ARoyal Navyveteran has been reunited with his sentry , 67 eld after he mislay it during World War II — and , it make perfectly . In 1941,Teddy Bacon , a lieutenant aboardHMS Repulse , was throwing a line from ship to shore when the gold Bulova watch , bought in the Azores for $ 55 , slipped off his radiocarpal joint and into Gibraltar Harbor . The timepiece was never find , until the harbor was dredge , seven X after .
After seeing his ascertain splosh into the body of water , Teddy sent down a couplet of divers to search for it , but without any luck . So , he inform the deputy sheriff haven - master who logged the missing object . Fast - forward to 2007 , and the lookout turned up during the dredging of the harbour . When the authority checked the logarithm , they found Teddy ’s claim , and place the sentinel , still check off , off to him . Now 90 years old , the reitred sailor could n’t believe his eyes when a package containing his amber watch make it at his new home .
‘ To say I was knocked out could be considered a major understatement , ’ he said . “ It truly was a miracle that I had been reunited with that watch after a life . Now I wear it every daytime and it go on perfect time , even after all those years in the water . It is absolutely first-class and I consider it a long - lost friend . ' ” [ Daily Mail ]
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