Living with a Rolex DSSD - Keep or not to keep? - that is the question

[alcappuccino]

[FONT="Arial Black"]I have owned the DSSD since Jan 1st 2010. It was my dream watch and having fallen of my racer in the ice (how silly!) I had damaged the bracelet on my girlie Omega Seamaster. I went to my AD to get the bracelet fixed and low and behold they had a DSSD in the window. So I brought it straight away while I was wrapped up in a whirl wind of passion! It was the first time I had seen the watch in the flesh, and I loved it!

I have now owned it for 5 months and unlike some people who seem to own watches and have them BNIB I wear mine EVERY day. So I have lived with this watch.

It is heavy, it will not go under the cuff of a shirt and the size / weight and depth means that it can move around easily on the wrist. I find myself using the supurb glidelock clasp on a continuous basis - almost as if Rolex knew you would need this part to live with the watch??? hmmm...

So... I consider trading it in and getting something that I would love with all my heart. I am not a rich man but I do like the finer things in life. It is due to the ending (as opposed to never ending) pot of cash that I find myself with this decision to make on a regular basis. A friend who has collected watches for years told me that if there is doubt, there is no doubt - but I find that gate swinging two ways - I want something I love more, but don't know what. I also doubt the fact that I want to sell it! - once it is gone will I miss it like hell!!!? - Then I LOVE it again! God - this is a proper head ache!

Due to the way it sits on my wrist I find that when I look down at it it is sat futher away from me and I am looking at strap - I think this is due to my genetics though! I need a DSSD Wrist - does anyone know where to get one!

So is there anyone else out there who feels like this but simply can't bare to part with the deepest of the deep?

PS - I suspect I would go Panerai Luminor Marina on a leather strap - any comparisons or thoughts are most welcome...

Al Cappuccino - Oxford - the city of dreaming spires.