Joining The AP Family; My First AP!
I don't know how to properly convey my feelings on acquiring my first AP. This is sort of a big deal to me and quite the journey as I have wanted one for some time now but things kept getting in the way.I came very close to buying a 15400 blue dial last year but about a decade ago my father got his watches stolen which destroyed him and I felt I should get him a timepiece instead of indulging myself so I ended up getting him a JLC Grand Reverso Calendar.Fast forward to life getting in the way here and there with work and new housing and I lost interest in awhile as I kept wearing an Apple Watch for my active life. I always kept in the loop on the forums and other sites/blogs/youtube.My first nice watch was a new Milguass GV and subsequently I picked up a pre-owned Speedmaster Moonphase on rolexforums for fun. I am a fan of all Royal Oaks but oddly the watch I had always coveted and often seen in boutiques and shops while travelling was the 15400OR silver dial on brown leather strap. Fo

problem....
heres my problem....i have one more watch i want for my current collection...and i don't think I'm kidding myself in general...i mean only one more kinda expensive watch....it will cost me 6k bnib.....the deal is that i was going to wait until this property sale went through before i rewarded myself with the watch...long story short, the buyer whom i know well, really wants the property, has the loan, blah blah...was supposed to complete the sale last week before i left town, but his wife is a 'new' attorney....long story short she didn't get it together correctly on the docs and they had to be redone and i had to go out of town, so now the plan is that it completes when i get back....heres the rub.....the place i get my watches is out of town and i won't be back there for 5 months and i want the watch now and the sale is 99% to complete next week....do i get the watch or do i wait? ......

Patience Pays Off
With the looming price increase, I had been talking to my (Fr. John's) AD about another watch, a 3570, which is the only new Omega that has been calling to me for the past few years. One thing that has kept me from pulling the trigger has been some reported QC issues with the new productions, so I had been waiting around patiently for a nice pre-loved one, when this beauty happened along: a mint 1974 cal 861, with the original bracelet, provenance from the Omega archives, and purring from a fresh overhaul by Shane Ede, watchmaker to Chuck Maddox himself. Sometimes the stars just align!

The 5131R/G/J appreciation thread :-)
Greetings guys since there has been a few of these gorgeous beauties lately I thought I would start a thread so collectors can post their photos of these 5131s whether R,G or J...Looking forward to seeing the different types of dials in various light and how the colours vary. Ill start with my 5131R-001.

Fitbit and Rolex?!
So, in an effort to regain my old body and improve my fitness, my wife bought me a Fitbit. I didn't like how it looked on my other wrist. So now they share a wrist. Anyone else wear their Rolex masterpiece with a fitbit?Sent from my BBB100-1 using Tapatalk