Rolex

michael e
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Explorer.

The watch was bought by a friend at a small local auction. He called me to ask me what I thought and I said get it no matter what. The auction house only had a copy letter from Rolex and the auction slipped by pretty unnoticed. I collected the watch from the auction for him and asked the auctioneer if he could ask the vendor for any more information, the vendor was Allan Gill's sister Muriel. After a couple of days the auctioneer send two original letters from Rolex and a couple of interesting booklets.
To cut a long story short I ended up owning the watch and then went to visit Allan's sister Muriel who only lived half a mile away from the house I grew up in. Muriel and her husband Ernest were very nice people, they talked at length about Allan and his early days and his love of photography and exploration. Muriel gave me a explorer book that used to belong to Allan when he was a child and a couple of his old cameras too, I insisted on paying for these, It didn't feel right just to take them. We have exchanged Christmas cards since and a letter. In fact I would love to know how they are doing but will not make a nuisance of myself in that regard as Mr and Mrs Shackleton are both elderly.
Thanks Mick.