Another TSA tale
 

Lady Enters Security With $24,000 Rolex, Leaves Without, Suit Alleges - The Consumerist
Just too tempting!

SO, I shouldn't bring my $24k Rolex on my next flight?

Who the hell pays that much for a WATCH??!?

Dumba$$
(the watch owner, not the OP)

Not when it's worth more than the annual wages of our "security".

Just goes to show the continual degradation of our society. Nobody has any morals anymore. I find it interesting that the "security" agents were unwilling to call the police. Just tends to cast a little doubt on those particular individuals and their motives. In fact, I would say they are the ones who most likely stole the watch. It's a shame, but I wouldn't take something that valuable with me for just that reason.

Well, maybe I'm not one to talk (I wear a $3300 Omega Speedmaster), but that's a perfect example of not knowing your rights/TSA rules (On the otherhand, it's a perfect example of TSA ignorance of their own rules/requirements). She in fact did not have to take the watch off. I never do. I walk through the metal detector with my watch on and have never had it go off (if it does, then I get the special screening, no big deal to me) nor have I ever been told by a TSA official that it has to come off.

She also could have requested a private screening which would include a required witness.

I worry more about other passengers swiping my watch or laptop than I do TSA employees. TSA should have never told her she had to remove the watch, but she could have saved herself by knowing the rules.