A father’s £12,000 Rolex went missing after he collapsed and died at a West Ham football match following CPR, his heartbroken son has claimed.
Jay Gray took to social media to recount the traumatic experience at Monday night’s sports game, where his elderly father suddenly fell.
But as he was being carried upstairs from his seat to undergo CPR, the man’s watch apparently disappeared, his son claimed.
Writing on X, formerly Twitter, Gray said: “Unfortunately my dad collapsed and passed away at the (West Ham) game on Monday night.”
“They had to carry him upstairs from his seat in block 123 so they could perform CPR on him, his watch disappeared when he was transferred and we want him desperately.”
Photographs posted by Gray show him posing for a selfie with his football-mad father at the stadium, before the tragedy occurred.
Another image shows the luxurious blue, silver and gold watch, which is estimated to be worth around £12,000.
Many commented on Mr Gray’s post, which went viral, to pay their respects to his father.
Jay Gray (right) with his father before tragedy struck and the elderly man collapsed and died.
The father’s £12,000 Rolex went missing after he collapsed following CPR, his heartbroken son claimed.
One person wrote: ‘I’m so sorry to hear this tragic news. I’m the woman sitting behind you who helped hold his head and turn him to the side.
‘Please accept my deepest condolences. I didn’t see the watch, but it could have easily fallen off because of the way they were carrying it.
Another said: “I’m so sorry for your loss and sending love and condolences to you and your family.”
MailOnline has contacted West Ham FC and Mr Gray for comment.
The Premier League match between West Ham United and Wolverhampton Wanderers took place at the London Stadium in Stratford on December 9.
More than 60,000 fans attended the match, in which the London team took a 2-1 victory.
It comes amid a difficult few weeks for the team, with player Michail Antonio, 34, left with multiple injuries following a horror accident during Storm Darragh.
Antonio, who suffered a broken leg before being taken to hospital by air ambulance, is expected to be sidelined for the remainder of the season.
West Ham manager Julen Lopetegui recently expressed confidence that the Hammers’ all-time record goalscorer in the Premier League will return to the field.
He said: ‘The most important thing is that he is alive, he is fine. He broke his femur, but I’m sure he will recover.
‘It’s going to take time. It was time. Now it’s time but the good news is that there is time because when you see the car it was terrible, the accident, that’s why we are happy.
“Because in the end, even though we are not happy because we lost a very important player for us, we are happy because he will be ready.”
“Now he is strong, he will surely recover in the next month and will be ready to be a player.”
West Ham fans also mourned the loss of one of their academy players who passed away following a battle with cancer.
Goalkeeper Oscar Fairs, 15, had been diagnosed with a 9cm ependymoma brain tumour, a rare tumor that grows in the brain or spinal cord, last August.
He underwent seven surgeries, as well as chemotherapy and radiotherapy, before being admitted to palliative care.
West Ham sporting director Mark Noble shared the tragic news in a statement on the football club’s website on Friday.
He said: “On behalf of everyone at West Ham United, it is with deep sadness that I confirm the tragic passing of our U15 Academy goalkeeper, Oscar Fairs, following his brave battle with cancer.
“Oscar was adored by everyone at the Academy; not only was he a great goalkeeper, he was also a true Hammer and a fantastic young man, who will be deeply missed by all who had the pleasure of knowing him.
‘I have wonderful memories of Oscar playing in my garden – Lenny and his teammates loved him.
“He was a friendly, happy, well-mannered and polite young man, who had such a bright future ahead of him, and it is so unimaginably devastating that he has been separated from his family and friends at this age.”