Watches in Crime

The Rolex Killer: How a Watch Helped Solve a Murder-On 28 July 1996, a fishing trawler off Brixham in the English Channel brought up the body of a middle-aged man. The victim had a head wound, no identification, and empty pockets. What remained on his wrist was a Rolex Datejust. When lifted from the net, the movement of the watch restarted; it displayed 11:35 with the date showing the 22nd. Those details provided investigators with a first clue, but the real breakthrough came from the watch’s service history. Full story here-https://barringtonwatchwinders.com/en-ca/blogs/blog/the-rolex-killer-how-a-watch-helped-solve-a-murder