Goodbye Rolex, Hello Blancpain

[Xenophon]

I admit that over the last two years I've become disillusioned with Rolex and I speak as someone who's worn Rolex, more or less for 22 years. I've tried quite a lot to re-invigorate my love for the brand and in the last two years I have bought (and sold / traded)

• TT Yachtmaster
• TT Ceramic Submariner
• 5513 Submariner
• SS Daytona
• Project X Submariner
• Ceramic LV Submariner

They just didn't "do it" for me anymore. Anyway, I've long wanted a Blancpain Fifty Fathoms and put my name down for the Anniversary model a few years ago but didn't get one. I never pulled the trigger on one as I thought them just a little too pricey and a little too large. Having had a Panerai for some months I became used to the size coupled with the soaring Rolex price rises I decided to pull the trigger. Just to cap it off though I stuck it on an Isofrane strap.