Help us get to over 8,749 articles in 2024.
If you know of a magician not listed in MagicPedia, start a New Biography for them. Contact us at magicpediahelp@gmail.com
Watch Steal
From Magicpedia, the free online encyclopedia for magicians by magicians.
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)