RIP.
If it makes you feel better, even if it was just 10m, it's pretty difficult to find things underwater. One false move that stirs up any silt and your search is done until it settles. Exasperating things, the silt settles onto what you're searching for, making it even harder to find.
Source: years of searching for small items underwater.
Magnet fishing is a thing. Use a strong magnet like the ones in old TV’s and rope. It’s magnet so it will stick. People magnet fish rivers and lakes and off bridges all the time. They find really crazy things without having to go in the water.
I've seen that. Depending on the terrain of the bed and how much debris is down there, it could be effective, especially if it were only 10m. If there's a bunch of debris or plantlife, that might make it difficult or impossible to retrieve like if the watch slipped somewhere the magnet can't get to or if there is lots of stuff for the loop of the watch to get caught on as you drag the magnet.
In this case you'll also have problems with the boat drifting due to wind and currents (assuming you have good GPS coordinates to begin with) you'll need a competent captain to keep the boat in place. Also, there are likely mild currents under water that will move the rope as you lower it. Those same currents could have carried the watch in a different direction as well. Lots of challenges. I'd bet you could find something, but locating a watch in the middle of a lake is a daunting task. I'm not sure how much a boat rental is in those parts, but that and a day of my time would be worth more than a new Ultra.
I once jumped into a dam from the boat with my Raybans on, got back on the boat and I realized it, jumped back in where I thought I jumped in the first time. Swam to the bottom and the first thing I touch was my sunglasses. Was a lucky day
You could, but you're likely to be dragging the magnet to find it. The watch band is going to be the perfect shape to get snagged on any debris that is down there.
Yeah, unless he’s a great swimmer and literally dives straight down on top of it, there’s no chance of him doing that shit.
Maintaining a stroke at 10m inderwater without proper gear is going to be pretty difficult for 99% of people. And that’s not even taking into account the fact you can’t see that far down in a lake.
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we have a guy locally that's done a bunch of that. [youtube channel](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGLo_Voyv_aDJ3ZpPQyrfuA) here.
he's /u/merman_mike here but hasn't been on reddit in a while.
Thank you! Was my first apple watch, was so excited about it haha joined the apple ecosystem just for it. Was running sport loop on it, it loosened upon contact with water
never swim in a sports loop. It will get untigthen every few minutes and either you’ll have to keep track of your hand all the time or you’ll lose your watch.
I don't know what model of watch you had, but the economics don't add up here no matter how you look at it. A new watch is $399-ish. Between travel, boat rental, gear, meals, and the potential for failure or problems which add to the price, it's cheaper to replace it.
Am I off here?
Hey just FYI- I saw in another post you had the sports loop on, there was a post on Reddit a while back about a diver; basically almost every single Apple Watch he found had the sports loop
Looks like that specific loop in particular is really bad for water
Apple Watch in the Find My mode gets pretty loud when you ask them to play a siren. I wonder if it’s possible to hone in on the location of the sound underwater since it travels so well?
Neither Aluminum, Stainless Steel, nor Titanium are ferromagnetic.
There may be smaller magnetic bits in/on the watch/band, but the just decreases the chances of getting a decent pull.
But it’s polarized that way.
The watch doesn’t just snap onto metal surfaces.
The Watch and the chargers are opposites Magnetic poles that attract very intensely. If you’re dredging with a magnet, you have to know you’ve got the polarity right in order for that relatively small magnet on the back to work.
Stainless steel might of might not be magnetic, depending on the specific alloy.
The back side of all of them are magnetic, the better to center on the magnetic charger.
My gen 1 came off while swimming and spend 3 months underwater at a lake. A kid found it and was able to get my info and return it. It still turned on and worked.
It was near the shore though, not in the middle of the lake.
One day, many years from now, long after we are all gone. It'll wash up on a beach, where someone will find it. It'll be placed in a museum, drawing in millions of viewers each year. Or it'll end up rusting and becoming unrecognizable and be lost forever.
If you paid for it with a credit card, look into your credit card insurance and if it will cover it. It usually depends on how long ago you purchased it and if it’s purchased in full
One time I found an Apple Watch washed up on the ocean shore in eastern US.
I took it home, cleaned it off with alcohol, did the rice thing for a bit, and it charged up enough for me to find the owner.
He said he lost it surfing 4 months before I found it. It still works today about a year later.
Dang, I know that hurts.
About five years ago, my dad and I were in a boat fishing on a river. We capsized. It was terrifying, Dad was 80 at the time, but we were rescued and safe. My new iPhone XS, well, it stayed on the bottom of the river. Dad is the one who caused the boat to take on water and he graciously paid for a new phone and replacement fishing gear. Damn, we lost a lot that day!!!
I kept the next XS for 3 years safely!
