The last time Teddy Bacon saw his expensive gold watch it was sinking down into the harbour in Gibraltar.
That was in 1941, and the watch had slipped off his wrist when Lieutenant Bacon threw a line to shore from his ship, HMS Repulse.
After two divers failed to find his lost treasure, the young officer gave up on ever seeing it again.
But 67 years later, it turned up on his doormat - still ticking.
The Bulova Automatic, wrapped in a brown paper bag, did not seem at all the worse for wear after decades on the ocean floor.
The timepiece had been discovered by workers dredging the harbour in 2007, who scooped it up with other debris in their machine. More...
See also: Livermore, the light bulb that has been burning for more than a century...
That was in 1941, and the watch had slipped off his wrist when Lieutenant Bacon threw a line to shore from his ship, HMS Repulse.
After two divers failed to find his lost treasure, the young officer gave up on ever seeing it again.
But 67 years later, it turned up on his doormat - still ticking.
The Bulova Automatic, wrapped in a brown paper bag, did not seem at all the worse for wear after decades on the ocean floor.
The timepiece had been discovered by workers dredging the harbour in 2007, who scooped it up with other debris in their machine. More...
See also: Livermore, the light bulb that has been burning for more than a century...
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