While diving for Abalone professionally in 1965 around Point Hicks (Where Captain Cook first sighted the coastline of Australia in 1770)
I was swimming in about 30 feet of water, and for some reason I decided to check my Enicar diving watch I’d had for approx. twelve months, I peeled back my wetsuit covering my watch and almost had a heart attack when I discovered it gone !
I immediately turned around and as I looked desperately in the direction I had come from noticed something flash in the sunlight about 30 feet back and it disappeared into the seaweed, I swam straight back keeping my eyes riveted on the spot I saw the flashing reflection,one almighty breath of air and down I went, searching in the ocean bottom totally covered in seaweed I was running out of air and becoming desparate when I suddenly saw the bright white band of my Enicar reaching out and grabbing it in total elation and pushing off the bottom was the happiest Abalone diver in the world !
Now the reason I decided to simply look at the watch before I noticed it missing and the time it took to sink down 30 feet and me turn around and look for it must have have something to to with reflexes and brain chemistry ,had I turned around a split second later it was gone forever, ! Fate ? Maybe !
Years later I gave it to my son and he was playing golf at his course to sadly tell me when he came home this particular day that he had lost the watch from his bag and buggy, We were both sad and when he came home the next day after looking for it as he played the golf pro in the shop told him the good news that another golfer had handed it in to the pro shop,! Fate !
My son returned the watch to me and it lives with me now, But as I’m getting on now and on the last half of the great train ride of life, there appear to be collectors out there that may like my choice of Mr.Racines hard work,
The only thing I have changed on it is the band, I had a jeweller hand make a sterling silver (925) personal band with gemstones ,turquoise and sapphires, with raised fish metal carvings in silver, ( This watch is the luckiest thing I have ever owned)
If anyone is interested in buying it let me know folks,
Any offers would be appreciated folks,
Cheers Mondo198
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I was swimming in about 30 feet of water, and for some reason I decided to check my Enicar diving watch I’d had for approx. twelve months, I peeled back my wetsuit covering my watch and almost had a heart attack when I discovered it gone !
I immediately turned around and as I looked desperately in the direction I had come from noticed something flash in the sunlight about 30 feet back and it disappeared into the seaweed, I swam straight back keeping my eyes riveted on the spot I saw the flashing reflection,one almighty breath of air and down I went, searching in the ocean bottom totally covered in seaweed I was running out of air and becoming desparate when I suddenly saw the bright white band of my Enicar reaching out and grabbing it in total elation and pushing off the bottom was the happiest Abalone diver in the world !
Now the reason I decided to simply look at the watch before I noticed it missing and the time it took to sink down 30 feet and me turn around and look for it must have have something to to with reflexes and brain chemistry ,had I turned around a split second later it was gone forever, ! Fate ? Maybe !
Years later I gave it to my son and he was playing golf at his course to sadly tell me when he came home this particular day that he had lost the watch from his bag and buggy, We were both sad and when he came home the next day after looking for it as he played the golf pro in the shop told him the good news that another golfer had handed it in to the pro shop,! Fate !
My son returned the watch to me and it lives with me now, But as I’m getting on now and on the last half of the great train ride of life, there appear to be collectors out there that may like my choice of Mr.Racines hard work,
The only thing I have changed on it is the band, I had a jeweller hand make a sterling silver (925) personal band with gemstones ,turquoise and sapphires, with raised fish metal carvings in silver, ( This watch is the luckiest thing I have ever owned)
If anyone is interested in buying it let me know folks,
Any offers would be appreciated folks,
Cheers Mondo198
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but I got 100 last night so I’ve been a good boy, all the best, mondo198