We are done with the pedantic arguments . No one is saying buying a watch is laundering. No one is saying merely sending two payments for a watch is wire fraud. A lot of hyperbole was used to make a point and for humor (too subtle for some). But the smuggling watches is a common crime that has been investigated by government The point is, do you want the (a) government scrutinizing all of your finances and transactions because they were suspicious?
Read this below link. No it does not refer to the small time purchase or transfers we have been talking about, but do you want to fall under the broad misguided lens?
Standy said it best when explaining that a small time customs inaccuracy can invite a lifetime of scrutiny.
I am done with this a this point as it has little to do with enjoyable discussions about watches.
https://piie.com/publications/chapters_preview/381/3iie3705.pdf
Little to do with us here, but interesting
PS, sorry about insulting your reading ability. Perhaps your intentions were benign
