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27 April 2023, 06:12 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2019
Real Name: Jake
Location: Slam Diego
Watch: 16233, 116619LB
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With utter delight, I share this with you all
This post has been a longtime coming & I’m happy to share my personal achievement with this group.
(TL;DR … I saved up for a while & bought a watch.) For me, a Rolex has always marked personal achievement. I became enamored with the brand after seeing various Rolexes on my father’s wrist over the course of his life. As a kid, it was “ooh, shiny,” but as an adult it’s more of a “I bet that person worked diligently & rewarded themselves.” I have a distinct memory as a kid of seeing a YG DD36 on the wrist of my dad’s CEO at a company party during the early 90s & being enamored. The CFO, a longtime family friend, had a two-tone 5-digit Sub & I was instantly hooked on the brand. I was never in a financial position to purchase my own until a few years ago. I knew it had to be special, to commemorate what I consider to be the biggest series of achievements in my life thus far. I started saving when I was still in the Navy, originally with my sights on a blue Milgauss. I passed on one when they were trading for like $8k a few years ago because it didn’t feel right at the time. I honestly felt like I didn’t “deserve” one yet. I then had the opportunity to buy a 6-digit two-tone Sub. Passed again. Timing didn’t feel right. Kept saving, kept investing. The time will come. I don’t “need” it now. Patience. I’m of the school of thought that not wanting many things, but wanting the singular, best thing possible, is the way to go. I’d trade all the colorful Timexes in the world for one single, special piece (an outlandish example, but maybe you understand). I then saw the Smurf. That was it. I knew I had to have it. That’s the top of the Submariner pyramid. Kept saving, kept investing. Now, fellow obsessive maniacs, I’m proud to show that after one decade of saving, four deployments, one degree & one out-of-the-park, civilian job offer, my dream has been realized. My full set 116619LB has found its forever home alongside my father’s 16233 that was gifted to me on my wedding day. Now, if anyone (does VTC Guy Paul still frequent this place? If so, I got you those VFA-97 t-shirts, you owe me!) wants to buy me a beer because I’ve spent all my pennies on a watch (jk), please LMK  (sorry for the small pic, I had to resize so it met the attachment requirements) |
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27 April 2023, 06:18 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: UK
Watch: DJ II, Exp II
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congrats!!!, great back story, you knew when the time was right, and what a stunning piece, and well done!!
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27 April 2023, 06:19 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2021
Location: Houston, Texas
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Beautiful … congratulations.
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27 April 2023, 06:20 AM
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: US
Posts: 2,698
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congrats and thank you for your service!
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27 April 2023, 06:33 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: The States
Watch: Cosmograph Daytona
Posts: 7,428
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27 April 2023, 06:20 AM
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2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Toronto
Watch: ♕
Posts: 2,121
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Amazing Incoming and even more special given all the time and patience you've invested in it.
It truly is amazing to have engineering and art on your wrist and look down and appreciate all that went into its design and the personal commitment to own it. Congratulations, enjoy the memories you'll make with that beauty!  
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27 April 2023, 06:22 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Jan 2020
Real Name: Kevin
Location: Northeast
Watch: My first, Sub Date
Posts: 1,937
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Great story, thank you for your service and a huge congratulations
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27 April 2023, 06:22 AM
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2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member
Join Date: Jul 2013
Real Name: Brian (TBone)
Location: canada
Watch: es make me smile
Posts: 77,770
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Wow, that just awesome Jake! Thank you for sharing your story and BIG congratulations
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27 April 2023, 06:25 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2023
Location: Madrid, Spain
Posts: 379
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Big congrats. Awesome post.
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27 April 2023, 06:28 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2019
Real Name: Jay
Location: England
Watch: SkyD
Posts: 6,398
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Happy for you :)
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27 April 2023, 06:29 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Real Name: JYogi/Jeremy
Location: Metro Detroit USA
Watch: It's a Rolex!
Posts: 5,787
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Congrats and Thank You for your service!
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27 April 2023, 06:29 AM
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2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member
Join Date: Jul 2012
Real Name: Kat
Location: CA, USA
Watch: 126233 Wimbledon T
Posts: 7,136
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Nice story! Beautiful! Big congrats…
Kat Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk |
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27 April 2023, 06:31 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2022
Real Name: Suzanne
Location: Colorado
Watch: Rolex Datejust
Posts: 813
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Beautiful watch. Congratulations!
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27 April 2023, 06:31 AM
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Real Name: Nelson
Location: Central, NJ
Posts: 2,466
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Congrats! Thanks for sharing.
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27 April 2023, 06:38 AM
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Join Date: May 2020
Real Name: Henry
Location: USA
Posts: 4,288
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Love the story. Congrats! Best sub ever.
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27 April 2023, 06:44 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Paris, France
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Many congrats!! Great post. Thank you for sharing. |
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27 April 2023, 06:44 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2022
Location: 🌏
Watch: This! 🍻
Posts: 222
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What's the "out of the park" civilian job? Welcome to the other side!
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27 April 2023, 08:41 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Jan 2019
Real Name: Jake
Location: Slam Diego
Watch: 16233, 116619LB
Posts: 2,293
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What's the time? It's time to get ill. Wishlist: 128236; 16202BC; 5396G |
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27 April 2023, 06:45 AM
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2024 Pledge Member
Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: London
Watch: Explorer 214270
Posts: 481
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Well done on the hard work and dedication it takes to achieve your personal goals… that watch will hold a great memory of all the effort for you.
Wear it in the best of health, gleaming with pride!
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27 April 2023, 06:45 AM
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2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member
Join Date: Sep 2015
Real Name: Richard
Location: GA
Watch: YTBD
Posts: 23,455
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Outstanding, congratulations!
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27 April 2023, 07:33 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Real Name: Scott
Location: UK
Watch: ^^^ for now
Posts: 5,792
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What Richard said Could not have put it better or more succinctly
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27 April 2023, 07:42 PM
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2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member
Join Date: Sep 2019
Real Name: Randy
Location: Midwest USA
Watch: Blue Sky
Posts: 3,154
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Congrats!!
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27 April 2023, 06:47 AM
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2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: United States
Watch: Rolex and Patek
Posts: 11,340
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Congrats
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27 April 2023, 07:07 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Dec 2012
Real Name: Cam
Location: North of 49th
Watch: Rolex/Grand Seiko
Posts: 1,933
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Congrats and (as a Canadian), thank you for your service! A beautiful piece!
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27 April 2023, 07:43 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Aug 2021
Location: Canada
Watch: it Fizz!
Posts: 78
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Huge congrats...that's a beauty! A great reward for your forbearance.
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27 April 2023, 07:38 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Aug 2010
Real Name: Brian
Location: East Coast
Watch: 124270
Posts: 984
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Congrats my friend. It’s a stunner.
I purchased my first Rolex when I returned from OIF in 2003. Figured I lived through it so might as well treat myself. I still love the watch today 20 years later. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
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27 April 2023, 07:44 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Tejas
Watch: Various
Posts: 5,082
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Looks great
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27 April 2023, 07:51 AM
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"TRF" Member
Join Date: Jul 2020
Location: US
Posts: 1,057
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Congrats! Enjoy in good health
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27 April 2023, 08:16 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2021
Location: CA
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Great story with a fantastic ending! Congrats!
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27 April 2023, 08:39 AM
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2024 Pledge Member
Join Date: Apr 2018
Real Name: Harry
Location: England
Posts: 10,629
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Congratulations. Best Sub in the world and it's all yours.
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