After arriving at the British Virgin Islands, Jared used his Apple Watch to do some scuba diving; the timepiece came in handy tracking how long Brick was submerged on his dives, some measuring 100 feet. That distance was well within the 164 feet depth (50 meters) that the Apple Watch is rated for underwater use.
The guy who discovered Jared’s Apple Watch charged the device and the lost message popped up on the screen revealing Brick’s phone number. The man who found the watch, named Jonathan, took a photo of the Apple Watch and sent it to Brick. The device was then shipped by mail to its owner who admitted that he thought he would never see it again.
“Not only was the watch found at the same beach,” Brick said, “but after charging it, the lost message popped up with my phone number, [so the man who found it] calls me and sends me the photo.”-Jared Brick
As the founder of a media company bearing his name (Brick House Media), Jared created a YouTube video that tells the entire story of an Apple Watch that was lost in the ocean for 18 months, discovered on the beach, charged up, and shipped 3,600 miles to its owner. Brick, in his video, not only thanked Jonathan for finding and returning the Apple Watch to him, he also thanked Apple “for making amazing technology that works.”