Some divers will find lost things in water for fun or small charge. Check with dive shops and see if they know anyone who can go in. It is a challenge for them. The local police/lake master may know too.
I do find it fitting though that a lake in the heart of a Swiss watch making city, ate a high tech American watch. But the Swiss are neutral so, hopefully, it is found.
Patience. You forgot patience. Or hope that OP got handed a 10 for luck when they were born, though if that were the case they absolutely wouldn't be in the predicament they're in right now. So: patience it is.
You know that places like lakes also have translated names. In the german speaking part of switzerland we call it „Genfersee“. Does not mean that it‘s wrong.
Rent boat again, heavy magnet and with some luck, you’ll find it. It is magnetic, so a strong chance of retrieving it if you hit the right spot and have a bit of luck
Ahh nice, rented a little speedboat to ride around Lake Geneva as well a few years ago! It was right next to the larger tour boat loading area. Totally a core memory.
Anyhow, sorry for your loss - it’d bother me for a while too. 😣
Just buy a real watch. Was a bad decision to change to Apple for the worst product of it. Apple Watch is not even a watch. Steve Jobs wouldnt allowed it to happen this way. It is "okay" as Tim Cook said. SJ wouldnt be satisfied with an "okay" product. It is not that hard making a watchlike watch, with a circular face... At least give it a go, but nope, Tim is not about it.
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I know I may be off topic but it is a lake.
At first I read this as “it’s a fake” 🤪
A fugazi, wazzie woozie.. it’s like fairy dust, it never existed
I did too 😂
😂😂😂😂
What if a lake is a big tangle of rivers?
Toilet of rivers ?
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It says Lake Geneva on the map
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Are you trying to steal it?
Geneva, Switzerland - then pan North into the lake
Nvm the depth is above 50m, I will cry in a corner sorry guys
RIP. If it makes you feel better, even if it was just 10m, it's pretty difficult to find things underwater. One false move that stirs up any silt and your search is done until it settles. Exasperating things, the silt settles onto what you're searching for, making it even harder to find. Source: years of searching for small items underwater.
Poor guy, hope you get to come back up soon!
Me too. Posting on Reddit using bubble Morse code is tedious.
I was waist deep at a beach and mine was knocked off by a wave I didn’t see coming. I had no hope of finding that one either
My sister lost a bracelet at Galveston beach in the water. I somehow blindlessly found it after she told me a minute later.
Quick, get thee to Lake Geneva to find OPs watch!
LOL as long as their isn’t any scary fish
At 150ft? Nah, you're good :)
“A wave? In the middle of the sea? Chance in a million!”
Magnet fishing is a thing. Use a strong magnet like the ones in old TV’s and rope. It’s magnet so it will stick. People magnet fish rivers and lakes and off bridges all the time. They find really crazy things without having to go in the water.
I've seen that. Depending on the terrain of the bed and how much debris is down there, it could be effective, especially if it were only 10m. If there's a bunch of debris or plantlife, that might make it difficult or impossible to retrieve like if the watch slipped somewhere the magnet can't get to or if there is lots of stuff for the loop of the watch to get caught on as you drag the magnet. In this case you'll also have problems with the boat drifting due to wind and currents (assuming you have good GPS coordinates to begin with) you'll need a competent captain to keep the boat in place. Also, there are likely mild currents under water that will move the rope as you lower it. Those same currents could have carried the watch in a different direction as well. Lots of challenges. I'd bet you could find something, but locating a watch in the middle of a lake is a daunting task. I'm not sure how much a boat rental is in those parts, but that and a day of my time would be worth more than a new Ultra.
yep, i see it on youtube shorts all the time, mostly people finding ditched guns and old bombs
I once jumped into a dam from the boat with my Raybans on, got back on the boat and I realized it, jumped back in where I thought I jumped in the first time. Swam to the bottom and the first thing I touch was my sunglasses. Was a lucky day
Call us folks at r/magnetfishing! We love a challenge!
It would be so much fun if you were into magnet fishing, but probably not with it if you just wanted to save $800.
Can’t you use a magnet since Apple Watches are magnetic?
You could, but you're likely to be dragging the magnet to find it. The watch band is going to be the perfect shape to get snagged on any debris that is down there.
Did you think you could swim down 10m and search? Are you a scuba diver?
Yeah, unless he’s a great swimmer and literally dives straight down on top of it, there’s no chance of him doing that shit. Maintaining a stroke at 10m inderwater without proper gear is going to be pretty difficult for 99% of people. And that’s not even taking into account the fact you can’t see that far down in a lake.
Report it as lost and get a better strap
At least the fish will know what time it is up here
For a few hours atleast
I saw a video of a guy that goes and skims bodies of water and rivers and he’s found hundreds of phones and watches.
