After four years of saving: my own SubC!

[Steelke]

Originally Posted by rokosh

Great story with a happy ending- my congratulations for your perseverance

Time really does change everything; I remember years ago, my dad gave my brother his prized Rolex- at that time, I had just started work and knew for certain that I could never afford a watch at that level. Come to think of it, even run-of-the-mill quartz watches were an effort.

I would browse TRF even then but never registered- what was the use, I knew I'd never say "INCOMING!!!" or whatever was the right way to announce a new watch
Cut to maybe a decade later; after months and months of saving, I finally walked into our local AD, spent three (!) hours there and floated out, supremely happy, with my first ever Rolex- a beautiful TT Daytona with a lovely slate grey dial, for me the best Daytona ever (naturally, eh!)
That was also the day I registered on TRF

Nice story!

[KBM]

Originally Posted by rokosh

Great story with a happy ending- my congratulations for your perseverance

Time really does change everything; I remember years ago, my dad gave my brother his prized Rolex- at that time, I had just started work and knew for certain that I could never afford a watch at that level. Come to think of it, even run-of-the-mill quartz watches were an effort.

I would browse TRF even then but never registered- what was the use, I knew I'd never say "INCOMING!!!" or whatever was the right way to announce a new watch
Cut to maybe a decade later; after months and months of saving, I finally walked into our local AD, spent three (!) hours there and floated out, supremely happy, with my first ever Rolex- a beautiful TT Daytona with a lovely slate grey dial, for me the best Daytona ever (naturally, eh!)
That was also the day I registered on TRF

May you ever enjoy that daytona. These are the stories watch collecting is all about.

[Hairdude1]

Congrats!!!

[Polarbears]

Great trio!

[DGB]

Congrats, the first Rolex after a long time of saving gives a particular reward feeling

[CGarza9655]

Congratulations! I'm on a similar savings path myself at the moment. Gives me hope to see someone reach the end result

[Gerry62]

Congrats. Great Watch

[chazadams]

Congrats on the hard work! Excellent choice. Now you can not only look at your wrist for the time, but a reminder of hard work pays off in all that you do.

[Rags]

Congrats & wear it in good health.

[ajas]

Congratulations. It takes a lot of sacrifice to paitiently wait and save every month to get your reward.
Well done and welcome to the family

[HORNBLOWER]

Congrats, a beautiful watch. No pain no gain

[PascalSwiss]

Congrats

[BiH115]

Very nice OP, great first choice.

Originally Posted by rokosh

Great story with a happy ending- my congratulations for your perseverance

Time really does change everything; I remember years ago, my dad gave my brother his prized Rolex- at that time, I had just started work and knew for certain that I could never afford a watch at that level. Come to think of it, even run-of-the-mill quartz watches were an effort.

I would browse TRF even then but never registered- what was the use, I knew I'd never say "INCOMING!!!" or whatever was the right way to announce a new watch
Cut to maybe a decade later; after months and months of saving, I finally walked into our local AD, spent three (!) hours there and floated out, supremely happy, with my first ever Rolex- a beautiful TT Daytona with a lovely slate grey dial, for me the best Daytona ever (naturally, eh!)
That was also the day I registered on TRF

That's definitely what it's all about.

[rushca01]

Very cool and congrats on staying the course! Awesome choice, the sub is iconic.

[droptopman]

Big Congrats love hearing these stories. Great choice too