Two Scenarios

Scenario one: Some archaeologists open a tomb they believed was sealed some 400 years ago and find a 100 year old watch-ring inside. Conclusion: the archaeologists were wrong and the tomb was opened 100 years ago.

Scenario two. Archaeologists open 400 year old tomb they believe has never been opened in 400 years, find 100 year old watch-ring inside and declare it a great mystery since the tomb had never been opened before.

Let’s run with the great mystery, shall we?

Archeologists are stumped after finding a 100-year-old Swiss watch in an ancient tomb that was sealed more than 400 years ago.

They believed they were the first to visit the Ming dynasty grave in Shangsi, southern China, since its occupant’s funeral.

But inside they uncovered a miniature watch in the shape of a ring marked ‘Swiss’ that is thought to be just a century old.

Some mystery. Either the tombs seals were not intact or someone found another way in. Either way, the watch-ring was lost. Or this is a manifestation of space aliens, time travel or both. Or, as we here at the Crabitat favor: the Ming dynasty was so good at producing counterfeit Western goods that they managed to make an almost exact copy of a watch that hadn’t even been invented yet before the nation that it came from had even been created!

Damn, they were good!