WATCH FINDER GENERAL

[dickythecook]

So there I was on Susanna Watch and they brought on the guy who found all the watches down the drains. It seemed to me that they were treating him as a rare find, one person was actually HONEST in this 'broken' society. I would have handed them in as a matter of course. Would anyone out there do it differently.

[boxtops]

tell us about it, didn't see the prog - he roots around in drains looking for watches?

[dickythecook]

The guy works for the local council with one of those big sucker trucks that clean the blocked drains that are under the grids in the gutters. He found a £21,000 18ct Rolex the first time, then another a day or so later. The news got out and a local camera crew went to film a re-enactment for the news and he found an Omega and another posh watch. Altogether worth c.£60,000. If the rightful owners don't claim them, they are his in 30 days. Have a google about. dtc

[FredPuli43]

I'd have done what he did. Not altruisticaly, but because all Rolex have a unique serial number recorded when they are sold. Therefore, there's an outside chance that the original purchaser and owner can be traced.That could be embarrassing if the watch was presented for sale. His way, he'll have a better claim to title of it.
In Newmarket, one of the Arab owners gave every one of his stable staff a new Rolex for Christmas one year. He kept all the paperwork for each watch. The recipients were told that was because he wanted them to keep the watch and not sell it straight away for cash.Making sure that he was both recorded as the original owner and he had the paperwork to confirm he was the donor, was a step to preventing that.

[Zacs-Master]

Pretty obvious they were dumped from a robbery.

[vulcan]

A few years ago I found a watch and took it to the police. After 20 minutes and three forms filled in I was able to leave,seemed a bit OTT for a piece of lost property.

[Stephen_G]

Saw this story in The Star on Friday

http://www.telegraph....ce-investigation.html

[maggiebee]

Heard about this on the Radio. My late father always handed in anything he found and I do the same. 90% of the time items (including money) are returned to the finder as nobody seems to claim lost property. Maybe they have no faith in the honesty of ordinary people. I once had my purse (with a substantial amount of money) returned intact.