Lucky day - incoming

[Commandopat]

My wife and I are stationed in Okinawa and we decided to take a quick trip to Tokyo to do some shopping. With the exchange rate as “good” as it is compared to the Yen, we wanted to see if we could find her a Lady Dior ultra matte because it would basically be at a 20-30% discount. I also made an appointment to stop by at the AP boutique in Ginza while I was there - my SA was hadn’t returned from Switzerland so I was working with someone else, but she would be there when I arrived.
Anyway, I let them know I wanted to try on some 41mm RO’s because with a 7.75” wrist nothing smaller would look right. They told me they had models I could try on but none were available and that they weren’t taking names for the waitlist - which was all fine because I just bought an AP ROO there in March and the Marine Corps doesn’t pay THAT well, even for Officers!
Well, wouldn’t you know it, my nearly perfect English speaking SA who had sourced me an AP ROO in March, and with whom I had emailed quite frequently but had never actually met, was there and she had a surprise!
Much to my surprise, and partial dismay, she has sourced me a 41mm 50th anniversary silver ROC. She said she knew I wasn’t expecting it but she wanted to surprise me, and surprise me she did.
As much as I was used to the 43mm ROO and my 44mm DSSD, the 41mm fits bigger than one would think and it looked good. Even my wife was like… you should get it (she’s a keeper!).

Anyway, I told my SA I had to think about it overnight because this was not planned in the budget and having picked up the ROO only 7 months earlier, this was pushing it.

I couldn’t turn it down though! Given the exchange rate, I was able to buy it at MSRP which was 6.5 cheaper than in the US, and that’s before you add US sales tax… so overall, it was a steal.

She’s a beauty - obviously I was incredibly lucky as someone must have passed on it (she didn’t say that but I assume that’s what happened), and she was able to source it for me.

Apologies for the terrible cell phone pics in the cab later that evening and then the hotel room mirror.
Oh, and we were able to find her purse too :)