Watch Steal

From MagicPedia

Watch Steal is a Pickpocket type routine in which the performer takes the wrist watch of a spectator without their knowledge, typically during the presentation of another trick. It was a popular stunt that seems to have started around the 1940s.

Some performers known for performing it are:

• Johnny Paul
• John Calvert
• Chappy Brazil

Publications

• Stars of Magic Series 4, No. 3: Francis Carlyle's Wrist Watch Steal (1948)