A farmer who believed a cow had eaten his treasured timepiece has been reunited with the wristwatch more than 50 years later. | Source: Metro

James Steele, the farmer

L to R: Metal detectorist Liam King found the watch and returned it to the farmer, James Steele. | Source: Adele & James Steele/SWNS

L to R: Old Rolex Air King Date Oyster Perpetual watch, recovered. New one on James' wrist. | Source: Adele & James Steele/SWNS

Close up of James' decades-old broken timepiece. | Source: Picture: Adele & James Steele/SWNS