They normally escape on scooters.”Įarlier this month, an American tourist had his Hublot watch stolen in Barcelona which he said was worth $800,000. An unrivalled picture of the rumours, suspicions and treachery of civil war Antony Beevor. Reviews arent verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when its identified. One immobilises and the other one wrenches the watch off the hand. Penguin Books Limited, Biography & Autobiography - 272 pages. “They are not experts because sometimes they steal fake designer watches. “Mainly they are cases of thieves who are repeat offenders but who are not experts in robbery, because they can injure victims particularly on the wrist,” said Silvia Catà, deputy head of the Mossos d’Esquadra, the Catalan regional police. Eric Arthur Blair – better known by his pen name George Orwell – fought with the Marxist POUM militia in Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War and recorded his experiences in Homage to Catalonia (Photo: Pictures From History/Universal Images Group via Getty) In May, 31 people were arrested for stealing high-value watches. but with the return of holidaymakers since May has been a surge in thefts there.Ī special police squad has been formed to target the gangs which specialise in stealing watches. His experiences inspired the book Homage to Catalonia.īarcelona is by no means the only city where watch thieves target tourists. Mr Blair had joined a party last month to visit the trenches in Aragon, in eastern Spain, where Orwell fought and was shot through the neck during the 1936-1939 civil war. The retired businessman, who devotes his life to promoting his father’s memory through the Orwell Society, said he would be able to reclaim the cost of the watch through his insurance company. Placa de George Orwell in Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter (Photo: Victor Grigas/CC BY-SA 4.0)
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