This gold Apple Watch spent 9 months underwater and lived to tell the tale

What you need to know

• An Apple Watch Series 4 has spent nine months underwater.
• It was recovered and given to YouTuber JerryRigEverything.
• He was able to bring it back to life after replacing a couple of parts.

It even gained some character along the way.

Apple Watches are generally accepted to be fairly waterproof, but nobody really expects one to survive if it spends too long underwater. That didn't stop one gold-plated Apple Watch Series 4 from doing just that, although YouTuber JerryRigEverything did need to perform some slight surgery to get it up and running.

There's actually a story behind this watch. JerryRigEverything gold-plated it for the infamous Casey Neistat before giving it to fellow YouTuber Dan of "Whats Inside?" fame. Who promptly dropped it in a lake.

Nine months later, he found it and presented it to JerryRigEverything in the hope he could bring it back to life.

Of course, he could!

After replacing a dead battery, cleaning a few contacts, and installing a new 3D Touch layer, the Apple Watch is as good as new. Well, except for a new white-ish ring around the display. But that just adds to the character and the story in my opinion.

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