It might need a polish!
The strap wasn’t tight enough. As you dive you compress and the wet suit compresses. It slipped off the wrist.
or a shark bit the arm off and the watch was left years later.
I’d leave it exactly as it is and sell it. It’s a Rolex with “character.” That’s gotta be worth at least a $10k premium over a pristine example. 🙄
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The strap wasn’t tight enough. As you dive you compress and the wet suit compresses. It slipped off the wrist.
or a shark bit the arm off and the watch was left years later.
I dove for ten years (recreationally while living in HI). Since my tank time was only about 10 minutes at 100', most of my dives were from 40 - 70'. I always had a watch on a cloth strap (velcro or clipped), but never came close to it being so loose it could slip off over my hand. Granted, back then I was lean and mean, with little left to compress. Seems like you would have to be very unaware for that to happen.
Shark bite; now there is another story. 😉
I did almost have a lost 16610 catastrophe. While riding in a boat, I did a roll off the back. We were going a little faster than I expected. The impact of hitting the water caused my bracelet to come open. Fortunately (and it really was dumb luck - emphasis on dumb), it stayed on my wrist.
One to the lifelong lessons learned I will never forget.
