ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – A dive team recovered an elderly man’s lost Rolex on Wednesday after it fell into a creek in northern Florida, WKMG in Orlando reported.
The St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post that its dive team happened to be busy with its monthly training exercise at the 6 Mile Creek when the elderly man approached the divers “pleading for help to recover his $16,000 heirloom Rolex watch,” the post read.
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The man told deputies the watch had fallen into the water and sunk after its band broke.
Within 20 minutes, one of the divers located the watch at a depth of nearly 20 feet.
The sheriff’s office said the watch was still ticking once it surfaced.