Liam Payne's $38K Rolex watch still missing as Argentine police continue to investigate 1D star's death

BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA: Argentine authorities are reportedly looking for Liam Payne's missing £30,000 (approximately $38,731) Rolex watch while they continue to investigate the former One Direction singer's death.

The luxury watch was not found when three men who are suspects in an ongoing criminal investigation had their residences raided last week.

According to the Argentinian Daily La Nacion, Payne was seen wearing the watch for at least two or three hours before plunging to death from his hotel's third-floor balcony, reported The Sun.

Liam Payne was wearing Rolex 'at least two to three hours' before death

According to the reputable Argentinean daily La Nacion, searches at the residences of two women Payne spent his last hours with before his terrible fall from a third-floor balcony at his hotel in Buenos Aires also produced no results.

These women have not been accused of any crimes and are currently being addressed as witnesses. La Nacion reported over the weekend that another search will be conducted for the expensive watch at the CasaSur Palermo Hotel.

The Argentinean daily claimed that in the "next 72 hours," the operation would concentrate on the former One Direction singer's luxurious suite room in case the watch—which police allegedly believe may have been stolen—was overlooked the first time.

Payne was reportedly wearing the watch for at least two to three hours before plunging from his hotel's third-floor balcony, but it was conspicuously missing when police examined his body.

According to CCTV footage and other pictures included in the prosecution's case files, Payne was spotted sporting the Rolex just before he died on October 16 at about 5 pm local time, according to Daily Mail.

"We know from images that have been analyzed that Liam had the watch on the day of his death," a judicial source told La Nacion, before adding, "He had it in one of his hands and he had it at least two to three hours before his fatal hotel fall."

They continued, “We looked for it in his hotel room and couldn't find it. The watch was searched for in the homes of the three people being investigated on suspicion of abandoning Liam and the supply and facilitation of drugs, as well as in the homes of the two female escorts who were with him in his room the afternoon he died.”

As police do a second inspection, they will now return their focus to the hotel room Payne stayed in before he died. As part of the inquiry, 20 witnesses were questioned, 800 hours of security camera video was inspected, and Payne's room was blocked off.

The source added, "The room is still sealed off by court order, and no one can enter. Searching for the watch in the homes of the people Liam had contact with before his death was the initial priority but now another inspection will take place to see if it remains somewhere in his room."

Liam Payne’s close pal Rogelio 'Roger' Nores refutes being suspect in singer’s death

In a recent conversation with Daily Mail, Liam Payne's close friend Rogelio "Roger" Nores denied any involvement in the 31-year-old's death and refuted allegations that police had visited his home in Buenos Aires.

It transpired as Argentine prosecutors looking into Payne's death stated that three suspects—one of them is an unidentified "friend" of the late pop star—had been arrested and are currently being officially investigated.

According to a description provided by the police, Nores, who had been with Payne in his final days, was accused of "abandoning a person followed by death."

However, in a heartfelt statement, Nores slammed the allegations that he was being investigated in connection with the One Direction member's death.

Prosecutors stated in a long statement that three males were now under official investigation for allegedly selling and enabling drugs and leaving a victim who later died.

One of them "routinely accompanied Liam during his stay in Buenos Aires," per the statement.

The prosecution also stated that Payne was in a condition of "semi or total unconsciousness" when he fell to his death because he "didn't know what he was doing," making it evident that the possibility that he had died by suicide had been ruled out.