>>1357415>>1357422You are almost correct, it wasnt a stolen watch, it was a compass, it was common practice in the days before modern cartography to carry around a compass, the easiest way to do so was in the form factor of a wrist watch.
The photo was edited since its impossible to distinguish it from a a watch, and thus, would lead people to believe he looted it. Nobody wants it too look like their soldiers are looting stuff.