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Where is your watch

There is an old artist in Los Angeles who specializes in mechanical watches. Many celebrities and celebrities go to him to make watches.

By QaboosPublished 2 years ago 6 min read
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There is an old artist in Los Angeles who specializes in mechanical watches. Many celebrities and celebrities go to him to make watches.

  Why? Because the watches made by the old artists are not only beautiful and punctual, but also handmade and unique. He also has a habit of making watches for each customer, and the old artists will leave a group photo as a souvenir.

  One day, a customer with glasses came to the watch store and said he wanted to make a watch. It was not until the customer took the watch away that the old artist remembered that there was a small steel needle in the watch that was placed in the wrong direction, so that it would not be allowed to walk, at least 10 minutes behind the standard time, which was an unforgivable mistake.

  The old entertainer wanted to contact the customer, but then the customer would know that he had made a mistake and his decades-old reputation would be ruined. How to do it? After thinking about it, he had an idea and found Hunter, the most famous thief in the city.

  The old artist pointed to the photo of the customer with him and said to Hunter, "You steal the watch from him, and I'll give you $1,000." Hunter refused: "Only $1,000? If I get caught, I'll go to jail!"

  The old artist explained the reason and persuaded him: "Go get the watch, I'll fix it and send it back. Actually, it's not called stealing."

  Hunter smiled and said, "You old man really loves face, okay."

  Soon, Hunter found the man with glasses on the street. He stepped forward, touched the other party on purpose, and took advantage of the time to apologize, stretched and contracted his hand, and got the watch.

  Hunter handed the watch to the old artist. The old artist took the watch, put on reading glasses, pried up the back case, took a closer look, and shook his head: "I didn't make this watch." Hunter was anxious: "Don't be fooled!"

  The old artist said seriously: "I read it absolutely right. Every watch I make has a unique number, and there is a special little steel needle in it. You see, this one doesn't have it at all, it's an imitation watch. My watch is so famous, there are imitation watches everywhere. You can return this watch."

  Hunter's face turned pale: "I didn't see the wrong person, it's the person in the photo! How could it be wrong?"

  The old entertainer said, "Give this fake watch back, and I'll give you $100. As long as you get the real watch back, I'll give you another $900, which is a lot of money."

  Hunter gritted his teeth and said, "Okay. I, Hunter, have been in Los Angeles for almost 20 years, and I haven't lost my hand yet. Just wait for my good news!"

  Stealing a watch is easy and returning it is difficult, but Hunter is a battle-hardened veteran, so it can't be difficult for him.

  Returning the watch, the man with glasses didn't notice, and Hunter breathed a sigh of relief. He looked at the "man with glasses" for a long time and thought it was the person in the photo, how could something go wrong? He was thinking that a man in a hat walked up to the man with glasses. Hunter was stunned for a moment. It turned out that the two were twins. Looking at the man's wrist again, there was indeed a watch made by an old artist!

  Hunter thought, I made a mistake and should have stolen the hat man's watch. Just as he was about to do it, he suddenly found a young girl who was talking on the phone with a big diamond ring on her finger. His heart was moved. Why not pick up the grass and beat the rabbit, and steal the diamond ring by the way?

  He followed behind the woman, said it was too late, stretched out and shrank his hand, and got the diamond ring.

  He turned his head and saw that the man in glasses and the man in the hat were still standing there talking. He thought, these brothers are really interesting, one wears glasses and the other wears a hat, but that's fine, I can tell who is who.

  Hunter walked past the man in the hat, his hand stretched and shrank, and the watch was in his pocket. He hurried to find the old artist.

  The old artist pried up the back of the watch and shook his head again: "This watch is not mine, it is an imitation. Look, there are no small steel needles in it."

  Hunter's head is a little big: he started stealing the man with glasses, the watch is wrong, and he returned it; he stole the man with the hat again, it's not right, are they triplets?

  In fact, Hunter was able to complete the task. The man with glasses did find an old artist to make a watch, which was discovered by his younger brother, the man in the hat, after only wearing it for a long time. The man in the hat was a little vain, so he spent very little money to buy an imitation watch and secretly replaced the man in glasses. Therefore, the first time Hunter stole an imitation watch. However, the man in the hat found his conscience today, told the man in glasses about the watch change, and changed the watch back. At that time, Hunter was stealing a woman's diamond ring, and he didn't notice the process of changing the watch. As a result, he stole another imitation watch.

  So, Hunter went to great lengths to "return" the watch to the hat man.

  A few days later, Hunter found the man with glasses again, his hand stretched out and shrank, and the watch was taken down by him again. However, this time the old artist's answer made him collapse: "This is still an imitation watch!" What's going on? The old artist said that one of the two of them must be wearing a real watch.

What Hunter never dreamed of was that after the twins went back last time, the man with glasses found that his watch had an error of 10 minutes, while the man in the hat had an error of only 2 minutes. He thought the man in the hat was fooling himself, so he took the The imitation watch was snatched and the real watch was thrown to the man in the hat.

  Hunter had no choice but to "return" the watch to the man with glasses again. He told the old artist that he was very tired and felt like he wanted to cry.

  The old artist comforted him: "You can be flexible and get both watches, can't you?"

  Hunter patted his thigh: "Okay, I'll get both watches over here! I'm Hunter, the number one'Kuaishou 'in Los Angeles, and I'm by no means a false name."

  Hunter found the two brothers again, both of whom were wearing watches. Hunter was overjoyed. You can't run away this time, can you? He approached, took a chance, stretched and shrank his hand, stretched and shrank again, and both watches were done. He handed the watch to the old entertainer, who pried up the back of the first watch and shook his head. Hunter wasn't worried at all: the second one was the real watch!

  After the second watch was opened, the old artist was also at a loss: "Neither is this one!"

  Hunter burst into tears and said, "Old man, you can't lie to me!"

  The old artist said, "How could I lie to you? One of them is indeed my customer."

  This time, Hunter suffered an unprecedented blow, never recovered, and retired from the arena. Since then, the law and order in Los Angeles has improved a lot.

  Why are both watches imitation? It turned out that the man with glasses wore a man's imitation watch with a hat, and the more he wore it, the more beautiful he thought it was a real watch; and the man in the hat was very angry that his watch had an error of 10 minutes! In a fit of anger, he lost the real watch and bought another imitation watch.

  In this way, a watch brought down a powerful thief in Los Angeles.

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  • ThatWriterWoman2 years ago

    I am glad to have stumbled across this story. I enjoyed the pacing, and how it didn't get 'lost' in the complex storyline. Nice Work!

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