New poster/owner

[Orangeman]

Nice to meet you all.

Just got my first Rolex.

Never thought I was a 'Rolex guy'. Always a big fan of watches and did admire the Rolex from afar, but never coveted them.

Until my wife got me one for my birthday and I slipped it on my wrist....

Love, love, love my new Datejust.

[mike]

Congrats on the new DJ and welcome!
Happy birthday! Join right in and if you can post a pic of the new present!!

[C.J.]

That's great, congratulations and welcome to TRF

[Prince]

Welcome to TRF, OM. And congrats on the DJ - we would all love to see pics of it when you get the chance. We are watch photo phreaks here!

Here's my DJ...

[mailman]

Welcome to TRF Orangeman. Happy birthday and I must say that's a great present. can you please post some pics? We love pics here. Stick around and join in on the fun.

I'm an hour east of you down the Thruway. As a matter of fact, here's Chip and myself in Syracuse this past summer. I'm sure you know where this place is.

[Rockrolex]

Welcome to TRF, OM. Glad you found your way over to our merry madhouse.

Stick around and join the fun.

And as everyone else has said, post some pics. We love pics.

To get you started, here are my DJs.

[Prince]

Always love seeing those romans, Ed!

My wife is with you on that choice - here's hers...

[Orangeman]

Thanks much for the warm welcome!

I found out the hard way that its not so easy taking a picture of a watch - let alone one that will do it justice.

Anyway here's mine...





Mailman - I'm not physically in upstate NY, that's just where my heart is. I'm an alum. My body is in southeastern Connecticut.

I do know Dinosaurs when I see them though.

[Uncle-AJ]

Welcome to TRF OM and congratulations on the new DJ.

[JJ Irani]

Welcome to TRF, Orangeman. We'd love to see some pics of your DJ, but don't let Ed (Rockrolex) know that you love Orange so much. He just might ban you!!

Hey, just kidding, my friend. Have yourself a blast on this crazy forum!!

[mailman]

Originally Posted by JJ Irani

Welcome to TRF, Orangeman. We'd love to see some pics of your DJ, but don't let Ed (Rockrolex) know that you love Orange so much. He just might ban you!!

Hey, just kidding, my friend. Have yourself a blast on this crazy forum!!

Hey jerk. Orangeman is the name for all of the sports teams for Syracuse University. If you read our new members post, you will see where he said he is an alum.

Another case of being lost down under.

[Prince]

Beautiful pics of your DJ, Orangeman. Thanks for the photos so quickly. That's a great dial - and since its blue, JJ will no doubt like it a lot!!!

[mike]

Originally Posted by Orangeman

Thanks much for the warm welcome!

I found out the hard way that its not so easy taking a picture of a watch - let alone one that will do it justice.

Anyway here's mine...





Mailman - I'm not physically in upstate NY, that's just where my heart is. I'm an alum. My body is in southeastern Connecticut.

I do know Dinosaurs when I see them though.

Wow!! Those are great photos. Congrats that's a beauty.

[Rockrolex]

Originally Posted by mailman

Hey jerk. Orangeman is the name for all of the sports teams for Syracuse University. If you read our new members post, you will see where he said he is an alum.

Another case of being lost down under.

Also a case of lost in translation.

And lost in translation down under is the worst combination. Go back to your sheep, you BKL, and stop embarassing yourself so much.

[Rockrolex]

OM, that's a beautiful DJ. Love that dial. Wear it in good health and enjoy.

[mailman]

Sorry OM, I forgot to compliment you on your DJ. It's very nice

[Rockrolex]

Originally Posted by mailman

Sorry OM, I forgot to compliment you on your DJ. It's very nice

See, that's what happens. You get so wrapped up in hijacking a thread, you forget why it was started in the first place.

[mailman]

Originally Posted by Rockrolex

See, that's what happens. You get so wrapped up in hijacking a thread, you forget why it was started in the first place.

Guilty I was nice to OM first. Welcoming him and telling him that I was in his neck of the woods showing him a picture of Chip and I when we met at Dinosaur's and had lunch this summer qand seeing hoe this place is in Syracuse and OM is a Syracuse U alum I figured he's been there before until he corrected me and told me he was an alum and lives in CT this has become one huuuuuuuuuuuge run on sentence hasn't it speaking ou huuuuuge OM was Billy Fuccillo in business when you were in Syracuse ok I think I'm done now did I mention that Chip and I had lunch on Aug 4th I know this because I went to Yankee Stadium the day before I did all of this for you JJ because I know how much you hate bad grammer

[roadcarver]

Hey Orangeman,

You are soooooo lucky to have a wife give you a DJ as a present! Enjoy it man.

