Deciding between my 116900 Airking or new 116610 Sub C

[AlphaOmega4]

Hey Guys

looking at trading my Air-King for another watch.

I went in to visit my local AD yesterday to see what he had avail as I was out last week looking for a new place to live as my wife and I are making a big move in a week.

I missed his exclusive event I received an invite to do to timing ..in which he had a BLNR, SD43, Deep Sea Blue, Daytona C Black, and a few others.

He does currently have a new Sub and Sub date in the back. He brought them out for me to view as I told him I was looking to sell my Air-King and pick something else up with a date.

I went in looking for the SD43. Also considered just picking up a GMT2 LN owned the BLNR already and prefer the all black.

I seriously thought I was going to go with a White Dial however after trying on the EXP 2 Polar I couldn't imagine it as my only watch.

The Sub fit perfect and looked great.. plus I can pick up at retail and no tax.

However I really wanted the SD43 and had it been there would've made the purchase.

My question is would you hang on to the Air-King for another year and see what the SS Market looks like over the next 8-12 months or move forward with the sell and pick up the Sub C Date ?

What I love about the AK.. under the radar piece, you almost never see one, dresses up and down pretty well. While I know not a forum favorite it is a cool piece , pretty rare in the wild and fits great.

What I don't like... Stainless Bezel easy to scratch, no date.

Could be a future collectible.. but don't really care about that.

Sub C .. what I love .. classic rolex style, ceramic bezel , date.

what I don't like.... seems everyone has this watch / very common ..possibly better watch to buy for 8,500 ?


the only other watches I would heavily consider right now are

GMT 2 LN

SD43

Yachtmaster 40 Blue dial

Thoughts on this ?

I have a great relationship with my AD and he is holding the Sub C Date for me until Wed's at 10am so I don't feel pressured.. which is pretty cool of him and he knows it will sell if he puts in on the display case so he isn't worried he is missing a sale.