First Rolex

[Castiel]

Congrats. Great pick up. Enjoy and wear it in good health.

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Originally Posted by Rich Mickol

Great watch. Congrats and welcome to TRF.

Thank you Rich Mickol, I love the forum there is so much info here!!!

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Originally Posted by travisb

Great watch! Enjoy the heck out of it!

Thank you Travisb, I will!!!

[Roaddog]

Congratulations - very handsome watch. Excellent choice.

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Originally Posted by Verdi

Congrats.
It must feel so good after saving for all that time.
Enjoy it in good health!

Hello Verdi, yeah feels great indeed. You can't imagine how many AD windows I have been staring at the last 2,5 years!

[Paul_81]

Let's see it on the wrist then we can congrats and happy days!!

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Originally Posted by swils8610

Great choice! IMHO the best SS daily wear Rolex! It checks all of the boxes for me!


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We totally agree on that one Swils8610!

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Originally Posted by watchwatcher

Congrats...great watch.

Thanks Watchwatcher!

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Originally Posted by longimanus88

Congrats for the watch and your patience! Wonderful watch, in my top 3 among all divers. Fully graduated bezel, no Cyclops, perfect dive watch! Enjoy it!

Thank you Longimanus88 yes those are the features that made me choose the 116600!

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Originally Posted by SemperFi

Congratulations!

Thanks a lot SemperFi!

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Originally Posted by JMK01

Congratulations, what a great.choice.

Thanks a lot JMK01!

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Originally Posted by vladamir15

Congrats

Thanks a lot Vladamir15 !

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Originally Posted by Castiel

Congrats. Great pick up. Enjoy and wear it in good health.

Thanks Castiel! Yeah I sure plan to !

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Originally Posted by Roaddog

Congratulations - very handsome watch. Excellent choice.

Thank you Roaddog (love the name btw)

[Vaux]

love it congrats!

[yannis]

Congrats man! Great watch and happy for you after all the wait saving up. Wear it in good health!

[teb1013]

Looks beautiful and there's nothing like a beautiful new watch fresh out of the box. Never had a new Rolex, myself, best I can do is 25 years old. Congratulations too on your self control in saving for so long and selling a valued collection to get it!


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[Steve36Efc]

Congratulations, you've made an excellent choice, a fantastic effort saving for the last couple of years will I'm sure make you enjoy it all the more

[dayusmc]

Hope you don't mind but I have a question. If I read correctly, you said you have not so big hands. What made you choose the SD? I thought the SD being a little bigger than the Sub and Sub No Date would be to big. I am asking because I have small wrists (6-1/4 ish) and I really like that SD, but I was worried it would be to big and that I should probably go with a Sub No Date or Sub. Any advice you could give would greatly be appreciated. Thanks

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Originally Posted by Paul_81

Let's see it on the wrist then we can congrats and happy days!!

Hi Paul_81 here's a picture on the wrist!

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Originally Posted by Vaux

love it congrats!

Thank you Vaux

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Originally Posted by Paul_81

Let's see it on the wrist then we can congrats and happy days!!

Hi Paul_81, here's a picture on the wrist!

[Felix_]

congrats! awesome choice

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Originally Posted by yannis7777

Congrats man! Great watch and happy for you after all the wait saving up. Wear it in good health!

Thanks Yannis7777, yes it was a long wait but happy to wear it now!

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Originally Posted by teb1013

Looks beautiful and there's nothing like a beautiful new watch fresh out of the box. Never had a new Rolex, myself, best I can do is 25 years old. Congratulations too on your self control in saving for so long and selling a valued collection to get it!


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Hi Teb1013, vintage or new they are all beautiful! But yes, it was nice to remove the stickers myself (still found one yesterday)! Doubted long on selling the miniature carmodels but I have no regrets!

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Originally Posted by Steve36Efc

Congratulations, you've made an excellent choice, a fantastic effort saving for the last couple of years will I'm sure make you enjoy it all the more

Hi Steve36Efc, thank you! Yes that's for sure, although I wouldn't have mind it if I could have bought a bit earlier

[rmlovett1]

That's a beauty! Congrats!!

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Originally Posted by dayusmc

Hope you don't mind but I have a question. If I read correctly, you said you have not so big hands. What made you choose the SD? I thought the SD being a little bigger than the Sub and Sub No Date would be to big. I am asking because I have small wrists (6-1/4 ish) and I really like that SD, but I was worried it would be to big and that I should probably go with a Sub No Date or Sub. Any advice you could give would greatly be appreciated. Thanks

Hello Dayusmc, ofcourse I don't mind, happy to help or at least try.
The bezel of the three watches are the same size, also for Rolex these are all three 40mm watches. The difference between the two Sub's and the Sea Dweller, are the size of the lugs. That would be all the steel surrounding the bezel, that's bigger on both the Sub models. So the Sub model just cover more space on your wrist. Something I didn't like on my size wrist. Also the crownguards (the steel surrounding the winding crown) on the Sub models are a bit bigger.
Because of this the Sea Dweller wears a little bit smaller on your wrist. I've often read that the difference is not too big, but to me it was quite significant. I did try on both the watches at the same time so could compare them with one another.

Having said that, the Sea Dweller is a thicker watch. The caseback stands out more than on the Sub models and the crystal is also thicker, both characteristics are noticable when on your wrist.
So in a nutshell, the Sea Dweller is a bit smaller but a bit thicker and it is also a little heavier.
I would really advice to try the watches on if you can and preferably at the same time, it helped me to make my decision.
Last but not least, the Sea Dweller is a bit more expensive than the Sub Date and the Sub Date a bit more expensive than the Sub No Date. So if the differences in size or design aren't too big for you the difference in price could be interesting.

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Originally Posted by Felix_

congrats! awesome choice

Thanks Felix

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Originally Posted by Richris1

That's a beauty! Congrats!!

Thanks Richris1, real happy with it!