My new dial, pictures included! :D

[lykame]

So in the ongoing story that is my Rolex:

A summary to bring you up to date: bought an amazing Rolex. Then decided I really didn't like the dial and went through the process of finding a new dial to exchange out.

Last weekend, I found the dial I wanted and agreed for them to get my dial exchanged. Paul (my awesome authorised dealer person) said it would be about two weeks' wait.

So all week, I cannot describe the drag on time! I've been thinking Rolex at every opportunity. I have been missing my Rolex sooooo much. It's been delicious somehow, a nice thing to get excited about and think about, but I am so impatient and was dreading another week of it. And feeling pretty glum because this weekend I had to do weekend nights. Fancifully, I was thinking on Thursday, just imagine... just imagine if it came through in one week instead of two... and I brushed that off as seriously wishful thinking, because I was sure even the post would take longer than a week.

So it made the beginning of my first night shift when my mum texted me to say that my Rolex was ready! :D I couldn't believe it! :D



And then I was sooo frustrated I couldn't get there during the weekend to pick it up. Bloody work!

But today! Today I went. I worked all night and survived the last night shift of this round. I didn't sleep, I just drove home, and then my mum drove me to the authorised dealers. Paul was there (he always seems to be there) and he went and got my Rolex out their safe.

To be honest I think being as tired as I am helped a lot, because I had no energy for anxiousness, just excitement. And I was soooo excited! Paul was mean though! He made a big show of taking a long time polishing it with his special cloth before showing me! Grr. :D

Ah man, it is SO MUCH BETTER than the other one! It is amazing! Eeeeee. :D I felt such relief as soon as I saw it. It's beautiful! It completely honours all the things I loved about the previous dial, such as the lovely cloud effect, but it's a beautiful colour and the diamonds really twinkle. It's lovely! :D The RELIEF. The other one I was finding fault with all the time, and this one has no faults. :D

I'm soooo happy! :D It's such a beautiful, classy, understated watch, with no gaudiness or ick. It's exactly what I wanted. The other one I wouldn't have wanted people to look at, because I myself didn't like it. This one I'll have to work hard to keep out of people's faces. This new dial is like balm to my soul, and looking at it brings me peace. The other one did exactly the opposite, to the extent that I never wanted to look at it because of the way it made me feel. And that was just in one week. Conversely, I am admiring this new dial sooo much. :D I can't take my eyes off of it.

I put the Rolex on my wrist and gave Paul a big hug. I think he was very bewildered and surprised by this. :D The next time I go in his direction I will have written a letter to him with a cc to Rolex, and I will find some sort of wine to give him, or something like that. His customer service has been exceptional.

I have tried to take good photos of my beautiful watch, but I do apologise, I don't have a great camera and my photo-taking skills are lacking. But here goes, below, just four pictures. Tomorrow, if the sun is out and it looks different, I will post more pictures. :D I have previewed this post and I know that the pictures possibly look very similar to the previous dial. You know what? That's a great thing. I loved the PICTURES of the previous dial, but I hated the way it looked in real life. These pictures actually look nearly identical to the real life dial, and that delights me. :D

Best wishes everyone, and thanks for following me on this journey!
One very excited and hugely relieved,
Lydia.
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