Son appeals for help after late dad's Rolex lost when he collapsed at West Ham match

[Mr Anon]

Son appeals for help after late dad's Rolex lost when he collapsed at West Ham match

Jay Gray said he was watching Wolverhampton Wanderers play against West Ham in Stratford, London, last Monday when his father collapsed and was carried away for CPR.But as he was moved, the Rolex Submariner Date he was said to be wearing disappeared.Mr Gray posted an appeal on X saying his family was "desperate" to have the "sentimental" watch returned.

 Recounting his ordeal, Mr Gray said: "My dad unfortunately collapsed and passed away at the Wolves game last Monday night, he had to be carried up stairs from his seat in block 123 to be able to have CPR performed on him, his watch went missing when he was moved and we desperately want it back.
Rolex Submariner Date. Pic: Rolex© Other"Please can anyone associated with West Ham, as well as anyone else that wants to help get this sentimental bit of jewellery back to our family in this tough time please RT [retweet]."Mr Gray added the missing Rolex has been reported to the Metropolitan Police. The watch claimed to have gone missing is a Submariner Date, which according to Rolex's official website is worth £14,200.The watch, which is waterproof up to 300 metres (1,000ft), is described as a "timeless benchmark for divers' watches".It is made of Oystersteel and yellow gold and it has a diameter of 41mm.It also has a Chromalight display with long-lasting blue luminescence, the website adds.


What a scumbag! Its either one of ours, a steward or medical stuff I guess, either way how depressing

[El Scorchio]

Despite anything else and the grief and the mourning, sadly the best chance of getting the thing back is to start the search as soon as possible so they had to do this really.

Good luck to the family. Hope it shows up.

[Mr Anon]

Apologies for my cynicism but sounded like the ‘sentimental’ value was the £14k price tag

He's turned down offers to raise money to get a new one but isn't interested,

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2v1mk30vro

Good for him, sounds like further apologies are needed!

[Mike Oxsaw]

And still nobody's asked why a Tottenham player was with his dad at a West Ham game.

Site -> dogs -> Korean national dish.

[Alfs]

Apologies for my cynicism but sounded like the ‘sentimental’ value was the £14k price tag

He's turned down offers to raise money to get a new one but isn't interested,

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2v1mk30vro

[goose]

I was gonna start a “Rolex for sale” thread but is it too soon?

I’ve had two rolies, GMT that I bought in 2010 for £4,450 and sold in 2020 for £8,500.
Second was an air king which cost me £6k and I sold for £6k two years later.
For me it just wasn’t worth the hassle with insurance and worrying about getting it nicked.

[Gank]

I'd be rather sentimental over £14K too to be fair. Any of you seriously saying you wouldn't make a a little effort to get it back? 

Yeah, probably after I’d grieved for a bit and gone some way to addressing the shock and distress of seeing him die in front of me at a football match just before Christmas, then I might start thinking about all his stuff I could have that was worth anything 

[Hammer I am]

I'd be rather sentimental over £14K too to be fair. Any of you seriously saying you wouldn't make a a little effort to get it back? 

[Fauxstralian]

Apologies for my cynicism but sounded like the ‘sentimental’ value was the £14k price tag

[Council Scum]

Crazy to be wearing a watch that expensive to the football but yeah that’s horrendous if someone took it off him while he was dead or dying. Scum. Hope to god it wasn’t a fellow hammer. 

What's crazy about wearing a Rolex to football? It's a game of football not a prison. 

Nothing...nothing whatsoever....

Tbf.. back in the day the fella wouldnt have lasted too far beyond the ramp at UP station.
So progress I guess 

Sad news 

I remember many year ago, an all ticket cup game that escapes me (possibly Everton), but they were like rocking horse shit, an old boy collapsed in the queue to the ground and the first thing anyone said was "get his ticket" 

[greenie1]

The bloke has been dead one week and his son is already going on about his inheritance.

If something of that value had gone missing, or even something of sentimental value, I wouldn't be hanging around in putting my feelers out there.

[Gank]

The bloke has been dead one week and his son is already going on about his inheritance.

[Monsieur merde de cheval]

Crazy to be wearing a watch that expensive to the football but yeah that’s horrendous if someone took it off him while he was dead or dying. Scum. Hope to god it wasn’t a fellow hammer. 

What's crazy about wearing a Rolex to football? It's a game of football not a prison. 

Nothing...nothing whatsoever....

Tbf.. back in the day the fella wouldnt have lasted too far beyond the ramp at UP station.
So progress I guess 

Sad news 

[Mr Anon]

Have they checked the son’s pockets?
Sounds like an insurance scam to me

really?

[Mike Oxsaw]

I assume that there is no CCTV of the incident.

Would have been full-on 4K HD had the poor man been shouting nasty words about the opposition.

My hope is that an early responder removed the watch and stuck it somewhere safe, then it slipped his/her mind as to where it was/is.

[Fauxstralian]

Have they checked the son’s pockets?
Sounds like an insurance scam to me

[Massive Attack]

Was Ravel Morrison in the crowd?

Nah, he used to always turn up late for training/match days. If only he had a watch to keep better with time ..

[Alfs]

Was Ravel Morrison in the crowd?

[El Scorchio]

Crazy to be wearing a watch that expensive to the football but yeah that’s horrendous if someone took it off him while he was dead or dying. Scum. Hope to god it wasn’t a fellow hammer. 

What's crazy about wearing a Rolex to football? It's a game of football not a prison. 

I presume this bloke wasn't targeted beforehand, but there are plenty of examples out there of people being mugged on the street for their expensive watches. Some people now buy Chinese replicas to wear out and about and leave the 'real' things at home which is a bit mad if you think about it.

This. I mean I'll never own a watch worth anything like that but I think if I did I likely wouldn't wear it out and about that much unless it was a special occasion. I suppose if you're absolutely minted you might not give it a second thought, but an expensive watch is so nickable. Granted the poor bloke wouldn't have taken into account falling ill while out and having been taken to hospital. As mentioned there will have been so many occasions or opportunities during that sad series of events for it to be lost or indeed nicked. Not necessarily at the football either. Maybe more likely in the hospital unfortunately.

[Gary Strodders shank]

Unless they are certain it went missing when he was being moved i's more than likely been taken off when he was recieving medical attention and possibly lost in the system.

We had this recently with my aunt's wedding and engagement rings after she died after being rushed in to Ealing hospital.

They had been removed before she was moved from one ward to another and recorded but wasn't showing on the system.

They tracked them.down after someone took the trouble to investigate.










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[Mr Anon]

A mate of mine went into hospital recently and ended up having his stuff taken, was put somewhere for safe keeping and that was the last he saw it.

[Massive Attack]

Chances are knowing our bodge job of a Stadium, the watch fell off his wrist then between 1 of the many gaping gaps in the stands on to the cunting running track below. 

They must find all sorts of shit down there once a season has ended, but I guarantee they'll never find a fit and in form Striker at our Stadium, no matter how hard they try searching....

[Council Scum]

In fairness, if they tried to revive him there and then with a defib, they would have taken any metal jewellery off first. 

Lets hope someone kept it safe for him and hasn't taken it. 

[Mr Anon]

yeah and i can't see how someone saw it fall off and it still ended up stolen. surely people are assuming it fell off, but was probably slipped off his wrist by someone at some point

[Bungo]

I knowingly bought a fake Rolex once, it was a great watch.

The ones coming out of China now (many brands) are virtually indistinguishable from the originals. In fact most of us couldn't tell now!

[joe royal]

Having never owned an expensive watch I’m pretty sure a Rolex can’t just fall off. Don’t they have 2/3 clasps to keep them on?