File photo of an exclusive Audemars Piguet timepiece auctioned by Sotheby’s. (EPA Images pic) TOKYO: A Swiss luxury watch worth about US$290,000 that was stolen from a Tokyo store last week has been returned with an apology note, according to local media.
The theft occurred when a man posing as a customer tried on the Audemars Piguet timepiece and then fled the shop in the Japanese capital while it was still on his wrist.
But the case took a twist when the store received a package containing the watch -- and a handwritten note saying sorry, the Asahi Shimbun newspaper and other media reported on Monday, citing unnamed investigative sources.
The watch's serial number reportedly identified it as the stolen item.
