Magic Tricks

I'm reviewing the effect by Gregory Wilson,
which was written a long time ago (copyright 1998),
in The Art of Stealing Watches.

I have stolen my share of watches.
In my opinion, the watch steal cannot be beaten
in terms of astonishment. Borrowed object, happens in spectator's hands, impossible. It's nearly as astonishing as mind reading--instead of stealing a thought from her head, you've stolen her watch which she can barely put on herself--without her noticing!

However, the watch steal was very difficult to learn.
And it required getting caught to learn it.
The investment was worth it.

This is, dare I say it, equally astonishing and maybe equally memorable.
But ten times easier.