[danielrhall]

Hi All.

I’ve been a member of the forum now for a bit over a month so thought it time to introduce myself. My reason for joining, and indeed for becoming a Rolex owner, is bittersweet. My father just passed away on February 2nd and I now have his reference 16750 GMT Pepsi. Dad bought it new in Geneva in the early 1980s and was very proud of it, and now I am proud to continue to wear it in his honor. As you can see from the watch, he did not baby it, so it shows his use.

I was unsure on whether to have the watch cleaned up at all, knowing that is my father’s scratches that make it what it is and what he was looking at for over thirty years. But my step-sister told me she’d heard Dad mentioning having it restored, and she went on to reassure me that he would be very happy to see it looking more like new. So with the comfort of that knowledge, I’m going to have it serviced and cleaned up a bit.

To many, he was CWO-4 (Eng.) Robert D. Hall USCG (Ret.). To me, he was Dad.

Thanks for reading and looking.

-Dan Hall
Raymond, NH USA