Incoming, BLRO

[Hollie_Rollie]

Congrats! Wear in good health

[Nerdywatch2]

congrats

[ArtNouveau]

Congrats, wear it in good health including the days when it’s hard.

[kieselguhr]

Congratulations! What a story

[nr1416]

F***ING right! Love the story Gary, and thanks for opening up to us. Congrats and wear the hell out of that Pepsi, you more then deserve it.

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[IndianRider]

Amazing, enjoy it!!!

[wear4l]

Awesome story, thanks for sharing.

[Solo118]

Great story. Enjoy to the fullest

[Anestheticsaregood]

Best post in a while. FWIW you’re wearing your watch on the “wrong” wrist mate....
In all seriousness though... wear it in good health. Hope you mend quickly.

[Juan Luis]

Congrats and thanks for sharing!

[Randomgary]

Hey all, thank you. I really appreciate it.

Chronic pain is pretty draining and combining it with the account management stuff means I can get quite easily stressed/ frustrated doing (what should be) simple things in the office. While in the uk the GMT hand will be set to Afghan time to remind me that it might feel tough but it's not a "bad" day. A quick sense check and reminder that life is precious and pretty good everytime I check my watch.

[Elmer]

Congratulations Gary, brilliant story. Thanks for sharing it with us and thank you for your service

[Jonah10]

Amazing story!! Congrats


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[Point break]

Congrats and enjoy it in good health

[10klakes]

Thanks for sharing your story and pics. Congrats and enjoy the BLRO. It’s one of my favorites-

[037]

Very cool. Congrats and enjoy!

[AJM914]

Congrats! Nice story!

[Rags]

Congrats & enjoy it..

[brandrea]

Congratulations Gary Your AD and mine sound a lot the same.

I sincerely hope you enjoy your blro as much as I do mine.

[Bigsoftee]

What a great story, and the pics that go with it, especially the one with our Queen and of course you medals for the service you gave.

Wear in good health Gary!

[DonnieD]

Congrats to you Gary and what a great AD. Wear her in good health. Stay safe.

[G.D.BeanCounter]

Thanks for sharing and congratulations! Decorated soldier with ties to the Queen... it's no wonder why the AD made good on the promise. Salute and enjoy!

[calebb90]

Congrats! I’m glad you didn’t give up on the forum even though you received some cynical comments. We can always use more storytellers on here and sounds like you have some amazing ones to share and more to come I’m certain.

Cheers!


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[JasTPE]

Wow! Wonderful story, thanks for sharing! And congratulations on the acquisition~

JasTPE

[Daytonaman799]

Congrats!

[Rolex_fan2020]

Congratulations! It’s a beautiful watch.


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[fed_fan]

Congrats! Thank u for posting such a great story.

[jburson250]

Thank you for your service Gary. Enjoy the BLRO!

[00Seven]

Great story. Congrats and well deserved!

[time_and_cars]

Amazing history... So happy you get your Blnr enjoy my friend

Originally Posted by Randomgary

Hey all,

I'm finally writing my incoming post. After my last previous post I've been called many things ( https://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=706633 ) like troll, dillusional ect..... what I have been is honest and truthful throughout.

A few are genuinely interested in how I found myself to be receiving a BLRO in 7 months despite no history, the truth is I met a passionate, honest and completely authentic Sales Assistant. Yes! they really exist.

My story really starts of 7 months ago when I decided to set in action my 3 year plan (I had been watching luxury timepieces for absolute years but for different reasons I had never purchased, I will elaborate further later on). I travel alot with work and I decided I would start to make myself familiar with any AD's I passed. I managed to build my journey around a dealership one day (they have requested to remain anonymous) and the discusson around SS started as they always had ie how huge interest was , how many calls per day they recieve and how unrealistic waiting lists were even if my name was taken. TBH this was a breath of fresh air and felt like I was receiving a realistic insight to the current buying market.

I said something along the lines of, "I'm really grateful for your time and realistic expectations, (and with a smile) however I might still call in when I next pass just to see if the market has changed."

The AD replied "I look forward to it Gary, and I hope you will be of the crutches next time we meet"

Now I'm visibly disabled, I use crutches for all mobility, I replied ,hopefully humoursly, that it would be a miracle as I've been using them 6 years with no end in sight.

At this moment he said "I'm sorry to hear that, I will remember you as Gary, from Ireland. I was just in Belfast where are you from?"

When he heard "outskirts of Belfast he was taken aback. "I could not understand the Belfast accent, you sound nothing like it"

I disclosed at this point that I was a public speaker now living in England and a natural unforced conversation happened with me disclosing that during my sessions I talk about both my experiences within the British Army, and also my journey of suffering a life changing injury, being a team Captain in the Invictus Games and ultimately moving away from forces life.

He listened intently, finally asking me "what watch are you interested in, and why?"

I replied "The BLRO. In my job within the British Army I was a Forward Observer. My teams role was to call in all the big bangs on the battlefield (artillery, rockets, attack helicopters, jets) in my world accurate timing is critical! not optional. Genuinely I didn't want to take the risk of a very expensive timepiece to have it obliterated by a £5 homemade explosive device. Therefore accuracy is paramount.

In my role we worked on two time zones, local and Zulu (home time) the GMT function is a perfect nod to this. In the past I often had zulu on watch and local on GPS.

Colours are my regimental colours, upside down but I can live with that. We wore a tactical recognition flash to indicate who we were, this flash was our identity.

And finally I had received a significant award during my service, the ceramic BLRO colours matched perfectly the colours of the award."

I said that I had recently passed on a chance to purchase another brands offer of creating a bespoke piece capturing my service details and award as I felt it was token where as this feels like it will have sentimental value.

He replied "How do I know this is true?".

I handed him my business card and said "it is open source public information."

He looked me right in the eye and said words to the effect of "I will get you that watch in 6 months."


After quite some time of transactional conversations with ADs I had finally met the right person. I'd never spoken about my past before to try to get a place in line, this was a natural conversation completely unforced.

I am delighted to take this not into my families possession, I'm merely a custodian until the time comes for one of my kids take over it.

I know, it's a long story but I did promise to tell the circumstances if the watch did arrive.

Thank you to all those who sent hopeful posts. The good people of the forum.

Thanks for reading, Gary

PS, I'm on pain medication that inhibits my brains ability to communicate with myself or generate text that's easily understood. Please let me know if any part of this story makes no sense and I will have a go at re writing it.






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