Rolex at Schiphol - Just had to...

[GerardoG]

Felicidades!!!!!

[sensui]

Nice choice, can't go wrong. Obviously chose wisely with the supportive fiance too. Congrats and enjoy!

[Flying Clog]

Nogmaals gefeliciteerd !

I go through Schiphol weekly and have never seen a BLNR in the Gassan shops. Great buy.

[socialpro]

Congrats - always great to have a supportive spouse!!

[SoonerTA]

Just stunning and a great story. Congrats

[FLYINGWATCHMEN]

Nice one :)

[crowncollection]

Congrats on the watch and your girl seems like a keeper lol


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[liuk3]

That woman's a keeper. Congrats!

[Arjan93]

Wow great watch, great deal!
Congrats

[Kaspian]

Originally Posted by deuxani

Aaah OK, I was at the Gassan boutique at Terminal 1. So there are two new BLNR owners since Friday at Schiphol Funny coincidence! Maybe the other person will also react to this topic.

Hahah, wow! Seems I was lucky indeed! Had been looking for the BLNR in AMS for over 6 months and even that day walked through to see an almost empty showcase... Had a few hours to kill and passed by again to find them unpacking the new stock. The guy behind the counter new well what I was after and waved a plastic covered bundle to me saying I was finally lucky . When I bought mine there was one more available at the Rolex boutique so can't have been long after that one went to one of you too. Here's a pic of its first day out in the skies where it belongs and of my flatmates next to mine, he is the one I blame for my now growing watch addiction.

Anyway went to a good home, glad to see everyone enjoying their timepieces!

[Kaspian]

The other photo...

[Vinyasa]

Beautiful! Congratulations. The BLNR will be my next addition, if there is one.

[bbhewee]

Originally Posted by Kaspian

Hahah, wow! Seems I was lucky indeed! Had been looking for the BLNR in AMS for over 6 months and even that day walked through to see an almost empty showcase... Had a few hours to kill and passed by again to find them unpacking the new stock. The guy behind the counter new well what I was after and waved a plastic covered bundle to me saying I was finally lucky . When I bought mine there was one more available at the Rolex boutique so can't have been long after that one went to one of you too. Here's a pic of its first day out in the skies where it belongs and of my flatmates next to mine, he is the one I blame for my now growing watch addiction.

Anyway went to a good home, glad to see everyone enjoying their timepieces!

Ha. The guy at the Rolex boutique did mention he thought there was another one in the airport. Looks like it's you and me mate.

Thanks for all the kind words. Loving it thus far, and it might actually somehow have cured my desire for a 16760 Fat Lady, at least temporarily.

[Fearesq]

excellent acquisition.

[TempoKing]

You got a good deal ...less 21% than retail.
Rolex is sending these out with the rate of 1 every 3 months
so EU Authorised dealers tend not to discount the BLNR.

[Boaters]

Great pickup you better marry that lady quick I wish my wife was like that

[jorell]

Congratulations...great pick-up and great story!

My favorite memory at Schipol happened after arriving from the US with my girlfriend, going through security to catch a flight to Barcelona. I had an engagement ring in my pocket, planning to propose to her in Spain...luckily, I they didn't catch it or I would've had to get down on my knee then and there...in the middle of security! All the while, she's standing several feet away amused by the whole incident (she had no clue).

Anyways, BLNR owner (and happily married man) here. Enjoy your new purchase!

Originally Posted by bbhewee

On my way to London last Friday, I had for once a bit of time to walk through the new shops at the refurbished airport.
Walked into Rolex, and to my surprise the gentleman was pulling out a bunch of watches from their plastic coffins.

"I received my delivery 30 mins ago".

I obviously asked first if he had any SS Daytonas. No dice.

But then I asked him whether he had a GMT BLNR, which is quite possibly the only modern SS Rolex I've been lusting after since my DSSD. I've however never really looked for it more than walking into stores and asking for it.

He comes out 30 seconds later, with a brand new watch. All stickers on. I shuffle around as I had no intentions of buying a watch that day. I try it on and love it. But I'm still undecided, and think about walking away.

My fiancee looks at me. Looks at the watch. And for the first time ever, encourages me to buy a watch.

And to top it all off, I got it at the tax-free price.

[anothernewphone]

That's awesome! It looks great on your wrist, too.

I have stumbled into various ADs, simply inquiring about the BLNR. If they have it, I'll buy it - but I'm not going to order it or set up an appointment, etc. If it's meant to be, I'll do it. Otherwise, I'm just going to get around to stopping in the bank and making a wire transfer for one of the many mint examples to be found here.

Congrats on the new piece!

[bbhewee]

Actually I have a memory of shuffling around with two SS Daytonas at Schiphol years ago. Tax free. Didn't go for it And still regret it to this day. Haha.

[J4h3d]

Congratulations!!! Talking about SS Daytona's, has anyone heard of Schipol selling any of the new 2016 models?

[dysondiver]

small world , to think that you three guys may just have walked past each other , without knowing till this thread ,,,
just think , if we all wore a badge , you could have gone for a coffee ,,,
i think a trf forum lapel badge is needed ,,,
or a chance to stand up and actually say
im a Rolaholic , and every one else applaud .

[Michael N Q8]

Congrats, I have had mine for 4 weeks now...very happy.

[Scapegoat]

What a small world...

[Mfrankel2]

Great story and looks right at home on your wrist. Congrats

[HL65]

Great watch - big congrats!

[AdaWit711]

Congrats! What timing!


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[Juantxo]

Congratulations for the wonderful watch, and for the very awesome lady.

[fskywalker]

Congrats!!!!!!

[A.I.]

Well Done & Congratulations! - Remember -

'Planting a timebomb in a local library is a felony'.

[robbrum]

I travel the last years a lot. I live in the Netherlands so I'm often on Schiphol Airport.

For years I'm looking for the BLNR or a SS Sub no date or a Bluesy but only one time I saw SS Sub no date, on Schiphol only that moment I had not the money to buy it.

I talk with the saleguys/lady's and they told me that the populair models are sold within one or two days.

The never can tel when the new delivery is coming because of safety reasons.

Also they don't know witch watches/ models rolex send to them. This are saying more dealers here in the Netherlands it is always a lotery what rolex is shipping to them.

So good luck with BLNR