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8 August 2022, 06:25 PM | #91 |
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8 August 2022, 06:27 PM | #93 |
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For all the tough guys very comfortable wearing their expensive watches short sleeves and exposed to everyone: when locals warn you it’s not safe and people are getting hurt for their watches but you prefer to use your own judgement based on a week-end somewhere when nothing happened to you. Don’t come and cry here if it may ever happen. Good luck!
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8 August 2022, 06:28 PM | #94 |
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8 August 2022, 07:09 PM | #96 |
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I think that an average thief in the crowd and from a distance cannot identify the manufacturer of an SS watch. Therefore I think that maybe it's not the watch brand that attracts the attention of criminals, but the material of the case and/or the bracelet.
So if the watch has a fluted bezel, or if the case is YG in full or part, than that watch can be pierced from a distance, so the wearing can be more dangerous. It may even be one of the reasons why the price of the used SS versions mostly exceeds the price of the YG versions. |
8 August 2022, 07:33 PM | #97 |
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You've been warned, OP.
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8 August 2022, 07:35 PM | #98 |
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No problems in Sicily. But who the hell knows what a 16570 except us?
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8 August 2022, 10:30 PM | #99 |
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8 August 2022, 10:53 PM | #101 | |
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8 August 2022, 10:59 PM | #102 |
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Paris and Barcelona are very crowded cities and definitely are areas where your stuff could be swiped. Certain areas will be more susceptible to crime than others
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8 August 2022, 11:03 PM | #103 |
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I was just in Ireland and wore my Deepsea everywhere. Nobody noticed it either.
There were also Zero shady characters so me being used to the US cities probably attributed to my feeling of comfort. |
8 August 2022, 11:25 PM | #104 |
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Just curious, certain Rolex models stand proud (Ceramic and fluted bezels, funky color OPs). I wonder if conservative models like plain color OP, Explorer 1, Etc would garner any attention in these high crime areas. I’m not much of a traveler, but do enjoy the fact that I can wear an explorer 1 just about anywhere knowing that I’m the only person who is aware of the cool watch on my wrist.
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8 August 2022, 11:33 PM | #105 |
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You have eagle eyes For me the Seiko and Tudor Jubilee bracelets are so similar to Rolex that I wouldn't be able to distinguish them from a distance. Anyhow, this is also a good reason not to change my job to start a new career as a thief :)
More precisely: It would be useful to know which model's wearing increases the risks? |
8 August 2022, 11:40 PM | #106 |
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Many watch manufacturers make watches with oyster style bracelets so no way could tell by bracelet at distance was Rolex or any other brand.
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Certainly agree Peter - and many aftermarket bracelets are designed to mimic Oyster, too. Sadly, in our world now, the snatchers may only make a choice to know someone down on the hope it’s a Rolex. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
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9 August 2022, 01:00 AM | #108 |
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I was just wondering this myself Peter. I looked at a Pagani gmt watch this morning to have for our upcoming trip to Europe but would that make someone spot it and attack us anyway? I was very capable of handling thugs years ago but now 70 and totally bad back, no need to call attention to myself, right??
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I was in Ireland for 8 days, wore my BLNR the whole time. Flight was screwed up so slept in airport on the way home. No one noticed except the AD inside Heathrow on the connection home.
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9 August 2022, 01:37 AM | #110 |
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9 August 2022, 02:11 AM | #111 |
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Ridiculous, I’ve walked all over both Barcelona and Paris with a yellow gold Sub over multiple trips and never had an issue. I also never had anyone say anything about my watch, let alone someone telling me not to wear it “in town.” Bizarre
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I was in Paris and several cities in Switzerland a few weeks ago. Wore a Hulk most every day and my wife a two tone Daytona. Didn't really think twice about it even knowing some of the recent stories. I went to the mall in Atlanta over the weekend (which I hated to do). Made me nervous as hell wearing the same watch.
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9 August 2022, 02:54 AM | #114 |
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9 August 2022, 02:57 AM | #115 |
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It’s a matter of risk.
Most people I assume would be scoped from a while away, but are never acted on. I can spot a Rolex and not even show that I have; one phone call and it could be gone (not saying I will, just saying what the thieves do) I’m from London and most of the people saying they’ve been here are probably sticking to tourist hotspots. Londoners on this board know what I say you’ll think twice about wearing one in Brixton, Harlesden, ‘Ditch, etc. I grew up in the ends of North London and roughed it with the worst of them, but that doesn’t mean anything if a few man jumped out of a car, tooled up and wanted my watch; it’s not worth getting splashed for. I was in Amsterdam earlier and a SA at Grand Seiko said keep safe and don’t expose yourself too much. I listened to him as I know the situation out there at a street level and not a tourist level. I worse my OP but it was February, so long sleeves anyway. So in these situations I say do as you wish; but don’t endanger yourself/family to prove a point to anyone online. It’s a watch. It’s not an integral part of your life. Wear whatever you want. But enjoy the holiday, a Rolex won’t remember the trip. |
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9 August 2022, 08:49 AM | #117 | |
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Is it because no one came up to you and said " wow, nice Rolex! Box and Papers!" I see a lot of people wear nice watches but unless I am at a watch function or a table of friends, I would NEVER approach someone I don't know and comment on their watch.
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9 August 2022, 09:56 AM | #118 |
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While traveling today is different than pre-Covid, I’ve been to Cabo, Milan, and Rome within the last year without feeling ‘unsafe’. Not sure if it’s because I’ll usually wear my no-date on a strap (or nato) instead of a bracelet so it looks more casual? Or because it doesn’t have a cyclops it doesn’t stand out as much? I also wander around other countries with a film Leica. Same applies to any of my domestic travels, which is weekly for work.
Be smart about the area you’re in, don’t be flashy, and hold onto your sh-t. Obviously, if someone comes up to you with a gun or a knife that’s another story, but in my years of traveling, as long as you’re smart about what you’re doing, you should be fine. If something does happen, it’s as likely in another country as it probably is in your own city. Crazy times |
9 August 2022, 02:35 PM | #119 |
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Just because you got lucky nothing happened doesn’t mean it isn’t a hotspot for petty crime and pickpockets. |
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