[Gedanken]

In this context, I'll speak of my second as my first, since my first was a DJ given to me by my parents. By that time I'd become aware of the Sub, and the TT Blue grabbed my attention. However, a few things mitigated against my going for the blue:

1) I was looking for a replacement for my venerable old Seiko diver's, which had been through hell and high water with me over four continents, and the TT just wasn't utilitarian enough
2) From exeprience with the DJ, gold scratches way too easily for the daily abuse I tend to put watches through
3) Gold doesn't really go with what I wear the majority of the time

So SS it was, and since I was more in the market for a diver's, it came down to the Sub line.

Now my next observation will probably be controversial, but I'm just reporting my thoughts at the time. While I was in Singapore, the SS Sub Date was all over the place, and most of the time I saw it on guys who were more likely to drown in the bathroom sink rather than in open water. The image really turned me off.

Just about that point, I came across an old paratrooper mate of mine who was wearing an SD, of which I'd only been peripherally aware. It looked damned good, and despite the miniscule differences in dimension to the Sub, jumped out at me. I did a bit of digging around, looked up on the history of the design and found that its intent with Comex was much more application focussed than the Sub when it was originally released.

That's it, done deal, I thought. Haven't regretted it since.