Central London - Am I Being Daft?
I'm going to London tomorrow for the day - bit of window shopping in the West end in the morning, then into the City for a retirement do.
I want to wear my Sub but there's a voice saying "You're asking for trouble, wear the Monaco or the FXD or something else" .
There's another voice saying "Don't be silly, a Sub looks like any other dive watch. Besides, you're 6'4", 20 stone & bad tempered,, just be sensible about where you go, how you look & what you do & you'll be fine ".
What is the consensus, apart from telling a grown up that I hear voices...
Central London - Am I Being Daft?
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Originally Posted by
chrisparker
Honestly I think you're wrong here. London has a pretty serious problem with watch theft. The Met Police launched their own campaign, and you only have to Google 'watch theft in London' to see it's headline news, and has been a growing trend.
Try the same search with 'watch theft in Leeds' or Edinburgh and you'll see the risks are significantly higher in London than any other UK city.
Personally long sleeves covering a Rolex, or leave it at home.
Yes you are correct I am totally wrong
I only live in London, work in London, go out in London every day.
I live in constant fear and have not left the house for months unless I am wearing rags
Central London - Am I Being Daft?
I don’t think it’s just about London getting more dangerous. I spent over 20 years working in Soho and wore a Rolex nearly every day, even falling out of pubs and clubs at 2am blind drunk, never a problem. And I never even thought I would get mugged. But this is when steel sports models cost £1500 - £3k and freely available at nearly every AD - which was a lot cheaper comparatively and before watch collecting was mainstream and long before instagram etc etc. Now prices, availability and the whole internet bragging social media/organised looting n Oxford Street cobblers is in vogue - I certainly would never wear a Submariner in Central London! As an aside I’m built like the OP but if anything I think a big bloke can attract a gang of thieves, and we’re no more knife-proof than a little 7 stone fella!