Excited soon to be Explorer owner

[Molnboman]

Hi all,
Been threatening to purchase a Rolex for decades. I dithered about buying mid priced swiss brands and was fairly loyal to Tag Heuer since 2003 until I started to do my homework and realise what was inside them. As I have got older I started to move away from the larger diver style watches a) because I hate getting wet and b) they are just too chunky and heavy on the wrist. So the search started and I wittled it down to either Omega and Rolex. I know the history of both brands, however, Omega’s just don’t have a style that I really like right now. I appreciate their quality but wondered if I would always regret an Omega purchase over a Rolex one. I have always fancied a Sub, however, the ubiquitous flashiness of it and the ever increasing price scared me off. I wanted a more under the radar style that was less obvious and also didn’t want a model with lots of complications to the movement which I wouldn’t use and that could possibly add to service costs in future. So being on a restricted budget I narrowed it down to the 39mm Explorer. I found a recognised indie specialist of Rolex in the UK and followed their stock for 18-24 months. I finally found a nice 2015 model ( see pic ) at a fair price which I put a deposit down. I told the dealer that I would meantime be interested in trading up to the latest model if one became available. A few weeks went by when yesterday I got a mail and pics to inform me that a late 2016 has come in and it has my name on it! Really excited to finally becoming the owner of this. I have sold 3 decent watches and 2 good US guitars ( big guitar fan too ) to scrape the money together for it. I feel it’s time I deserved it. Hope you lot can convince me that I am doing the right thing.
Cheers MM