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With increased local armed robberies, I’m no longer wearing Rolexes

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Not that I don't exercise all of the typical precautions for my personal security, but I do think that one of the pros of owning/wearing an Omega is that it tends to fly below the radar with most street criminals compared to Rolex. Some brands even more so. While I've had a few people inquire about my Speedmaster while I'm wearing it (almost always other watch nerds or folks with a knowledge of NASA's space program), no one has ever asked me about my JLC and it's by far my most expensive watch.
They can’t pronounce it properly…neither can I.

Jay-jayier Lacooltruee…am I close?
 
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I often wonder if it's more the behavioral patterns of the owner and less the watch brand that matters, as I think we give too much credit to the watch knowledge of MOST of these thieves.
 
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They can’t pronounce it properly…neither can I.

Jay-jayier Lacooltruee…am I close?
Here you go, James.
All I can tell you is that I wasn't asked to leave the NYC flagship boutique the last time I was there and spoke the name of the brand.
 
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Try pronouncing Vallejo, Which has been a hot bed of crime after the navy pulled out of Mare Island 30 years ago leaving the highest unemployment in the SF bay area. It is really tribal. Pretty much open warfare with the police. There is some long memories going back to the Port Chicago mutiny. (PC was a city on the other bank of the straights that no longer exists, it was abandoned in the 1960s when the navy moved everyone out to create a buffer zone during the Vietnam war. A protestor lost their legs attempting to stop an ammunition train.) Ironically there is a national monument where chapel commemorating this is. That the public can not visit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Chicago_disaster.

Hiding history is not the best way to go about things when we pretend things did not happen.


I pronounce JLC with the same 'J' used in California city names. Yaygar-L'cooter. Somewhere I have factory photos. I am not sure the people working there pronounced with any consistency.

Can you tell me the way to San Jose?
 
Archer
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I am not sure the people working there pronounced with any consistency.

They did when I was there...
 
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Sure but as was said it’s all relative. Growing up within a few minutes of Midway Airport and well before Obama was president, none of those regions mentioned are the more pedestrian areas of the city. Even the more affluent areas of Chicago are being affected. Ask many native Chicagoland families why they moved out of the city and into its suburbs and you’ll likely get similar answers. Are you as comfortable wearing your Rolex now wherever in the city compared to 20 yrs ago? If you are then I suspect you’re in the minority.
The city has nothing to do with my discomfort. The media and the pandemic bubble market have more to do with my disquiet than perceptions of crime.
 
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Finally able to afford watches and travel and now too dangerous to do so. Things seem really bad everywhere in general.
 
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Finally able to afford watches and travel and now too dangerous to do so. Things seem really bad everywhere in general.

I assume you're being facetious.
 
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I wish I was.
The danger is very much overblown. Exercise common sense and educate yourself on where you want to go. If really in doubt about a particular destination, either don't go or go and leave your watch at home.
 
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I wish I was.

Then stay in your house and lock all the doors and windows. You're finally able to afford watches and you don't want to take a chance with all the danger out there.
 
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I still marvel at people who are afraid of their $15-20k watch being damaged or stolen out in the world but have no problem parking a $60k car in the parking lot of the local food mart…talk about perils!!😲
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Then stay in your house and lock all the doors and windows. You're finally able to afford watches and you don't want to take a chance with all the danger out there.

Be afraid...be very afraid...
 
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Then stay in your house and lock all the doors and windows. You're finally able to afford watches and you don't want to take a chance with all the danger out there.
You’re not even safe at home …
 
Larry S
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Finally able to afford watches and travel and now too dangerous to do so. Things seem really bad everywhere in general.
Why don’t you stop doom scrolling and get out there? You will find that people are pretty nice and not focused on robbing you or politics. They actually have lives to live and responsibilities. Don’t go where no one does, like a bicycle tour of ISIS land or shaky hoods. Common sense is your friend. the media wants you cowering in fear. It’s good business.
 
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Common sense is your friend. the media wants you cowering in fear. It’s good business.

Not just the media...there are many groups and businesses that are very invested in keeping people scared, because it creates demand for their products and services. Everyone from alarm companies, police unions, weapons manufacturers, and of course politicians who want to keep you safe by eroding your rights. As one constitutional lawyer I follow says frequently...Freedom is scary. Deal with it.
 
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Not just the media...there are many groups and businesses that are very invested in keeping people scared, because it creates demand for their products and services. Everyone from alarm companies, police unions, weapons manufacturers, and of course politicians who want to keep you safe by eroding your rights. As one constitutional lawyer I follow says frequently...Freedom is scary. Deal with it.
So true.
 
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We live in a fallen world full of people who are more than happy to take advantage of others. It happens every day.

It has always been so.
 
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