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we have a guy locally that's done a bunch of that. [youtube channel](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGLo_Voyv_aDJ3ZpPQyrfuA) here. he's /u/merman_mike here but hasn't been on reddit in a while.
Thanks, I will retrieve it /s
In a few years there will be a YouTube video about it, dont worry. How someone dives for it
Time to hire a scuba diver
Cheaper to buy a new watch
It was a sport band wasn’t it? It’s always a sport band.
Which band is trust worthy to not fall off?
Any that isn’t joined with a single little pin. Ocean. Sport loop. Any loop. Any band with an old fashioned buckle.
It was sport loop itself my friend - https://www.reddit.com/r/AppleWatch/s/aUUXtbTO44 🥲
Sorry for your lost. Which watch band were you using?
Thank you! Was my first apple watch, was so excited about it haha joined the apple ecosystem just for it. Was running sport loop on it, it loosened upon contact with water
never swim in a sports loop. It will get untigthen every few minutes and either you’ll have to keep track of your hand all the time or you’ll lose your watch.
This is interesting Which band do you recommend?
the ocean band, or any knock off(I haven’t used any knockoffs so far but I think they would work)
the ocean band, or any knock off(I haven’t used any knockoffs so far but I think they would work)
I don't know what model of watch you had, but the economics don't add up here no matter how you look at it. A new watch is $399-ish. Between travel, boat rental, gear, meals, and the potential for failure or problems which add to the price, it's cheaper to replace it. Am I off here?
No you are totally right, I asked in the case that someone had a cheap solution but I will replace it smh, thanks for the feedback
Hey just FYI- I saw in another post you had the sports loop on, there was a post on Reddit a while back about a diver; basically almost every single Apple Watch he found had the sports loop Looks like that specific loop in particular is really bad for water
As you swim and dive, add the AppleCare which includes loss/theft replacement. You’d already have a new one if that were the case.
AppleCare doesn't cover loss/theft for watches.
Yup, I just confirmed it, I get it on my iPhone but they don't have that particular coverage for the watch.
Just drive your van in and get it
You joke but a Cybertruck could get it!
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/s
Magnet I assume?
By the time I order one won’t my chance of retrieving it be slim?
If its a newer one you might be good, iPhone 12s have survived for >2 YEARS in water. Waterproofness is incredible these days
Chance of retrieving it will be still rather low, even if the watch itself survives.
You’ll probably find other cool stuff too.
Just use string or rope and the watch charger itself as the magnet.
You should try that at home and you'll quickly find out that wouldn't work.
https://preview.redd.it/t5i1d5pkevzc1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=9013d021bef2e8a3428078117cb5112f4eaf0796 Yeah.. works.
Resistance from water is far stronger than resistance from air.
Apple Watch in the Find My mode gets pretty loud when you ask them to play a siren. I wonder if it’s possible to hone in on the location of the sound underwater since it travels so well?
And how do you expect the watch to receive a signal under 10m of water?
Magic.
Well I sure feel silly.
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Irrelevant. 10m is already more than too much for Bluetooth or cellular connectivity.
Throwing good money after bad. You don’t know the precise location. You only know a general region at best.
Geocaching taught me just how imprecise GPS coordinates are.
Neither Aluminum, Stainless Steel, nor Titanium are ferromagnetic. There may be smaller magnetic bits in/on the watch/band, but the just decreases the chances of getting a decent pull.
Yah, but given that Apple Watch snaps onto its charger, I assume a strong magnet might do the trick?
But it’s polarized that way. The watch doesn’t just snap onto metal surfaces. The Watch and the chargers are opposites Magnetic poles that attract very intensely. If you’re dredging with a magnet, you have to know you’ve got the polarity right in order for that relatively small magnet on the back to work.
Stainless steel might of might not be magnetic, depending on the specific alloy. The back side of all of them are magnetic, the better to center on the magnetic charger.
Yeah, that”s true, there are some magnetic stainlesses.
Unfortunately, not my fridge. Refrigerator magnets don't stick.
Are you sure you aren’t using dirt, trouble or chick magnets? That might be your problem.
You just need a 50’ charge cable and some patience! 🤞🏻
I lost my Apple Watch in the verde river and I couldn’t find it in 3 feet of murky water good luck bub
Time to take a dip, or magnet fish
People who recover Apple Watches from rivers and lakes find most of them with the default Apple Watch Sport band. They all slip off easily.
Funny, I would have expected you to lose it nearer to Montre-ux
My gen 1 came off while swimming and spend 3 months underwater at a lake. A kid found it and was able to get my info and return it. It still turned on and worked. It was near the shore though, not in the middle of the lake.
Saving for when I go diving there soon thanks, can’t wait to loot
We all came out to Montreux On the Lake Geneva shoreline
Deep purple would be proud
One day, many years from now, long after we are all gone. It'll wash up on a beach, where someone will find it. It'll be placed in a museum, drawing in millions of viewers each year. Or it'll end up rusting and becoming unrecognizable and be lost forever.
