To be honest, I thought the same thing about the earbuds of the iPod or the iPhone. You know, the signature, white earbuds. I thought to myself, "if I have these on, everybody will know I have an iPhone"... this was back when iPhones still were a kind of status symbol because of carrier lock-in and still costing a lot etc.
At least with the watches, if you wear long sleeved shirts, nobody will see it. Only while wearing tshirts it would be visible.
As far as mugging potential goes, I think nowadays you could attempt to mug any person on the street and chances are pretty high that they carry a smartphone which has at least a value of 350 dollars. Android or iOS. So, I don't really think that theft would be a bigger problem than it already is with smartphones.
At least with the watches, if you wear long sleeved shirts, nobody will see it. Only while wearing tshirts it would be visible.
As far as mugging potential goes, I think nowadays you could attempt to mug any person on the street and chances are pretty high that they carry a smartphone which has at least a value of 350 dollars. Android or iOS. So, I don't really think that theft would be a bigger problem than it already is with smartphones.