baglc1 Posted June 19, 2008 Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 A Royal Navy veteran has been reunited with his watch, 67 years after he lost it during World War II Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corgi Posted June 19, 2008 Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 After seeing his watch splosh into the water, Teddy sent down a couple of divers to search for it, but without any luck A lost watch is a top military priority of course... makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perry563 Posted June 19, 2008 Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 I dont buy it. The watch was nearly 70 years in salt water and its still working? My father in law was also in WWII and he bought a gold Bulova which I now have in my posession. I spent 300 bucks getting the watch to tick and it never saw one minute of water. Gold Bulovas from that period were NOT very waterproof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
takashi Posted June 19, 2008 Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 hmmm sounds funny but wouldn't be the gasket destroyed after that long period of time? Sounds like urban legend to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolfire Posted June 19, 2008 Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 hmmm sounds funny but wouldn't be the gasket destroyed after that long period of time? Sounds like urban legend to me. Absolutely... especially in salt water... for almost SEVEN decades!! If this was true, then Rolex watches are [censored]... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andreww Posted June 19, 2008 Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 The watch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andreww Posted June 19, 2008 Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 It was in 2007, that the watch was retrieved while the harbour was being dredged. It was a detailed entry in a log book by the deputy harbour master in 1941 that made the staff to send the watch back to the address left by Bacon. My guess is that someone with the harbormaster had it repaired prior to returning it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnG Posted June 19, 2008 Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 My guess is that someone with the harbormaster had it repaired prior to returning it. 70 years of barnacles.... At RWG1 they bought this story hook, line, and, sinker. When I called them gullible they called me a cynic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrgod Posted June 19, 2008 Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 70 years of barnacles.... At RWG1 they bought this story hook, line, and, sinker. When I called them gullible they called me a cynic. You are still visiting RWG1? Boy, it seems like a long time ago... Good story, though. Nice to read such histories, like the fisherman who drops his watch in the water and later buys the fish who has his watch in the stomach... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightstroker Posted June 19, 2008 Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 My guess is that someone with the harbormaster had it repaired prior to returning it. Bingo! Heres the link if anyone wants a look.... Bulova comes back from the dead.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubFrog Posted June 19, 2008 Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 My father was in WWII and just turned 90. He STILL has an Omega (Deville, I think) that he bought during the war. It's not been through 70 years of salt water, but it's still running just right. The only thing changed on it was the band. He promised it to me in the will...but, I may have to fight my older brother for it. We'll see. Cool story anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnG Posted June 20, 2008 Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 Bingo! Heres the link if anyone wants a look.... Bulova comes back from the dead.... Daily Mail is a rag - MAYBE one step up from the National Inquirer. They are not exactly a credible source of hard news. Here is their editor's pick for the number three slot in their Top Six stories of the day: Six feet washed up on the same shore in ten months. Freak coincidence, or is it more sinister? Why do people believe everything they read? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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