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What Pocket Watch of the Reborn Fisherman is about
In 2003, Lin Haisheng, a fisherman from Qingshi Port, was driven to jump into the sea after his business partner embezzled an 800,000-yuan loan. He was reborn on the very day creditors came knocking. With an old bronze pocket watch system that can detect seafood catches, he started beach foraging. Together with his childhood friends and fellow workers, he quickly earned his first fortune by selling premium seafood.
Pocket Watch of the Reborn Fisherman is a 80-episode vertical short drama from HappyShort, built around second chance.
Is it worth watching?
If you came for second chance, the payoff is a lead who knows how it went wrong last time and plays it differently.
At roughly 2–3 hours in total, it's quicker to finish than most full-length series.
How to watch it
Start from episode 1 below; autoplay takes you to the next episode when one ends, and nothing needs a sign-up. It was added to DramaNext on Oct 17, 2026.
