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Hi all,
Something that i had restored after 7 years in a safe deposit box. Belonged to my late father in law. It came with an interesting story, here it is.
My father in law was quite a well to do man who was a road engineer in Brunei, most of the roads were built by him, especially the modern expressways and highways. However, he was a thrifty man. He had always wanted a Rolex but never had the heart to buy it. One day, my mother in law who had her own little business saw a 16013, head only and bought it. She gave it to him without the bracelet. Being moved, he decided to get a bracelet done. He went to buy a bar of gold and had it melted down and fashioned a jubilee bracelet out of it and attached it to the head to wear it over many years. He wore it until he died about 8 or so years back. He passed away due to complications from diabetes, gangrene and soil meliodosis. He was on dialysis for 10 years, had both kidneys removed and laid in a hospital bed for 3 months with the final switch turned off to let him go. It was sad, but he had his savings drained from him and my mother in law and he never wanted to sell his watch away to finance the medical bills.
So my mother in law didnt want to sell it despite our financial condition and told us to keep it in the safe deposit box. So when i took out the watch, i was contemplating on what to do with it, i finally had it serviced and restored as well as buffed it till new to wear it as a remembrance of what it takes to make it in life....perserverance and pain in our stride rather then complaining and moaning about how life is unfair and such. I have been working and doing relatively well over the last 8 years and we (my wife and children) moved from a sparsely fitted 4 room HDB flat to a corner terrace and change to spare as well as some quite pricey hobbies. I do not see myself as successful but i believe to have marked myself among my peers having gone through much trials.
These are the pictures of restoration and the watch that is testament to my father in law's will and strength. I have since removed the solid gold bracelet and replaced it with a leather one and deployment clasp to wear it for the moment while i restore the gold bracelet. It will not be an original ROLEX bracelet, (i probably will never have it serviced at RSC) but it would be the best bracelet in memory. So here it is, my 1974 DJ 16013 - 394XXXX
Something that i had restored after 7 years in a safe deposit box. Belonged to my late father in law. It came with an interesting story, here it is.
My father in law was quite a well to do man who was a road engineer in Brunei, most of the roads were built by him, especially the modern expressways and highways. However, he was a thrifty man. He had always wanted a Rolex but never had the heart to buy it. One day, my mother in law who had her own little business saw a 16013, head only and bought it. She gave it to him without the bracelet. Being moved, he decided to get a bracelet done. He went to buy a bar of gold and had it melted down and fashioned a jubilee bracelet out of it and attached it to the head to wear it over many years. He wore it until he died about 8 or so years back. He passed away due to complications from diabetes, gangrene and soil meliodosis. He was on dialysis for 10 years, had both kidneys removed and laid in a hospital bed for 3 months with the final switch turned off to let him go. It was sad, but he had his savings drained from him and my mother in law and he never wanted to sell his watch away to finance the medical bills.
So my mother in law didnt want to sell it despite our financial condition and told us to keep it in the safe deposit box. So when i took out the watch, i was contemplating on what to do with it, i finally had it serviced and restored as well as buffed it till new to wear it as a remembrance of what it takes to make it in life....perserverance and pain in our stride rather then complaining and moaning about how life is unfair and such. I have been working and doing relatively well over the last 8 years and we (my wife and children) moved from a sparsely fitted 4 room HDB flat to a corner terrace and change to spare as well as some quite pricey hobbies. I do not see myself as successful but i believe to have marked myself among my peers having gone through much trials.
These are the pictures of restoration and the watch that is testament to my father in law's will and strength. I have since removed the solid gold bracelet and replaced it with a leather one and deployment clasp to wear it for the moment while i restore the gold bracelet. It will not be an original ROLEX bracelet, (i probably will never have it serviced at RSC) but it would be the best bracelet in memory. So here it is, my 1974 DJ 16013 - 394XXXX
because troublesome when it stops 
can share with me? I went to watch palace the other day and found that the LV has dropped a little, it is now going for 8500.....is there any one that is lower then this? 
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