The last watch you'll ever need

[marcs1]

I bought a 14060M random serial Rolex Submariner about a month ago. My first Rolex and purchased it brand new from the AD who gave me an insanely good deal and also probably the best and nicest customer service I've ever received in ever buying anything. The reason I'm writing this is because I've been reading and looking at this great forum for a couple months now and I thought I'd contribute something now that I've had and been wearing a submariner for a month. First of all I feel that if they can every man should have one good watch in his life. No jewelry no nothing just one good watch. That's why about six years ago I bought my first one good watch which was an Omega Speedmaster Schumacher 3520.53.00. I recently flipped it for a small profit which was pretty cool mostly due to the fact that it was in almost mint condition. The thing is and part of the reason I'm writing this is that I wore that watch for only about a year until I noticed how delicate it really was, not too happy about it's very weak water resistance, and most importantly I noticed my friends Speedmaster which was the exact same one which he had for a few years and how wrecked it had gotten. Unlike the ND submariner's of the past and future alike which no one could deny look amazing with its patina, this watch did not age well. The numbers turned yellow, the band and case get scratched up pretty good and after a while even the tachometer just looks pretty horrible. Which kind of sucked since I wanted one good watch to age with and to have and to wear. Kind of like a good wife I guess. Not too sure how I feel about that, but I know how I feel about it for a watch. So I literally stopped wearing the speedmaster. And on a side note it's funny but being as the Speedmaster is a great stopwatch, the honest-to-goodness truth is that in a year I probably used it as a stopwatch no more than 5 times where I've used the bezel on my submariner about 20 times to time various things in just the last month. Plus I'm a diver but I haven't got wet yet since I've had the watch. Anyway, back to my watch story. That ND submariner is a tank. I love the way it looks, how light and comfortable it is, and also it doesn't have any of the few things that I worried about with my Speedmaster. In fact quite the opposite. Ages very well, extremely waterproof, and of course the thing I think I like most about it including the history, the original ND submariner's first tagline "The last watch you'll ever need."
Heck it was good enough for Mr. McQueen, and I dig that very much.
And I recently learned that James Bond wore it. Sheesh. How cool is that?!



P.S. I still think the Omega speedmaster is a great watch. Especially the Speedmaster professional, "Moon watch."
It's just not an ND submariner is all...