We're all the same. My intro to Rolex was via the original SD...but being an Omega SMP fan & owner for years, I entered Rolex ownership with reservation seeing as I was always turned off by the cheap feeling stamped clasps of previous generations models.
But clasp disappointments aside, I quickly learned to love the look & feel of the SD (and eventually the Sub), but again, being an "Omega Man", I also wasn't thrilled w/ the poor lume of the Sub. Hence the purchase of the SubLV w/ it's maxi-dial. At that time I was thinking, "Okay Rolex, you fixed the lume disappointment, now do something about that damn clasp."
When the DSSD was introduced w/ it's revolutionary Glidelock, I was HOOKED. It's then that I pretty much became a "Rolex before Omega" man. I loved my DSSD and didn't take it off for 3+ years...then the SubC came along. I didn't even think I would give the SubC a look, but after a year I bought it just to experience, and was convinced it would be flipped shortly after the "newness" wore off. But WOW...it quickly replaced my DSSD as my favorite daily wearer, so much so, I eventually sold off the DSSD because the SubC seemed to do everything I needed out of a watch. I still have a handful of watches in my collection, but there's no doubt if someone said I could only keep one, it would be my SubC without hesitation.
All that said, I LOVE the graduated bezel of the DSSD (and now SDc) and the domed crystal...if the new SDc had a domed crystal is would be hard to beat IMO as the ultimate, ultimate Rolex diver. There's just something cool about the way the light reflects off the dome...I use to stare at my DSSD more than any other watch just to look at that glorious subtle dome.
