[17a9f4a4f4e5b3f]

I had a package of these opened by a government agency in the US!

My partner at the time had and loved one of these and then lost it, so I bought 8 of them for like $7 each from a store in the UK. When it arrived it had all this official government tape on it and a note that it had been opened. I forget what the tape/note said but it was not obvious which agency did the opening. Not so long after that I had something else totally innocuous (literally a postcard sized cardboard envelope with a sticker in it) opened by Customs and Border Patrol and that was well labeled as such.

I guess for IED reasons they were interested but now I'm paranoid I'm on some list.

edit: oh and I should say I got 8 to have a variety of color options, they were a great gift and after shipping it was only like $80. Highly recommend, one of them would match any outfit. Kind of fun to watch them all drift variably over several months too.

[Zhenya]

Maybe they thought you were al-qaeda:

Why Terrorists Love Casio's Iconic F-91W Watch

https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkebp8/casio-f91w-watch-terr...

[darig]

Definitely not for IED reasons. It is one of the most counterfeited watches, even though it is already one of the cheapest. This past October was especially busy for customs and border patrol: https://usa.watchpro.com/louisville-border-force-seizes-1050...

[17a9f4a4f4e5b3f]

Oh interesting! Good call. I didn't think counter terrorism made sense it's not like opening would have revealed anything that an xray wouldn't, but perhaps for checking counterfeit makes a lot more sense.