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Old 6 September 2019, 05:05 AM   #1
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It survived Dorian and arrived!
Though Dorian ended up a non-event in Miami, it looked iffy for a while, and the madness of hurricane preparations caused some delay. But yesterday, Fedex finally brought this lovely WG/lapis lazuli 18239 DD.

Lapis lazuli dials seem to be pretty uncommon in WG, and I’d originally thought I’d want any lapis to be on YG anyway, but it seems there’s just something ... ‘right’ somehow about the look of a blue dial/white metal Rolex (whether SS, WG, or Pt).
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Old 6 September 2019, 05:55 AM   #2
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Congratulations! Sharp looking DD!
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Old 6 September 2019, 06:04 AM   #3
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Can honestly say thats a first for me, never seen one before.

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Old 6 September 2019, 06:18 AM   #4
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Can honestly say thats a first for me, never seen one before.

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Old 6 September 2019, 06:19 AM   #5
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Old 6 September 2019, 06:25 AM   #6
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Congratulations!

I hope ALABAMA make it through the hurricane too!
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Old 6 September 2019, 06:25 AM   #7
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Congratulations, gorgeous dial.
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Old 6 September 2019, 06:28 AM   #8
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Very nice!
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Old 6 September 2019, 06:42 AM   #9
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Lapis lazuli is my favorite dial on 5 digits DD's. Would love to find an original 18238 with lapis lazuli dial some day.

not my pic -

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Old 6 September 2019, 08:09 AM   #10
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Lapis lazuli is my favorite dial on 5 digits DD's. Would love to find an original 18238 with lapis lazuli dial some day.

not my pic -

Agree. I've never seen a WG lapis like Clay's, but a few months ago at breakfast there was a gentleman wearing a YG lapis. I never comment on stranger's watches, but we were walking past each other and I told him that was my favorite dial of them all. He said, "I think they stopped making it."
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Old 6 September 2019, 09:05 AM   #11
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I like that style a lot.

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(Going to buy a 1979 Eldorado now.)
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Old 6 September 2019, 09:52 AM   #12
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Beautiful!!!...I’ve always loved the lapis blue dial!
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Old 6 September 2019, 11:06 AM   #13
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Congrats on the watch and on getting passed up by Dorian.
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Old 6 September 2019, 11:18 AM   #14
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Old 6 September 2019, 11:38 AM   #15
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Congrats and welcome to the 18239 club!


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Old 6 September 2019, 11:56 AM   #16
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Old 6 September 2019, 02:25 PM   #17
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Special watch.
WG and lapis is hot. A true wis piece.
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Old 7 September 2019, 04:41 AM   #18
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Can honestly say thats a first for me, never seen one before.
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Same here
I assume y’all mean you’ve never seen one in WG - But, just in case you meant that you’ve never seen a lapis Rolex, you’ve got a real treat in store in THIS THREAD (every Rolex stone dial ever).

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Lapis lazuli is my favorite dial on 5 digit DDs. Would love to find an original 18238 with lapis lazuli dial some day.
Not to create undue temptation, but there’s one currently FS right HERE on TRF, IIRC it’s even from a Trusted Seller.

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Congrats and welcome to the 18239 club!
Thanks! (I’ve also joined the tiny 18249 club - We meet in any convenient phone booth.)

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WG and lapis is hot. A true wis piece.
Thanks to all - I can’t stop looking at it, in the sun it’s quite a sight.
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Old 7 September 2019, 04:43 AM   #19
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VERY nice!!! Congrats on a rare find!
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