safe at home. The major issue with keeping valuables in a safety deposit boxes is legal confiscation but it really depends on what’s being stored inside the box. FYI, FDR signed an Executive Order during the 1930’s Great Depression making gold ownership illegal and confiscated the gold owned by Americans, and those who had kept their gold in safety deposit boxes were not allowed to access their boxes until a specified date can be arranged to legally open the box in the presence of an authorized federal agent. This means all investment grade gold coins and bars inside the safety deposit boxes were confiscated.

[@monsieurbennett]

Land of the free 😂😂😂😂

[@GustoTheGamer]

what about security cameras????

[@Distorted-Vision]

How do you avoid getting robbed in the street when you're taking all your watches to the safety deposit box?

[@halfsourlizard9319]

1) Why would anyone have the slightest idea what you're taking to the bank? 2) Why would you take all your watches at once!? This isn't rocket science.

[@watchfan6180]

Do you believe what happened? He advertised he was going away. He did not put his watches in the bank. His family are not there

[@Pineconeboy55]

Why didn’t he have cameras.

[@AndrewIsbell]

In your video "Watch People - Analyzing Archieluxury" you taught viewers how to find out where he lives by using google maps and looking at the landmarks in his videos when he is outside his house. Do you feel bad about that? Would you do it again to another youtuber?

[@CasebackWatches]

Yeah, good point, I have to think about that.

[@jjlad5037]

Do you drive a fancy car? Does it have GPS? If you answered yes to both, then DON'T set your residence as your GPS home address. Anyone who has access to your car (valet, parking lot attendant) can obtain your home address. A quick call to his buddy while you're away from home and you're robbed.

[@biggles54321]

And do you keep your car registration document in the car or in your wallet?

[@bani_niba]

And that's why it's not too smart to put any sizeable portion of your net worth into small (steal-able) physical assets.

[@treedillinger5801]

What did Archie do wrong?… I’d need 500 pages to scratch the surface. A better question might be what his parents did wrong. That one’s easy to answer: Archie.

[@juniorjohnson5961]

Archie doctor asked for a urine , stool , blood & semen , sample Archie handed him his underwear !

[@sylversyrfer6894]

Hater

[@donaleeesio]

A wise man once said "having no insurance is the best insurance"

[@nowthatsfunky7676]

I was expecting something among the lines of well first you need to have 2 safes. One in obvious and one in not so obvious spots. Pepper your house with fake stuff you can easily buy from ali for peanuts as distraction

[@TopSecretVid]

I have Post Office box.

[@JohnstonPettigrew]

two louis vuitton watches valued at $200,000.00??......that is his claim for charity help. What louis watches did he have stolen? Prima facie......sounds like an Archibald Puto scam.

[@realalexmackenzie]

I think it was 2 LV watch cases that contained the watches. He did post a list with serial #'s

[@JohnstonPettigrew]

@@realalexmackenzie he said "the only thing that was inside the safe was my two louis vuitton watch boxes".........maybe "they" did get his watch collection as you say, but this is an odd way for him to state his loss. In any case, based on his own comments through the years, the thief/thieves might be closer than he might think.

[@JohnstonPettigrew]

@@IDKline nothing can be a simple deduction involving Puto. He is a thief himself, having stolen from friends in BKK during his tenure there. He knows what he did.....this, if true is long waited for karma.

[@ScoobieDoobie197474]

@@JohnstonPettigrew what’s BKK?

[@JohnstonPettigrew]

@@ScoobieDoobie197474 Bang Kok

[@burundi8909]

spread your goods out different locations.............think it through

[@discount8508]

what did archie do wrong ?............before I start take a seat and get comfortable

[@ScoobieDoobie197474]

Ditto

[@Agrippa31BC]

He said he was late and had no time to take his watches to the bank.

[@אלכסס-ח5ג]

The only watch robbers will find in my house is an Invicta pro diver.

[@BAF605]

I believe in this tragic loss completely. Now I must go and let my pigs out the sty for their daily flight. 😂🤣😂

[@rpjii9771]

