My Dad's Oyster Perpetual '68-'69

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So here's the story of my first Rolex, as promised:

- When my family moved to Hawaii from the P.I., my father was looking for work as an attorney. It was tough going at first, but eventually he ended up working with an attorney and partnering up with him.

- As a teenager, my sense of watches were relatively limited, for obvious reasons. My "grail" watch, at the time, was a Casio G-Shock. I thought it was an extremely cool watch, that represented toughness and precision. My older cousins had them, and I was completely in awe.

"Expensive" watches, in my book, were Seikos and Citizens. These were the "adult" watches that I grew up seeing commercials of. In fact, I grew up in the period of James Bond when Roger Moore wore Seikos in his Bond movies. So, to me at the time, SEIKO was THE watch. I remember my dad, at one point, giving me his Seiko 5 Quartz, which I thought was amazing!

- Anyhow, my dad's first case with his new partner was a case that had been on-going for about 14 years. Tough case to crack, let alone win. My father, being the lawyer/genius that he was, found a way to WIN the case! It was a breakthrough that was a shock to his new law partner, who was overjoyed that his new partner was a prodigy!

- The money for the case that they had just won would be a while, but my dad's law partner wanted to give him a token of his appreciation. Right there, in court, he gave my dad his Rolex Oyster Perpetual. It was an amazing moment.

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