The long-awaited first Rolex

[moonerbell]

Hi everyone! Long time lurker, first time poster.

First, I want to thank the members of this forum for providing great insight into the complicated world of luxury watch buying and helpful answers to almost every question a first-timer could have.

After many years of reading and researching and dreaming about bringing one home, I purchased my first Rolex yesterday - she is a new 2020 DJ36 and I got her in-person from a nice GM dealer here in Los Angeles. While the experience of going GM was different from what I always had in mind for what my first purchase would be like, I had a (surprisingly?) hard time finding exactly what I wanted at the various ADs around here and frankly just got impatient of waiting for them to get one in. I wanted to celebrate a recent work promotion and my first kid coming in March, so I just went ahead and pulled the trigger. I'm so happy with it.

The excitement and milestone feels a little weird to share with most of my friends ("look at the expensive thing I bought!") so had to come here because I knew you all would understand :D

Thanks again for all of the help you never knew you gave me! And lastly - appreciate any tips for favorite ways of storing her!