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Old 26 December 2014, 06:24 AM   #1
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A year done for an amateur flipper!
Well it's been a year of forum enabling and a few flips to reach my current ideal pair

I first sold off my Tag Carrera and Breitling Seawolf to gain my first grail a few years ago and luckily picked the second one to hit a local AD the 116610LN now that lasted me up until the beginning of the year and looked good on the bracelet and nato




Then I wanted to add a second watch and wanted something with PCL to add a little contrast at the same time enablers caught my attention on the 114060 so out went the 116610ln and in came



Then even though previously I had dismissed it the Daytona got me.. Just something about the white dial had me hooked so within a few weeks the Daytona was incoming


This lead to a nice trio



The 114060 lived on a nato and found when I put it back on bracelet it looked blocky and square quess I got used to the better profile of the Daytona so after a few AD visits found the additional funds were worth while so off when the Milgauss and Sub and in came the SD.

This leaves me with my current pair and I feel very lucky and blessed to be able to own two watches that a few years ago I could dream of


I give you my favourite Rolex tag team
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Old 26 December 2014, 06:31 AM   #2
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Old 26 December 2014, 06:36 AM   #3
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Old 26 December 2014, 06:36 AM   #4
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Old 26 December 2014, 06:40 AM   #5
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Old 26 December 2014, 06:41 AM   #6
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Old 26 December 2014, 06:45 AM   #7
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Well done! Extremely impressed with that story & collection
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Old 26 December 2014, 07:19 AM   #8
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Looks good - sometime things work out differently from you originally thought - been there myself! Enjoy!
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Old 26 December 2014, 07:23 AM   #9
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Good "flipping" skills to arrive at your ideal combo
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Old 26 December 2014, 07:46 AM   #10
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Nice journey to arrive with that pair! They are very nice.
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Old 26 December 2014, 07:48 AM   #11
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A lot of dealing in a year! Very nice results!
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Old 26 December 2014, 07:57 AM   #12
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That's the perfect Rolex pair, in my opinion. I took a slightly different path but ended up at the exact same place.

Congrats!
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Old 26 December 2014, 08:05 AM   #13
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Wow very nice Sam!
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Old 26 December 2014, 08:13 AM   #14
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Old 26 December 2014, 08:34 AM   #15
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Thanks guys

Luckily I managed to secure the 116610LN back in 2010 with doscount so when I flipped earlier this year I was up this then evened out the small lost on the Millgauss and Sub, a plus though is I built up a buying history and got a good discount on the Daytona and a great price on the SD

I do have some buyer remorse though, I really miss the Millgauss but not for wearing just looking at it! I love how it looks in person and pics but not on the wrist!


And it feels weird not having a Sub in my collection, since being a young lad I always associated the Sub as the iconic Rolex, but in person now the SD wins hands down! However I like the Sub on nato and thing the chunky lugs actually help, given the current used price on the 114060 I may purchase one again and sell off the bracelet and keep it on nato which will work out as a relatively cheap pick up
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Old 26 December 2014, 08:37 AM   #16
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Old 26 December 2014, 09:04 AM   #17
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...And it feels weird not having a Sub in my collection...
If it makes you feel better, the original Sea Dwellers said "Submariner" on the dial as well as "Sea Dweller", so it is technically a Sub. A bigger, better, more badass Sub.
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Old 26 December 2014, 09:08 AM   #18
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If it makes you feel better, the original Sea Dwellers said "Submariner" on the dial as well as "Sea Dweller", so it is technically a Sub. A bigger, better, more badass Sub.
Now this will show my lack of knowledge as I didnt know that!
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Old 26 December 2014, 09:10 AM   #19
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Now this will show my lack of knowledge as I didnt know that!
Yep! Check it out... (pic from the interwebz, as I do not own a DRSD)
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Old 26 December 2014, 09:57 AM   #20
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Very nice pair, you simply love non-date watches... congrats
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Old 26 December 2014, 09:57 AM   #21
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Yep! Check it out... (pic from the interwebz, as I do not own a DRSD)
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Old 26 December 2014, 10:13 AM   #22
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Very nice pair, you simply love non-date watches... congrats
I have a manual job so tend to only wear my watches at weekends to two fold it's less hassle setting the date and as a rule I don't need to know the date as weekends just glad the weeks over hahaha obviously the SD is the exception but I find as its sans cyclops it's not as stand out! Hey a SD ND would be ideal for me!
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Old 26 December 2014, 10:32 AM   #23
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I like where your collection is going Sam!
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Old 26 December 2014, 12:09 PM   #24
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Old 26 December 2014, 12:18 PM   #25
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Old 26 December 2014, 01:27 PM   #26
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Old 26 December 2014, 06:04 PM   #27
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Thats awesome. Love this thread. Shows the evolution of ones taste and how one watch can influence the attraction of another.
What a gorgeous pair you ended up with. Congrats and thx for posting.
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Old 26 December 2014, 06:10 PM   #29
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