Singapore  - A former employee of a Singapore luxury watch retailer who allegedly made off with watches worth several million US dollars last Christmas Day surrendered to the authorities in Bangkok on Tuesday, Singapore police reported.

"Jerry Ee ... is currently in the custody of the Royal Thai Police, and more than 200 pieces of the stolen watches were recovered," a statement by Singapore Police Force said.

The 35-year-old, who was on Interpol's wanted list, is suspected of having taken more than 380 watches from expensive designer brands.

Shortly after the theft the retailer said the watches carried a net cost of about 8 million Singapore dollars (5.2 million US dollars).

The company later stated that the watches were worth 13 million Singapore dollars.

The Singapore authorities are working with their Thai counterparts to bring Jerry Ee back to Singapore for further investigations, police said. (dpa)