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