A Black Bay Homecoming

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As some of you may remember I purchased a Black Bay Blue in May 2015. I subsequently sold that watch in order to help finance the purchase of my Explorer which I bought in December 2015.
I was sorry to see that watch go but the Explorer took precedence as my first Rolex and is a watch that I'll never part with. But I did promise myself that I would reacquire the Black Bay as soon as possible. As luck would have it, Tudor introduced the Black version of the Black Bay in October 2015 which is the model I would have preferred all along.
Fast forward to April 2016, and my concern that the ETA version of the Black Bay would no longer be available at the time I could afford it. My friend and fellow Brooklynite Chadri put me in contact with Thanh Do AKA Takuya who sourced the watch and agreed to accept a deposit to hold the watch until I was ready which I knew would be in about six months.
Today I was finally ready. I contacted Takuya, wired the balance this morning and will finally have the watch early tomorrow. I can't say enough about how graciously Takuya conducts business. A few weeks ago I had even offered to send him some additional cash as a good faith gesture. He told me not to bother and to just contact him when I had all of the money. I would certainly not hesitate to do business with him again.
So tomorrow the Black Bay finally comes home. Better yet, it's the Black, which would have been my preference from the beginning. Of course, after admiring it for awhile, I'll post some photos.