My"Possible" Journey to Five Digit Only!

[Maiden]

HI all, I hope everyone is safe and well. I am going through an interesting decision making process regarding my collection and I thought I would share with the forum. I apologize in advance for what I think will be a long post, so if its a TLDR, no offence taken!

So I am someone who loves both 5 digit and 6 digit Rolex's. My first Rolex, and the subject of this discussion, is my Subc 114060. Love that watch! Over the years I have owned a Ceramic Bluesey 116613lb, a five digit Datejust 16014, a TT GMT 16713 a five digit Day Date 18238 and a five digit Gold Sub 16618LN.

Currently I own the 114060 and the Gold Sub 16618LN. The gold sub is my daily and the SubC my "beater" for want of a better word.

As stated I love both references, although I "lean" toward the more refined, vintage feel of the five digits. I know for my gold references that is certainly the case.

Last weekend I was at cottage with some pals and a guy had a 16610 on his wrist. It just looked so damn sexy to me. It got me thinking about moving on my 114060 for a 16610. This week I went down to my local dealer as he had an older X serial 16610 in stock. I tried it on and loved the look. It was an older watch than I would want so I went away thinking, if I did this, I would like to get a later model. Well lo and behold, two days later he takes in a minty, full kit, 16610 from 2010. I headed down this morning for a look.

So the dilemma, wearing both, I do like the look of the 16610 on my wrist better, by a hair...the interesting thing is from of five feet away, in a full length mirror, the differences in aesthetic are almost non existent. This confirms what have I always thought..seeing a lot of these watches in the wild I am always surprised how close you need to look to tell the difference between the five and six digit subs if you are not up close. The layman would never know. Really that's how it should be.

So for me its all about the fine details....up close, the elegance of the smaller lugs, the smaller markers, narrower bezel ,crown guards etc....

The challenge.... I dont dislike my Sub C at all, while value retention is not a huge factor, its looking like this will be a straight swap if I do it. My subC is 6 years old paid 7K CAN$ taxes in with my 20% discount back in the good old days! Worth almost double that now.

So I have a couple of weeks to think about it, I am going to compare them a few more times. As I said the financials are not super important, at this point in my life I think I want to wear what looks best on my wrist to ME. Really isn't that what its all about? So that is where I am leaning. But darn I still love my first Rolex, appreciate all that six digit engineering, plus I have a five digit albeit gold in the collection.

What to do?
What say you