From elation to disappointment

[JParm]

My brother recently purchased a DJ for his wife, and I reached out to his AD to see if they could secure a DJ41 for me. Lo and behold, I get a call a week and half later that they have what I want - white stick / white dial on jubilee with fluted bezel. I was happily surprised that they would call me so quickly, especially without ant real relationship with them.

The pictures she sends me of the watch are from the online catalog, and the dial looked a bit off, so I tried to confirm again - this is the white dial with white sticks, correct? A resounding "correct".

I have my parents go to the AD for pickup (I live out of state), and my Dad says it's nice, would I like to see a picture? Sure - at this point, I fully trust that the AD knows what they're doing. Well, I'm glad he said that because once I saw the actual picture of the watch, my heart sank. It was the silver dial with white batons.

I called the AD out on it, and they said "well, it looks very similar to the white dial". #1, no it does not. #2, how could this large AD make such a mistake when I asked more than once if this was the white dialed version?

I passed on it, and we'll see if they can actually come through or if I've slipped through the cracks and missed out on the only watch that they'll offer me - a watch that I didn't want.

Details matter, especially in the watch world!