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Old 7 November 2014, 05:45 PM   #31
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Old 7 November 2014, 05:45 PM   #32
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Do you feel safe wearing your Rolex?

In every city anywhere in the world, it makes sense to be careful, better to be safe than sorry.
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Old 7 November 2014, 05:47 PM   #33
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It totally depends on where you are located in the world, right!? And believe me, the world is big. In some countries or places is impossible to wear a rolex. They wouldn't cut off your arm though, yet ask you the watch gently pointing you a gun!!! :)


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Old 7 November 2014, 05:53 PM   #34
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Quick Google of news. 3 hours ago.

http://ktla.com/2014/11/06/woman-69-...-hancock-park/

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Woman, 69, Held Down and Robbed of Rolex and Jewelry in Hancock Park

Police were searching Thursday for four men who jumped a 69-year-old woman and a stole her jewelry in a brazen afternoon attack in upscale Hancock Park.

The attack occurred around 12:45 p.m. on Oct. 30 as the woman got out her car in an alley behind a series of shops on La Brea Avenue near 4th Street.

As the woman began walking toward the stores, surveillance video showed a black four-door BMW pulling up behind her.

Surveillance video showed a 69-year-old woman being held down by three men who steal her Rolex watch. (Credit: LAPD)
Three men could be seen jumping out of the vehicle and surrounding the woman.

Video showed two of the men holding her down, while the third cut the woman’s Rolex watch and a gold bracelet off her wrist.

The woman was not seriously injured but did receive some cuts on her arm, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

The attacker’s car was described as a mid-2000s black BMW 740IL with paper plates and tinted windows.

The men were described as white or Hispanic, standing about 6 feet tall and weighing about 220 pounds.

It was not known if the woman was targeted or was a victim of opportunity.

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Old 7 November 2014, 06:14 PM   #35
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I'd rather give my Rolex to someone than take their life.
Having said that, please remember guys that gun talk is strictly verboten on TRF. Thanks.
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Old 7 November 2014, 06:17 PM   #36
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Old 7 November 2014, 06:18 PM   #37
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Wow. Seriously? This is a watch forum.
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Old 7 November 2014, 06:24 PM   #38
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Old 7 November 2014, 06:51 PM   #39
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Depends on where I am....
I was once wearing my 166718 near California/Mexico border, riding public transportation, and I felt I should cover the watch up with the sleeve...
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Old 7 November 2014, 06:54 PM   #40
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It's not a worry in Singapore. But it might be in other parts of the world.
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Old 7 November 2014, 06:55 PM   #41
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I don't worry much about this, but I worry less when in New York and San Francisco than I do in London or Paris.
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Old 7 November 2014, 06:59 PM   #42
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I'd rather give my Rolex to someone than take their life.
Ok, can I please have your watch then?
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Old 7 November 2014, 07:10 PM   #43
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Myself can never understand these types of threads why is it when some think when buying a Rolex automatically makes them a target.Now I wonder if the millions upon millions of other Rolex owners have the same feeling. I would doubt that because of there extremely high sales over the past 50 odd years .So high they ran out of number single letter number combinations hence the so called random are all these past buyers worried I would doubt if.If anyone is worried about wearing there Rolex anywhere why buy it in the first place or keep in its box locked in a safe.Myself have been wearing Rolex watches for well over 30 years,and wearing in cities places that some would call risky,yet never had a problem.Fact in all those years of wearing you could count on one hand the number of times I have been asked about any watch I was wearing.Now if you are one of these types who goes around with a sticker on his/her forehead saying look I am wearing a Rolex then perhaps you could have a problem.

And I will say this once and once only no gun talks on forum and member tomallen this is a warning you will not get another

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Old 7 November 2014, 07:20 PM   #44
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I always feel safe wearing mine here. In addition to a super-low crime rate, pretty much everywhere I go there's always someone with a nicer watch than mine who looks much easier to rob in close proximity... making me a pretty improbable target.
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Old 7 November 2014, 07:42 PM   #45
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not this again - hard to believe anyone above about 10 years of age needs to ask this - no offence meant but...
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Old 7 November 2014, 08:54 PM   #46
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not this again - hard to believe anyone above about 10 years of age needs to ask this - no offence meant but...
Phew, just as well I'm only nine then
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Old 7 November 2014, 09:01 PM   #47
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I never feel unsafe wearing a rolex. No one really even notices
This is my situation too. But I do not travel to places where it might be an issue.
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Old 7 November 2014, 09:26 PM   #48
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Like most Texans, I carry a concealed handgun. I feel extremely safe wearing anything.
But don't the bad guys carry over there too.
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Old 7 November 2014, 10:00 PM   #49
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Chaps

This sort of thread show that you are not keeping up with modern fashion.

My 40mm Sub looks very small and dainty in 2014. In the year 2000 it looked big, but now a days, everyone is wearing big chunky watches. To be honest, my Sub looks rather effeminate in this day and age.

If Rolex started banging out 45mm watches, you just may have something to worry about but a 40mm watch just doesn't catch the eye anymore.

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Old 7 November 2014, 10:27 PM   #50
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Jeez, not another "is it safe" thread???? Are we a country of men or mice? I'm 65 yrs old and feel safe wearing Rolex or Cartier in any location earth. And have.
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Old 7 November 2014, 10:39 PM   #51
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And I will say this once and once only no gun talks on forum and member tomallen this is a warning you will not get another

Ok poor taste in the comments here. And the rules need to be enforced. But really, the administration calls individual people out publically here? Decorum goes both ways. Yeah, I'm waiting now.

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Old 7 November 2014, 10:44 PM   #52
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Ok poor taste in the comments here. And the rules need to be enforced. But really, the administration calls individual people out publically here? Also poor taste. Yeah, I'm waiting now.
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Old 7 November 2014, 10:47 PM   #53
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I actually hear of people get ripped off of their iPhones much more often than their watches. As long as you are not wearing an iced out yellow gold Rolex in a bad part of town you should be fine, just use common sense.
This^^^^ Having travelled the world the personal danger of carrying an iPhone is 100X more than that of a Rolex.

With both, good judgment is required. I would stake my Rolex on the fact that their is a much higher % of Rolex owners with good judgment than iPhone users with good judgment (iPhoning while driving iPhone Moms scare the hell out of me and present a lot more personal danger to you than wearing a Rolex ever will).
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