On December 3, 1934, this minor news item appeared in a small space in the
New York Times. The article began this way:
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A 48 mm Panerai Radiomir would
have hurt. Photo from Panerai. |
According to the Times, the woman was arrested and brought to the police station, where she admitted to swallowing the watch she had stolen. She was x-rayed and the x-ray confirmed her story. The article did not say whether whether the watch was working after it was, um, recovered. I have my doubts because in 1934 watches weren't waterproof.
She was arrested on the charge of possessing stolen property.
That $350 wristwatch would be worth $6,000 now.
There's a lot I could say about this story, but the only comment I'll make is that it's a good thing for that woman that people generally wore smaller wristwatches in 1934 than they do now.
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