Major disappointment...

[vman]

I got up at 6AM this morning to prepare myself for a trip to AD. Today was supposed to be the day. Unfortunately, after looking at Subs I came home empty handed. For some reason I did not expect Rolex to be what it was in terms of quality and looks when compared to other watches.

I looked at the inventory at Shreve and Co. located in San Francisco. First of all, the sales person was completely clueless. I asked her if there were any COSC Subs in stock and she said that only Sub dates had certification. When I tried to explain about the latest model that came in mid 2007, I lost her. Then I asked her for an LV, she did not know what it was. WTF? I have large wrists and the Subs looked tiny plus the bracelets were, well, not the ones that I would expect to find on fine watches. I compared this to Omega and to be honest with you I ran out of the store because I did not want to get an Omega instead of a Rollie. Seamaster just felt like a tool watch compared to a Sub. I did not want to make any spontaneous decisions and chose to stay away from any buys until I got home. Rolex is a fine watch, but it simply did not smile at me.


The only hope is a Sea Dweller. They did not have any in stock and I am going to check them out at another location. If SDs feel like Subs, then I'll end up getting something else... Here goes dream :(