Surgical Strike (1988)

Surgical Strike

Jerry Ahern's 1988 thriller follows Abe Cross, a former Navy SEAL, into a rescue mission that turns into a hostage ordeal. His watch is among the first things taken from him. (Open Library)

Watches

Rolex Sea-Dweller

Abe Cross's captors take his Rolex Sea-Dweller. On a later mission he leaves it behind to avoid attracting attention and borrows a Gruen; by page 192 he has returned the Gruen and is using the Rolex again. No Sea-Dweller reference is given.

Source text: They had taken his Rolex Sea-Dweller, his wallet, the money clip he had (Jerry Ahern, Surgical Strike, scan cataloged as Charter Books, 1988, pp. 2, 176, 192; Internet Archive scan OCR)