When most people lose their watch…maybe drop it on the street, or leave it in a locker room, the expectation is they will never see it again.
For one Drumheller man, he was able to have his watch returned from almost 6,000 kilometers away and four fathoms under the sea.
Tony Pliva was snorkeling on a catamaran in St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands.
“We were a couple of miles offshore at a shipwreck, and I jumped over the side instead of walking down the stairs, and when I surfaced, my watch was gone,” explained Pliva.
It was an Apple Watch, and while it is water-resistant, it had fallen about 25 feet below the surface in saltwater.
“There was no way I could get it with snorkel gear,” he said.
Because it was an Apple Watch, he was able to go on his iPhone and lock the watch.
“If someone finds it and charges it up, the only thing that pops up is my information,” he explained.
Despite this, he was pretty sure it was the last time he would see the watch, despite it being in a popular diving area.
Just two days later, he received an email from a diver who found the watch.
“They were from California, and they mailed it to me,” he said.
The watch arrived in the mail just last week.
“It works, and I am wearing it right now, he said.
“Technology is pretty cool sometimes. Scary sometimes, but pretty cool as well,” said Pliva.
