So totally crazy today... I was running some errands in midtown and on a whim decided to pop into Cartier to look at a watch I am considering. It was a beautiful day today, bright, sunny and 5th Avenue was carrying on like a normal day. I walked towards the back of the store and was (obviously) taken by the beautiful rings in the cases. Then I looked and noticed there was yellow tape in front of the stairs for the watch section. I asked the saleswoman if there was another entrance assuming they were doing work on the stairs or something... then she said with a pause "no....." and I looked again and saw all of these policemen in the watch section. The glass case that was visible from where I was standing was smashed and glass was all over the floor! It was like a movie! When I realized what had happened, I noticed about 5-10 policemen investigating the situation, some on phones and another undercover policeman with his badge around his neck in the central part of the store. Apparently the perpetrators got away with some watches. I realized it wasn't the best time to browse and made my way out of the store, but thought it was really crazy!! Lucky for me I must have just missed it... All of the sales staff were handling the situation professionally and carrying-on. So I will go back in the next few weeks when hopefully everything will be back to normal. Such a bummer!!