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Yesterday my wife and I went to Phoenix to meet a friend for lunch. After a great lunch, we stopped at the Korean Market, went to Costco, then stopped by Fashion Square mall. We looked at clothes and perfume for her, and walked past the Rolex AD. I stopped by the jewelry store next to Rolex and looked at some of the watches they had on display.
I tried on a really nice Rolex Day Date in Platinum. Awesome watch and it weighed far more than I had expected. It also cost a small fortune and was far more than I would spend on a watch.
One of the Sales Advisors from Rolex was helping a guy with the pre-owned inventory. When he had finished, I asked him for a minute of his time. He asked what was up and I told him that I have been wanting to purchase a Submariner Date for quite some time. I said that I understand that the wait list doesn’t really exist, and asked if he could just be straight with me and tell me what I need to purchase; how much do I need to spend [at Hyde Park/1916 Co.] in order for you to sell me a watch?
He asked my name and phone number, and said to give him a few minutes.
Around five minutes later he came out and asked us to follow him to the small private room toward the back of the Rolex boutique. He asked us to take a seat, offered us waters, and said that it was my lucky day and he has a Submariner Date that he can sell me. He asked if we would like to see it, and came back a few minutes later with a brand new Submariner Date.
I honestly hadn’t planned on purchasing a Rolex yesterday, but my wife and I agreed that’s it’s also pretty rare that you get the opportunity to purchase a new Rolex at retail price. It’s the only time I have ever bought a watch that appreciated when I walked out the door with it.
So this came home with me yesterday.
I’m pretty happy with this as I have always wanted a Submariner.


Welcome to the club! I wear my Submariner almost every day. Such a great watch.




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Thank you all for the congratulations. I’m pretty excited. One cool thing about a brand new watch is the bracelet “squeak”. It’s kind of noisy, and I know it’ll silence when I wash it, but it’s kind of cool.

Today will be my first day wearing it out. A little apprehensive as I’m wearing it to work and the kids I work with will probably recognize it. One of them will for sure. Most are good kids and understand that it takes a lifetime of work and saving and investments going “right” in order to purchase a watch like this. Then there is the one that won’t understand and is quite entitled and due to social media can’t understand why he’s not a millionaire.

Anyways, enough with my rant about my first world problem.

It’ll be a pretty awesome day wearing my new watch.



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What do you guys think about the blacked out ceramic Seamaster? No this one is not mine but the stealthy Seamaster has been growing on me lately.



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Initial reaction. It is not my taste as with my aging eyes, I can't read it very well.

Secondary reaction. Pending as I look at it some more.
 
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It looks neat, but wouldn't be my first choice.
But, I've always liked the Speedy over the Seamaster.




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Stick, nice watch!
I like the Seamasters. There’s some great options for them. I’m in love with their titanium & rose gold one. The all white one with red accents for the Tokyo Olympics (the Rising Sun) is another gorgeous watch.
I like the blacked out / stealthy one as well! It is a sharp piece!
My only concern would be the same as H2oys:
Can ya read the hands on it without having to twist and turn and contort your wrist?
If they were silver with some lume, I’d say it would be perfect. But that’s me…


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Call me traditional. Not for me.




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If I can't see the hands instantly at a glance, not for me. Some white dial watches with some hands are equally hard to read. Good looking watches, but not for me.

My Tudor BB GMT, because of the GMT hand, takes longer to read than I like depending on hand alignment.

The more often I look at that Omega Seamaster subdued dial, the more I like it, or my eyes already know where the hands are.





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I’m not a fan of the blacked out watch. I would have too hard a time reading it.
That said, it looks pretty damn cool.



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I'd fly to Turks and Caicos with live ammo falling out of my pockets before getting within spitting distance of NJ with a firearm.
 
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Blacked out watches don't generally do much for me as I like to easily read the time. I did get a "Wasabi", customized Casio G-Shok from IFL a year or so ago as it did have a very readable dial.



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I call them the G-Spot...


Well, I picked up a Speedmaster homage.
VK63 quartz movement.
It's actually better than I thought it would be.
Put a beads of rice bracelet on it.

Here it is compared to my '71 Speedy.










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