Swiss watch found in 400-year-old tomb?

[ddd999]

I call BS on this one, but here you go:

ananova.com

"The watch ring was discovered as archeologists were making a documentary with two journalists from Shangsi town.

"When we tried to remove the soil wrapped around the coffin, a piece of rock suddenly dropped off and hit the ground with a metallic sound,? said Jiang Yanyu, former curator of the Guangxi Autonomous Region Museum.

"We picked up the object, and found it was a ring. After removing the covering soil and examining it further, we were shocked to see it was a watch."

The time was stopped at 10:06am, and on the back was engraved the word "Swiss", reports the People's Daily.

Local experts say they are confused as they believe the tomb had been undisturbed since it was created during the Ming dynasty 400 years ago.

They have suspended the dig and are waiting for experts to arrive from Beijing and help them unravel the mystery."

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[ddd999]

It's them bloody time traveling tourists...

 

[Raevenskye]

sounds like a great advertisement for some Swiss watch-ring! hehe

 

[Tommy Allison]

Well it would certainly add a wrinkle to the whole time travel thing.

 

[Bob Watson]

i was gonna make a topic on this as my wife just found this...
http://www.ufo-blogger.com/2008/12/swiss-watch-found-in-400-year-old-tomb.html
Quite odd

 

[Xylo]

Somebody call Michael Cremo!

 

[exo_doc]

Ummm....I didn't realize metallic watches could fossilize.
Or is that corrosion?
Unless those watch hands are made of gold or something non-corrosive, I don't see how something so delicate survived. And was it a common practice to stamp Switzerland on Swiss products 100-400 years ago? My bull shit detector is dinging.

 

[Ian]

Oh dear.

"I believe at the time it eventually transpired that it was all part of an advertising campaign for a certain make of Swiss watch..."

Unfortunately I have not yet been able to track down this advertising campaign. Nevertheless, it seems a much more likely explanation than time travellers - don't you think?

Regards,

Ian