LOS ANGELES, Calif. (KTLA) - A homeowner remains shaken aft burglars smashed their mode into a Hollywood Hills location successful a brazen multi-million dollar heist.

The break-in, which targeted a location successful Doheny Estates, happened connected Tuesday astatine astir 12:30 p.m.

The homeowner, identified lone arsenic Luis, believes helium was singled retired and targeted.

“My neighbour called maine and said, ‘Are you astatine your house?’” Luis recalled. “I said no. He said, ‘I’m sorry, but I deliberation you person been hit.’”

The thieves shattered a ample floor-to-ceiling solid model and went inside. They rapidly disabled the home’s alarm strategy and disconnected each information cameras. 

“Whoever broke into this location understood the information system,” Luis said. “They went consecutive to the media country and disabled the internet. That allowed them to person a escaped walk due to the fact that each of the cameras wholly spell offline and automatically, the gross opens.”

The homeowner’s neighbors saw 3 men wearing skis masks moving retired of the location and driving distant successful a achromatic Jeep Grand Cherokee SUV.

“There were 3 of them,” Luis said. “One went downstairs. One went to disable the information strategy portion the different went to the closet to get what they came present for.”

The thieves ransacked Luis’ closet and escaped with his full postulation of costly wristwatches. Nearly 50 watches were stolen, including pieces from Rolex, Audemars Piguet, Patek Phillippe and more, priced anyplace from 5 to six figures each.

“My full postulation of Patek Phillippe is gone,” Luis said. “All of them, each azygous 1 of them. I had immoderate precise peculiar pieces.”

Luis believes the thieves knew precisely which watches helium had and wherever they were located. 

“They knew what was here, and that’s the happening I don’t understand,” Luis said. “Because I’m precise private, truthful however would they cognize what was here?” 

He said helium would beryllium investing successful large information upgrades pursuing the brazen theft.

Neighbors successful the country stay acrophobic and said respective homes successful the assemblage person been ransacked by burglars successful the past fewer months.

Luis is frustrated and remains connected borderline aft the theft but believes the suspects liable volition beryllium caught soon enough.

“To dispose of stolen watches, you’ve got to find buyers,” Luis said. “The ticker assemblage is simply a very, precise tight-knit community, and if they tin conscionable ticker retired for a flood of watches, we’re talking astir 50 watches, precise high-end watches, that are going to deed the market, and you volition cognize that immoderate of those watches are mine.”

Luis said each ticker helium owns has circumstantial serial numbers and authoritative paperwork to verify their authenticity. 

He said helium hopes the suspects are caught earlier they people different location oregon family.