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February 15th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
By
Andrew Levy
Last updated at 2:18 AM on 15th February 2012
For Arron Large, it was all in an honest day’s work.
While cleaning the streets of Southend-on-Sea, the council contractor discovered a Rolex watch in a drain.
Yet rather than pocketing the £21,000 Oyster Perpetual Cosmograph, the conscientious Mr Large promptly handed his find in to police.
Lost and found: Arron Large (right) was cleaning the drain near to Chalkwell train station, Essex, when he found this watch
However, he could be about to find
that honesty pays – because if the owner hasn’t come forward in 30 days,
the watch will be returned to him.
The 28-year-old, from Rayleigh, Essex,
said: ‘We are used to finding all sorts of fake gold in the drains so
when I initially saw it I was not overly excited.
‘But it cleaned up really nicely and
the gold did not rub off, so I realised it might be something special.
In some ways it would be quite nice if the owner came forward and
claimed it. But then again, they were probably insured, so I am quietly
hoping I will get to keep it.
‘If no one claims it I would definitely use any money from the sale to clear my debts.’
The father-of-two, who is employed by a
waste management firm, found the watch, which is still working, near
Chalkwell railway station on Friday.
A jeweller confirmed it was a genuine 18-carat gold timepiece from the Rolex Daytona collection. It has not been reported missing or stolen.
Strictly speaking, if the watch went unclaimed it would belong to Mr Large, who lives in Rayeigh with Rachel Cozins, 25, and their four-year-old twins.
But he said he would come to some agreement to share any profits with his colleague Ray Gunn, who was driving the cleaning vehicle they were using when he made the valuable find.
‘We are guessing that a lot of people will come forward to try and claim it as their own,’ he added. ‘We are just going to have to wait and see what happens.’
PC Calley Mackay, of Essex Police, said efforts were being made to reunite the watch with its owner – but without luck so far.
‘This was a highly unusual find and it’s hard to imagine how something so valuable has not been reported lost or stolen by its owner,’ she said.
‘It is possible, seeing as the drain was near a train station, that the watch was dropped by a commuter. If you recognise it and believe it may be yours, please contact me.
‘However, through the serial number we do know a little about the watch’s origins and will be thoroughly checking any claim to ownership, so only honest people need apply.’
A force spokesman added no more information would be given ‘for investigative reasons and to improve the chances of the watch being returned to its rightful owner’.
But it is understood the serial number can be used to confirm which dealer sold it originally. Rolex have been unable to help police because they do not keep a database of customer purchases.
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Good man i hope he keeps it
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Whatever happened to common decency?!
– Welsh Woman, Wales, 15/2/2012 12:33
You’re reading the wrong newspaper if that’s what you’re looking for, love!
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I once found a large amount of cash in an envelope in my work’s car park handed it in to our security office (didn’t leave my name foolishly, not that they asked for it!). At that time I was at a very low ebb financially and it certainly would have helped me out, but I did what I felt was right and, at the end of the day, had a clear conscience. I can’t believe the amount of people who said that they would have kept it!
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No, this is not the most honest man in Britain but, he is an honest man and should be congratulated for that. Honesty should be inbuilt, if only it was.
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Turns out in the last couple of days he has also found another Rolex, an Omega seamaster James Bond special edition worth over £1000 and another watch I didn’t recognise the name of.
Something a little fishy going on I think.
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“As this was found by an underground station and linking to the recent stories about bodies being stored in cupboards on the London subway, perhaps the watch fell off a dead persons wrist as it was being moved to the funeral directors vehicle and this could be the reason why the loss has not been reported
– Mike, suzhou, china, 15/2/2012 3:58” …………………… I know you’ve been red-arrowed, but this made me laugh – I think your planet probably has some very good days!!
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Easy to find the owner – give the serial number to Rolex Customer Services and they’ll track the owner via the serial number as each one is sold with papers and customers name and address noted – As the Meerkat would say “simples”!!
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No, DM, he is merely an honest Briton. There are lots of them. You’d know this if you lived in the real World…
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Thanks to the publicity there are now 23771 people claiming to have lost a Rolex in the Southend! Fat chance of there being no claimants.
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** It was found whilst on company business, if noone claims it then it belongs to his employers ** Not so! The original owner remains the owner (and that may not even be person who lost it). The fact that it was lost, found, and may be ++ in the possession of ++ the finder does not affect its ownership one bit….
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