Two children struck gold – sort of – earlier this week when they discovered three wristwatches
 worth more than $7,500.
   The kids' parents gave the trio of 18-carat gold watches to Blooming Grove police, who now
|need help in finding the owner and the thief who pilfered the valuables, Detective Sgt. John
 Heppes said. Authorities said the watches were found in a place and manner suggesting the thief
stashed them to come back later and retrieve them.
   Here’s the description of the watches:
 - Juvenia Quartz gold watch has diamond chips around a black face. The face has no numbers
 on it but may contain rubies. Numbers on the back of the watch are 11148/18K/750/1320597.
 - Favre-Leuba, 18-carat gold, has a 1907 $10 Liberty Head Gold Piece over the face attached
 by a hinge. The face has Roman numerals on it. The band appears to be alligator skin. "DeBeer
 Paris" is engraved on the inside of the band. Numbers on the back are 710047/26.
  - Piaget 18-carat gold watch with a black face sans numbers. This also has an alligator skin
 band. The numbers on the back of the watch are 8673/430270.
   Each watch appears to have been worked on by a jeweler in 2002, 1983 and 1999,
 respectively, Heppes said.
    Anyone with information about the watches' owner, or owners, is asked to call the police at
 496-9161. All calls will be kept confidential.