Monday morning - time for another "at the AD" post

[m j b]

We have three Rolex ADs in the area, and the wife does enjoy shopping and she recently suggested buying me a new watch. I'm not convinced yet that I want a new Submariner, so we went to an AD that also carries Omega.

Omega: the brand that you can actually purchase new at retail. LOL

They also had Tudor.

I've BTDT with Rolex, Omega and Tudor, sold them all for various reasons. But there is a new Speedmaster '57 that I wanted to look at it and they make several models in a 38mm. I have tiny wrists.

Long story short: the poor salesperson had to repeatedly remind my wife that although they had several lovely Rolexes for demonstration, they were not for sale, there is no buying of a new Rolex and she has no idea when she will get anything in and they can't even order anything. She was incredibly patient.

The Submariner, for me, in my wife's words "will work, but absolutely nothing bigger than that". She liked the OP 36mm on me, but I did not; something about the proportions of the case and the overly simple bezel put me off. I wish they still made the 39mm.

Ditto the 38mm Omegas, the case proportions are just off; the movement causes the height to be the same as in a 42mm watch, and it just looks odd. They had no 38mm Speedmasters (those are rare and I don't think they sell well) and all of my research on the Speedmaster '57 (which they didn't have anyway) says that it will be too big lug-to-lug for me anyway.

And so I tried on a SS Skydweller. At 42mm it's too big for me, really, and the wife didn't like the fluted bezel. I love the watch, I think it's freakin' gorgeous, the complications are awesome and the blue face was just to die for. It was on the Oyster, and did I mention the beautiful blue face?

I'm afraid that with the sparkly fluted bezel and the oversized (for me) case, it will be too flashy, but I'd like to wear it for a year or two just to make sure.

We left empty handed, natch.