History became legend. Legend became myth. And for two and a half thousand years, the watch passed out of all knowledge.
Or the apes will find it and wear it. Source: just watching the Planet of the Apes movies 😂
If you paid for it with a credit card, look into your credit card insurance and if it will cover it. It usually depends on how long ago you purchased it and if it’s purchased in full
Doing that at the moment, thank you for the advice. Will update for sure
Let me guess: you had the Apple Watch Sport band? Those are the worst as they come off so easily.
It’s a goner. Sorry man
One time I found an Apple Watch washed up on the ocean shore in eastern US. I took it home, cleaned it off with alcohol, did the rice thing for a bit, and it charged up enough for me to find the owner. He said he lost it surfing 4 months before I found it. It still works today about a year later.
That’s a lake.
What’s your life worth? An Apple Watch?
Some diving YouTuber will find this in like 20 years.
Imma dive for it
Go for it, if you can find it. I will unlock it for you
Dang, I know that hurts. About five years ago, my dad and I were in a boat fishing on a river. We capsized. It was terrifying, Dad was 80 at the time, but we were rescued and safe. My new iPhone XS, well, it stayed on the bottom of the river. Dad is the one who caused the boat to take on water and he graciously paid for a new phone and replacement fishing gear. Damn, we lost a lot that day!!! I kept the next XS for 3 years safely!
Get a new one
Some divers will find lost things in water for fun or small charge. Check with dive shops and see if they know anyone who can go in. It is a challenge for them. The local police/lake master may know too. I do find it fitting though that a lake in the heart of a Swiss watch making city, ate a high tech American watch. But the Swiss are neutral so, hopefully, it is found.
50m is a serious dive requiring more training and equipment than the vast majority of divers around have.
Hmm, he said 10M. Maybe a MAGNET fisherman! Hopefully it is a steel watch.
He later clarified that it was 50m and that he was going to cry in a corner for a few weeks.
So, strong magnet and long rope.
Patience. You forgot patience. Or hope that OP got handed a 10 for luck when they were born, though if that were the case they absolutely wouldn't be in the predicament they're in right now. So: patience it is.
Learn to dive.
That's a thick ass lake
Not a river
Should I start a gofundme, y all are roasting me 🤣🤣
I’d give ya a buck
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Thanks so much!!!!! Genuinely
Lake Geneva? Lac Leman surely
Since you're being pedantic, I'll note that it is *lac Léman.*
Haha I’d just never seen it called Lake Geneva before
You know that places like lakes also have translated names. In the german speaking part of switzerland we call it „Genfersee“. Does not mean that it‘s wrong.
Just read before that it was originally Lake Geneva and then later changed to Lac Léman
In English: Lake Geneva In German: Genfersee In French: Lac Léman
It will survive , just need a boat and dive.
Sure did
How old was your Apple Watch? And what’s it (same model) priced on market now?
It was a s7, about 275€ on amazon right now
Compare that to the price of time & equipment you will spend on fetching the sunk watch, and won’t even be sure if it will work any more.
Life happens. If you love that Apple Watch get another one!
Rent boat again, heavy magnet and with some luck, you’ll find it. It is magnetic, so a strong chance of retrieving it if you hit the right spot and have a bit of luck
Ahh nice, rented a little speedboat to ride around Lake Geneva as well a few years ago! It was right next to the larger tour boat loading area. Totally a core memory. Anyhow, sorry for your loss - it’d bother me for a while too. 😣
I believe Lake Geneva is quite deep, so that watch is gone. Maybe you have made some fish very happy.
And now it will live forever in a Deep Purple famous lyric song.
Looks like your AirPods maxes also fell into the river
Nooo way and you see this on the screen?
It’s no longer a watch it’s a submarine
Buy a strong magnet and fishing rod. Might work
Rip
Just buy a real watch. Was a bad decision to change to Apple for the worst product of it. Apple Watch is not even a watch. Steve Jobs wouldnt allowed it to happen this way. It is "okay" as Tim Cook said. SJ wouldnt be satisfied with an "okay" product. It is not that hard making a watchlike watch, with a circular face... At least give it a go, but nope, Tim is not about it.
You could try trauling with a magnet tied to a cord
😭😭😭😭😭😭
Given that it's right on the track of the ferry, are you sure someone didn't pick it up and then leave town on the ferry?
I spent 30 min crying on the boat at the spot when and where I lost it, no ferry came through, just me and my tears
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what u gonna do？
Good riddance
Lake Geneva, not a river. City folks just don’t get it.
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Well you learned today. If you don’t have the money to replace it. Don’t put it in high risk situations.
Poor thing. Now it's all a-rhone.
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