The Rolex Killer Albert Johnson Walker convicted by a Rolex Oyster Perpetual Date

Convicted thanks to a Rolex watch: the “Rolex Killer”

Albert Johnson Walker, now known as the "Rolex Killer," was a con artist from Canada. After a high school dropout earning millions of dollars through his fraudulent schemes, he fled to England, where he tried to build a new life under the name David W. Davis and founded a TV repair business with Ronald Joseph Platt.

When his business partner and friend finally fulfilled a big dream after a long time and moved to Canada with his wife, Walker asked him to leave all important documents such as his birth certificate and driver's license behind for the company.

In reality, however, Walker assumed Platt's identity and continued his life in England as Ronald Joseph Platt.

However, when Platt's lifelong dream nearly drove the couple to ruin, he and his wife decided to return to England in 1995. This situation posed a huge problem for Walker, as there were now two Ronald Joseph Platts in England.

He then decided to eliminate the real Ronald Joseph Platt. During a fishing trip on July 20, 1996, he murdered his friend and business partner and threw him overboard. When fishermen found Ronald Joseph Platt's body two weeks later, the police were baffled because the time that had passed had made it impossible to identify the victim.

But Platt's watch, a Rolex Oyster Perpetual Date , was still on his wrist—and would ultimately convict Albert Johnson Walker. Thanks to the waterproof watch's 48-hour power reserve and date display, the police were able to determine the exact time of Platt's death.

But it got even better: Using the watch's serial number, the owner was identified and the body was definitively identified. Thanks to Ronald Joseph Platt's Rolex Oyster Perpetual Date, Albert Johnson Walker was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.