Should have never went to the AD

[Roll the Lex]

So I went into the AD today to look at a sub-c to see if it fits my wrist and to see if they had a LV in stock to try it out. Boy, was that a bad idea. I got to try on a variety of watches during lunch and here are my impressions:

Sub-c- Thought it would be heavy, but not as bad as I thought it would be. I thought it would look ridiculous on my wrist. It's big, but definitely doable. Love the shiny ceramic bezel. Great watch. But boring- don't want more black (already have a Explorer I and want something with more color). Put it on just to see if it would fit. Next.

Hulk? It's a no-show. They said that it's extremely rare and they've been trying to get one in stock but as soon as it shows up, it's gone. No discounts on it- retail all the way.

Sub-c TT with blue dial and bezel- I've seen it everywhere on TRF and just not interested. Looks tacky and cheap. Not a big fan of the steel, gold, and blue. It's just wrong. The salesman said they just got this in and it's amazing with the sunburst dial. Yeah, whatever, but I'm not going to say no to try on a Rolex, even one as awful looking as this. The salesman gave it to me and it looked ridiculous in my hands, and I put it on my wrist.

OK.
Wait.
Ignore that first bit... FANTASTIC WATCH!

Yacht-Master TT with blue dial- never a fan of the YM but it looked gorgeous in the case. Could this be the one? My next watch? It was love at first sight. Put it on the wrist and I knew it wasn't for me. One of those watches where it looks great in pics and in the case but doesn't work with me. Exact opposite of the Sub-c TT.

Daytona TT with black dial- at 40mm, it really does wear smaller. It's heavier than I thought it would be. Looks good but something was missing- not a fan of the dial. Still conflicted- it looks great but I know I'll just use it to tell time.

36mm YG Day-Date- Heavy? Yes, but not as heavy as I expected. To be honest, and this sounds crazy, it didn't seem to be tacky on my wrist. I always had thought it would look really tacky, just had that stereotypical image of a gold Rolex watch owner in my head. But it was none of that. I like it. The fluted bezel was the shiny, flashy part of the watch. 36mm is small, tiny compared to my 39mm Explorer I. But, a solid gold DD has wrist presence. Cancels out the small size.

So I came in hoping to see what a Hulk looks like on my wrist with plans to get it and now... I'm all over the place. The plan was to buy one more SS model or not. Then get a YG model several years later.

Now the TT sub-c with sunburst dial has thrown a wrench into the plans! The moral of the story is that a picture is worth a thousand words, but wrist time will tell you what you want!

The watch fund can't go over $10K. I thought the TT sub-c was out but looks like I might be able to get one under that here. Which makes my decision that much harder.... hulk or blue tt sub-c. If I could try on a hulk, I'd probably be able to make up my mind... Love both in terms of color. I guess the only question is what a TT will look like after a couple of years, when it's all beat-up...