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TORONTO — Toronto police are investigating the theft of a $26,000 Rolex watch that a man took off to go swimming at a hotel pool — despite the fact the watch is waterproof for up to 610 metres.

Police said Tuesday the watch was stolen on July 17 when the 46-year-old man went for a swim at the Eaton Chelsea Hotel near Gerrard and Yonge streets. The man took off his waterproof watch and left it in the hotel’s 27th floor change-room locker. Police said an unknown person opened the locker between 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. and took the Rolex.

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Police valued the Rolex Sea-Dweller 1665 at about $26,000.The watch is part of Rolex’s Sea-Dweller series — a line of “ultra-resistant” watches engineered for divers.