I love those dials with concentric circles in them... adds a dimension to the dial... similar to the Seamaster waves.

Congrats again and be-lated happy bday.

[JJ Irani]

Originally Posted by Orangeman

Thanks much for the warm welcome!

I found out the hard way that its not so easy taking a picture of a watch - let alone one that will do it justice.

Anyway here's mine...





Mailman - I'm not physically in upstate NY, that's just where my heart is. I'm an alum. My body is in southeastern Connecticut.

I do know Dinosaurs when I see them though.

Hi OM,

Love the new concentric circle look. Sorry about the Orange thingy...not familiar with those things here downunder. And don't let these tosser remarks bother you....they certainly don't me!!

Wear that beauty in good health, pal!!

Welcome to this um... place. LOL

That's a helluva good looking DJ, buddy. I love it...blue dial, arabics!

Your wife has outstanding taste!

[Orangeman]

Thanks again for the welcomes and compliments.

For future reference - don't ever worry about offending me - I've got pretty thick skin. It'll take a lot more than calling me a 'tosser' to get under it.

The 'DJ' has an interesting story actually. Interesting to me anyway...

My wife wanted to get me the watch, but I was reluctant to have her spend that kind of $$. She was determined so I went and looked at a few models.

I live in Connecticut but work in New York City so I told her that I would go to an authorized dealer near my office and see if there were any models that I liked. Once I saw that face and that style I told her that was the one.

Ultimately the one that I got was the one I wanted. Somehow though, in between explaining to her exactly what I liked and her going to get it, we got our signals crossed and she bought the same watch but without the concentric circle face and with Roman numerals (why do Rolexes use 'IIII' instead of 'IV' by the way?). She bought the watch in Connecticut.

When it became apparent that it wasn't the same watch she told me to go to the place in the City, buy the one I wanted and then we'd return the one she bought.

This actually worked in our favor because if you buy in New York and have it shipped out of state they don't charge you sales tax. You're still responsible for it but..... So I knew off the bat we'd save some moolah doing it this way.

The wife paid $5250.00 including tax of about $300.00 when she bought in Connecticut. I go into the store in NYC and grab the DJ I want. The tag on it says $4950 - same price my wife paid - I say to the guy '$4950?' He says 'well, no, it's actually $4450'. 'Really? Wow, that's great' is my reply. Without any prompting from me, the guy says 'But we can do better than that.' Now I'm thinking that I'm going to have the baby shipped anyway so I'm saving the tax AND he's just cut $500 bills off the top, NOW he wants to bargain ME down?! Great.

'You can? How much better?' 'I can give it to you for $4,000.00'. I thought for about a milisecond before I said 'Deal.'

So I got the same watch that my wife paid $5250.00 for for $4000.00 plus $25 shipping. I bought it from an authorized dealer and have all the papers, warranty, etc.

$1200 difference!

When I went and returned the other watch in Connecticut, they were none too happy about how much they were undercut.

[Prince]

Originally Posted by Orangeman

...It'll take a lot more than calling me a 'tosser' to get under it...

Oh, I'm sorry Orangeman. That's something that would happen ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD!!!

But HERE? Here it is a badge of honor. An epithet devoutly to be wished (pardon the paraphrase, William). A summit to be attained. A...Well, you get the idea.

You'll fit right in here. You might even want to join the climb up the ladder.

Nicely done! You can't just wear a bargain, you gotta tell others about it. LOLOLOL

BTW, Rolex uses the IIII instead of the IV because the IV could be mistaken for a VI on the dial, at certain angles. It actually is a watchmaker/clockmaker tradition that goes back a few hundred years.

But I prefer arabics. They're bold and no mistaking at all.

[Orangeman]

Originally Posted by Atomic

Nicely done! You can't just wear a bargain, you gotta tell others about it. LOLOLOL.

I know, right?

Originally Posted by Atomic

BTW, Rolex uses the IIII instead of the IV because the IV could be mistaken for a VI on the dial, at certain angles. It actually is a watchmaker/clockmaker tradition that goes back a few hundred years.

Excellent, thank you.

[JJ Irani]

Great story up there, OM. And what an excellent deal you got. Just goes to show....there are some fantastic deals out there....just gotta go seek and then ask!!

Well done!!

Cheers - JJ

[mailman]

That's a hell of a deal OM. That's amazing that you got it for that kind of price in NYC

[sevoguy]

Welcome OM and enjoy the friendship here at TRF...
Sevoguy