As one who has collect luxury watches for 45+ years, with 18+ in the biz with the last 9+ as a Certified Swiss Master Maison, and I will say without getting into specifics only that my collection is extremely secure at home, and the rest are in the care of two different banks!! The other thing, and I've posted all of this on FB in the big watch groups, and that is that if one has anything more than a few four figure watches, Home Owners WILL NOT cover them!!! Please read my posts as I've listed the top insurance companies that I've used across 45+ years for both my Professional inventory(Jeweler's Mutual) and my personal collection(AXA), though a new company appeared in 2018, called "WAX," whose catch phrase is "watch collectors insurance by watch collectors," though the company's policies are underwritten by Chubb, an old school white shoe firm which underwrites quite a few of the watch insurance policies, regardless of the company. Bottom line, unless one of these companies that offer watch insurance wrap you homeowners' policy around it, unless it is one of those "watch specific" companies and policies, your collection WILL NOT be remotely covered value wise by a home owner's policy😉 Regarding Paulie, and as I stated to him in his own FB group, where's the police report??? He's posted everything else and he could post that and bearing in mind that this is the man that left everything out there for the public to see(as former LE, I believe that IF in fact a theft occurred, it was someone very close to him versus a stranger😉), though he could black out any addresses, tele numbers or sensitive information. This would just verify that this event in fact occurred. An old adage that LE has told crime victims forever and that is... "if you don't file a police report, a crime didn't happen" This goes up there with the YTube dovchebag scammin the guy with the fake Daytona, the switch hitting masseuse/ho for hire, Anthony Farrar, and his fictional "home invasion," 😂😂(at least the police think so), as another bullshit YTube story😂😂🤙 Those who have questions regarding how to set up a watch only policy can find me all over FB and PM me🤙 Apologies for the novella🤪 Have a Great Weekend Gents👊 RP

[@bigguns8044]

He said tonight on his stream that in Brisbane the police don’t give you a report on paper and that’s it’s done differently. So I’m guessing it’s a online digital police report?🤷🏻

[@bryanferguson4927]

Sounds very fishy but I hope I'm wrong.

[@larrysmith6797]

That video was taken AFTER the cops processed the scene. Have you ever seen a processed scene without any finger print dust? Wakey, wakey guys.

[@mondrayuk]

Paul Pluta is a peculiar bloke and his Archie Luxury persona does not get any sympathy from me. We will see where he stands on the recovery side and/or insurance.

[@thewholecut]

I have no idea what the real truth of the matter is but taking it at face value some of the reaction has been ghoulish. Nobody deserves to be robbed no matter how foolish you think they have been or how much you dislike them.

[@ausaleve6002]

E-begging has paid for his entire collection, and e-begging will probably pay for his future collection. Not sure the guy deserves too much compassion.

[@shanephillips8735]

The bloke would get a bit more sympathy if he wasn't such an effing douchebag

[@thewholecut]

@@ausaleve6002 Perhaps but if people willing hand over money, more fool them?

[@thewholecut]

@@shanephillips8735 Well yeah I’m not saying people have to be sympathetic but the gleeful comments just come across as a little bitter. The internet is a big place, if someone isn’t your cup of tea there’s always another creator who will be grateful for the views.

[@shanephillips8735]

@@thewholecut He spends most of his time slagging people/watches off, so when it popped up in my suggested KZbin feed I did have a little chuckle to myself. He cannot expect to be controversial and then have no comments back when this happened.

[@d.fenestrator9529]

Get a safe to store cheapo watches. Put your valuable ones in a safe deposit box or hide them well in your house.

[@terabeatnik2000]

Poor Archie.

[@justmeeagainn]

I’m not buying this. I think it’s a bit to get people to send him money.

[@vic7939]

But the downside of being con artist is that it very hard to con. Even if the lies you tell are to yourself.

[@jpdavis6042]

There was an actual Burglary? Really?

[@mdleweight]

Bank is best way. Very good safes can be opened in much less than 4-5 hours. Archie was mis-advised by his police. You also have to think about fire. Most safes are not fire-proof. And worse yet, the ones that are more fire-resistant are less burglar-proof and vice versa. Insurance can be very costly if you have a collection worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. To distribute risk you can do smaller safe deposit boxes at two or three bank locations rather than one.

[@Nefville]

I really can't stand Archie and yes he made a lot of mistakes that really made his current situation possible but I wouldn't wish that on anyone.

[@christhompson505]

It's safe 'from' not safe 'of'

[@CasebackWatches]

Thanks, Chris, fixed.

[@Steve-qs9eq]

I'm more surprised to learn the third world sx tourist is still alive.

[@housekarl5786]

...big boy watching 2 TPG fake attempts, thought he could go one better. Pure comedy. The on line watch community are all crime Inc. 😜

[@rodneykinnaird7613]

looks like an inside jop...

[@tomfoolery3419]

FACT: Archies drug addicted son stole all his watches

[@KemosabiWasabi]

archie appears to have a drug problem from here...

[@1225KPH]

"I'd like to stop smiling." No German has ever smiled"

[@CasebackWatches]

Well, then I should check my passport.

[@jamescarr3777]

You’re a smart guy but not smart enough. Anyone could have got Archie luxuries address and it has nothing to do with being online. He keeps showing off his BMW with the registration plates in full view. Once you have these you can access the address by claiming someone saw him bump your car in a car park. Criminals watching his channel anywhere in the world would then know when he disappeared for 3 weeks in the US. Bad move. He should never had said for how long.

[@halfsourlizard9319]

It's almost like you ought to expect shit to happen when your opsec is atrocious 🤔

[@WatchReporter]

I am surprised archee did not keep all his watches in his prison pocket when travelling. His anoos surely could accomodate the full collection.