Nisbeth
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Originally Posted by kevin gilmore /img/forum/go_quote.gif This may not be around long, so drool while you can. FOXNews.com - Watches That Cost More Than Houses! |
Originally Posted by appophylite /img/forum/go_quote.gif something we know he has wanted for a long time, but will never buy for himself. |
Originally Posted by appophylite /img/forum/go_quote.gif Well, I've thought about this long and hard for the past few months: It's my Dad's 50th birthday coming up this week and my mother and I wanted to get something special for him so we decided to get him a good, high end watch - something we know he has wanted for a long time, but will never buy for himself. We've been looking at options over the time trying to decide what the best one was, and in the end, we decided to go with out first instinct which was to buy a Rolex - a brand he knows and appreciates. The particular model I was looking for was not in stock with my (as local as they will get) AD, but they were able to order it, and just yesterday, I got the call telling me that it had arrived and was ready to be picked up at my convenience: Rolex Submariner 116613LN When we had been looking through the watches Rolex offers, we decided to go with a sport watch from the Professional line over a formal Perpetual model because Dad has been favoring more sport watches as he gets older. Initially, we decided to throw out any Rolex which was solid gold or had lots of diamonds as the 'blingyness' that some of those models are capable of attaining is just absurd. Initial plan had been a stainless steel base model 16613, but while I was looking around online for reviews, impressions and articles, I came across articles about the new Subs that were announced low key at BaselWorld 2009 and when my Mom and I saw the pics, they just clicked and we knew this had to be the perfect watch. I've already started getting that nervous/excited feeling as I'm waiting the last 48-60 hours before I'll pick it up, and with luck, I'll snag some pictures before we present it to him! |