Cartier watch found in Hounslow charity shop raises £10,000

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Cartier watch found in Hounslow charity shop raises £10,000
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Imagine finding a Cartier watch worth £10,000 in a charity bag! 😮 Well, that's exactly what happened at a Bitish Heart Foundation store in Hounslow.

The 18-carat gold Cartier watch was found in a bag of donations at a British Heart Foundation shopA Cartier watch found in a bag of donations at a west London charity shop has sold for almost £10,000.

The Tank Française yellow gold model broke records as the British Heart Foundation's biggest online auction sale.It was found at a branch in Hounslow, and verified as a real Cartier product at the BHF's eBay warehouse in Leeds.'Like winning the lottery' "When you consider the average value of an item donated to a charity shop is less than £5, finding a Cartier watch is like striking gold and winning the lottery at the same time," said Kama Villiers, enterprise customer success manager at Shopiago, the BHF's online shopping partner.

"Whoever the generous donor was, they can rest assured that their donation will go a long way towards fighting heart disease."

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