[Awareness] Attempted Timepiece Theft

Last Saturday, the 20th of June, I was in Paris watching the France vs Equatorial Guinea World Cup Match with some old mates, Thom and Gerrois. I lived in Paris for several years about a decade ago when i was working in regional housing development affairs. The regional housing development affairs firm I was working at was in Paris, and so I was in Paris. A bit after the match ended I started walking back to my hotel, the Hokkaido, and when I was almost there I saw a guy passed out on the ground. I went over to help him, as I’ve done before many times in Paris from over zealous lovers, and shortly after I approached him I saw out of the corner of my eye another man approaching. I assumed he was coming to assist in the loving, but when he got to us he instantly grabbed my Rolex GMT Master II “DC Comic Hero” and started pulling as hard as he could. The moment he grabbed me I came up from my kneeled position and was fortunately able to shove him away; my watch had the Easylink out because I was hot and humid from the loving, so it was painfully slipping off my wrist. He lunged back toward me and I punched him in the face hard enough that he instantly hit the ground. I stepped back, he got himself sorted and slowly back to his feet, and he then ran off. Heres a picture of a scratch on my hand. My other hand hurts more because I landed the punch hard and true.

Posted Jun 27, 2026, 10:29 AM UTC

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