Long awaited Incoming!
After 5 years of dreaming about picking up a 15300 after first trying one on at Harrods in London, I've finally been able to muster the funds to pick up a Royal Oak.I was initially dismayed that the 15300 was discontinued in 2012, however having tried on the 15400 I was pleasantly surprised that it fit my flat 6.5 inch wrists well :)So here it is!

UK AD nonsense to be practiced in US.
Was at my AD today and placed a deposit on a GMT 2 tone that will be a gift for my uncle. After I give the deposit he tells me that since its a gift they will retain the warranty card until he confirmed receipt of said gift. I was shocked. He then shows me an email from rolex that says best practices since the rolex product is in auch high demand Rolex Authorized Jewelers must adopt Rolex's Best Practices 1) no warranty card to be left blank 2) all watches must be sold in store and stickers must be peeled at time of purchase. 3) if watch is a gift then warranty card will be retained till the gift is confirmed and then will be shipped to the recipient. I was in shock! Long story short, I have a very good relationship with my AD and he knows my family very well so he agreed to ship the card with the watch. Rolex is really starting to get out of hand.

Paperweight.
Thought I'd share something that happened today. Went into my AD to see the watch maker for some business and another gentleman walks in and has a TT black sub circa 2002 with some damage. Scratched crystal and bezel with the lume pip missing. He is asking the watch maker if he can still get a new bezel and he's paranoid because he doesn't want to wet it thinking the lume pip hole in the bezel is going to let water into the watch case As the watch maker is getting the bracelet off to open a work ticket the man mentions to me that it was passed down to/left to him and obviously meant something to him. I thought it looked ok but the watch looked off to me. The crystal seemed to sit higher than the bezel than it should but then again I don't have massive experience with older ones but I did own an 16610LV for a while. He's worried a full service right now will cost too much but just wants a new bezel fair enough. After some chit chat I hear Can't do anything with this, it's a fake the wa

Thread with a man whose son passed in an accident, and his rolex was engraved.
Hello,Hope you are all well.Do you guys remember this thread?A gentleman whose son had passed away in an accident, whilst wearing his watch.That watch was later engraved by one of the reputable watchmakers during service.I remember reading it a few years ago, and it was quite emotional.If anyone has a link to that thread, I would really appreciate it.

BLNR Strap change!!!
Hi guys, prepared my BLNR for my return to the U.K. and return to work for next week! Muchos enabling by all your rubber fanatics out there! Chadridv especially! The watch feels amazing, much lighter and it looks even more sporty to me. Love Everest for including the facility to use the easy link, that was the deal breaker for me between this and rubberB Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk