New Rolex after 17 years

[mbdurham]

Well it’s been almost a year since I posted on this thread and a year of looking and trying to decide what to buy and finally pulled the trigger on a 116610LN which was delivered yesterday. Yay! Warranty card is dated 10/31/18 and it doesn’t have a mark on it and still has some stickers. I couldn’t be happier!

I ultimately decided I wanted new (or as close as I could get) instead of an early model so that me and my son could make all of the memories with the watch together not to mention I like the improvements of the newer models. I looked very unsuccessfully for one at an AD (even random dealers on business trips) so I could get my his name on the card and I would have probably pulled the trigger on a sub, gmt or whatever if I’d found something in stock. Well maybe not anything I did find a deep sea in stock but after trying it on and debating a bit decided it was way too big to be my every day watch. Ultimately I decided the sub date was what I kept going back too and kept calling my name. The GMT BLNR was a close second but I really do not like the PCL or and couldn’t bring myself to pay $3-4K over MSRP when it didn’t really draw me in. The BLRO as well but do not like the jubilee at all and no way I’m paying double MSRP. The SD43 was also a close third but really didn’t like it more than the sub. I will probably end up with a Batman or Pespi maybe vintage someday or maybe both if I find the right one but for my everyday tool watch the sub pushed all the buttons.

Thanks to all for all of your comments and guidance.

My son who is almost 2 now is sitting beside me on the couch playing with his watch as I am writing this. :)


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