My little story

[BigTasty]

Hello!
After lurking in the shadows of this forum for some time, I thought I’d take the plunge. This is my first post on a forum. Ever. So...

I wasn’t really into watches. Then, during one of many breaks ( these are an essential part of being a tradesman), I saw a Hulk in a jewellers. When you know, you know. Whether it’s a house, a car or significant other, you get that “It will be mine” feeling. This was years ago, about 2011ish. At the time I didn’t have that sort of wedge lying around. About a year later I had a little surplus funds and thought I deserved a treat so “popped in to my local AD to pick me up a hulk”. Her indoors wanted to go on holiday but I made an executive decision that I needed a watch more. Well, I soon realised that buying a Rolex wasn’t that straight forward! They didn’t have any and started to quiz me, asking what I did for a living where I lived. I’ve never had to pass a test before to get something from a shop. I thought they were going give me a medical at one point! After the Spanish Inquisition they said they would put me on a waiting list. Exciting, I thought. A list. I didn’t see them write my details down so they probably did it after I left. Well, about a year later we went on that holiday she was after. Whilst we were in Vegas I noticed the hulk sitting in the window of a shop in the Bellagio. Went in and tried it on, it made me remember how much I wanted it. However, I was in no position to blow the holiday spends on a watch when we still had 3 weeks in Palm Springs to finance. So I did the honourable thing and passed, then threw a massive strop and made every ones life a misery for the next few days. Fast forward a few years and the itch returned. Went back to my AD to see how that list was getting on.