Decisions, Decisions.

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Hey everyone. I need to vent because I can't decide what model Rolex I think my Dad would like the most. Maybe you van give me some input to help make a better choice! Make your poll choice after reading the post please

It's going to be a 70th birthday present in December and I'm not sure what the best choice would be for him. I'm sure he'd love anything we got for him since I learned that he is trying not to ruin a lousy DKNY chrono-beater I gave him to wear a few years back. He has a larger wrist than I do and I even thought that a DJ would look too puny on him. I was surprised to find that when I had him try on my DJ after buying it new I remember thinking it looked better on him than I thought it would because of the size of his wrist. He's a proud guy and has accomplished enough so he does not mind buying nice things here and there. My Dad likes being practical most of the time so I don't know. Fact is that he hasn't bought himself one yet even though he can.

Originally I thought a pre-owned DD would suit him well but I don't know how he'd feel if he found out it was not new. I can't afford a new one. A local grey dealer had one on for $10K CDN recently but I was nowhere near making a decision just browsing. I figured that I could have it serviced and change the day language to Italian for him too. She said now that the DDII's were out the DD's were fetching lower interest from buyers but even still that was a really good price-maybe even too good as far as I'm concerned. They are reputable and I even bought my Y series LV from her. Then I thought that a new DJ may be too 'oridinary' for him because I think he deserves more but then again a new TT may be just the ticket. Heck even a TT Black dialed submariner may be the winner. Now I find out that DJII is coming this year and figure a nice TT DJII would be great except for two details:

1) I think a more traditional stick dial suits him more although I think that the TT will only be available in two flavours. One with the green roman/rodium dial which I dislike OR the black concentric dial with arabic numerals that looks great to me but perhaps too trendy for his tastes? Does anyone know if there are other TT options for the forthcoming DJII?
2) Not sure if the new 41mm size will be too 'loud' for him being 70 years young.

He is a YG type of guy too. He always asks why the hell I bother with WG jewelery etc... Also note that my money tree lost a few branches a while ago...LOL

[Side-rant; crap I should have waited to get DJ!!! but now it's sentimental because it was a Jan '09 wedding gift-nm)