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Gang snatch £100,000 wristwatch by shaking victim's hand.


PhilFree

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Back in the days of the "Twist-O-Flex" style expansion bracelets, it was a fairly common occurrence among my shipmates to have their watches snatched off their wrists by a pair of locals on a scooter going by on the streets of Hong Kong .....

We were warned to not wear watches so equipped on liberty call!!

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They may not have known the value of this one. The location and time alone make it pretty likely that you would be able to get a decent watch from any victim.

Getting this particular one may actually not be that great for the muggers as it will be far more difficult to sell than a standard Rollie.

A female freind of mine was held up at knife point in broad daylight on my doorstep by two guys assisted by a third in a car. She had been followed from the City (financial district) was well dressed and in a nice car. They just picked on her due to general apperance and location.

A witness got the registration no of the get-away car, and it turned out that the gang routinely would identify a well dressed person, follow the victim home and do the attack there.

Still, this sort of thing is very unusual in London and personally I would feel pretty safe walking the streets at night there.

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Come on boys - which one of you was it?

:g:

I just bought a new watch cheap. The Eastern European I bought it from told me it was left to him by a rich uncle. Unfortunately he doesn't have the papers or box.

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