This came during a stressful week for Will. First of all, his mystery blackmailer sent him a bouquet of flowers and a series of messages indicating that someone knew what he had been up to – sleeping with ex-wife Rose, and then forcing her out of the village.

His stress only worsened when he was emailed sexually explicit deepfakes of himself and Rose. As he stumbled to cover his tracks and pay off his blackmailer, Will resorted to desperate measures the raise the funds.

Over a pint with Jimmy, he explained that he had pawned his watch. He then revealed his plan to use the cash to trick his blackmailer into revealing themselves.

As Will decided to pawn his watch to pay off his blackmailer, one Emmerdale fan noticed a pointed reference to a moment in Tate history.

“Oh we do love it when Emmerdale recognises its history… Will is pawning a watch. A watch that Kim bought him. Kim will notice absence of said watch. This has been a source of trouble in 1992 and 2022! First with Neil and then again with Jamie,” this viewer pointed out.

Neil Kincaid was Kim’s bit-on-the-side as she cheated on husband Frank. And, as pointed out above, it was a watch which led to their affair being uncovered. Spotting Neil wearing an expensive watch he had assumed was destined for his own wrist, Frank realised what Kim had been up to – and flogged Neil for his trouble.

More recently, Will’s watch prompted a blazing row between the Tates and the Dingles when it went missing – with Will claiming that groundskeeper Sam had stolen it.

Once again, a wristwatch is at the heart of Tate/Taylor trouble. Could this one be Will’s downfall?