Ode to the Classic Rolex Submariner

[Headshrinker]

Excellent work.

[strafer_kid]

Really great thread!

[Nikrnic]

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[Nikrnic]

Originally Posted by No SUBctitute

Your story is even better than when I read it months ago. Thank you! What year is your Sub? Case holes mean pre-2003?

You may be thinking of Gmts (like I was once). All Subs thru the 14060m came with the holes case until the SubC came out in 2012

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[Prime_Cipher]

Can this be stickied? I feel like this a perfect representation of all things Rolex, especially this forum. In all honesty, someone should send this into Rolex, it epitomizes everything people love about the brand.


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[Michaeli Paulo]

Originally Posted by marcusp23

Wow, loved this post! Congrats! And I agree, I think the Submariner is the perfect watch. And I love just about every version of it

Originally Posted by tie219

What a great post to read - thanks for sharing your enthusiasm and story

Originally Posted by danwang0520

thanks for sharing~

Originally Posted by toomuchtalk

great post.

Thank you, marcusp23, tie19, danwang0520, and toomuchtalk, for your very kind words and for taking the time to post!

Michael

[SonnyAK]

Great post and I hope you love the Submariner!

[faaaaaaaasterrrrr]

This post made my day! Thank you for taking the time to post it and thank you for your service.

[4 Aussies]

Originally Posted by Pw92676

Fantastic read. One of the best posts I’ve read in a while. Amazing pics and great story. Congrats!

[FrankNYC]

Great story; great pics You really can't go wrong with a Sub, no matter the model or year. Cheers

[Michaeli Paulo]

Originally Posted by Chope Man

Michael, I can only agree with the others about the quality of your posts.

I am very glad that you finally got the classical submariner that you really deserve. You have a very comprehensive and nice wife, by the way.

You have perfectly resumed the good spirit that a real enthusiast should have about this pure icon, so far from too common an non-interesting nowadays concerns about investments...

It reminds me my 5513 that I was really lucky to be offered by my parents some 42 years ago (we have the same age by the way). I dreamed for years watching the James Bond movies, reading again and again the advertisements, this before this great gift ...

By the way, I had to go to San Diego for my job, recognized the bridge close to the navy base.

About James Bond and Rolex, I remember having read a Novel from Yan Fleming (not sure of the original title, as it was in French "l'amour l'après-midi" (loving in the after-noon). In that novel, Fleming described the fact that the watch of the man, a spy (James Bond of course) was a Rolex Oyster.

I share with you the love of the 4 or 5 digit shape of a submariner.

2 years ago I made another dream of my youth came true: a 16618 with blue dial.

Thank you again for your excellent post that remind a lot of us our dreams of a classical submariner, a really special Rolex with lot of personality.

Wear it in good health, for long!

Thank you, Jean-Michel, for your very kind words and story.

How wonderful to be gifted a 5513 from your parents and to have been able to enjoy it for so many years! Were I to get another Rolex, it would be a four digit Submariner.

Wow, you “graduated” to a 16618? Gorgeous watch!

Great to read your story, from another guy who simply loves the Submariner!

Thank you again for posting and God bless you and yours,

Michael

[Michaeli Paulo]

Originally Posted by Rebel

A Submariner for a submariner. My Tudor Submariner and I say, 'congrats."

Originally Posted by Queen_of_Subs

Amazing post! You deserve it! Tough to beat a design icon like the Sub.

Thank you, Rebel and Queen_of_Subs! Very kind of you to take time to post!

Best to you both,

Michael

[Michaeli Paulo]

Originally Posted by Stellite

Michael, what a great story. Obviously an incredible wife as well. You are a lucky man and deserve all the best in life for your service to this country.

The watch, of course, speaks for itself. Quite possibly the most iconic time piece of all time. From a company that is use to having many firsts in the watch industry and many iconic time pieces.

oh and finally, because my picture taking skills are awful I am stealing every picture in this thread.

Thanks, Dennis; yes, my wife is an amazing blessing in my life!

I’m glad you’re enjoying the photos (I’m humbled that you want them) and of course, you’re welcome to them! I’ll try to keep them coming!

Here’s another:



P.S. It’s common knowledge that watches are best photographed at 10:10 to best show off the dial. If you ever see my pics with the watch at 10:10, it truly is 10:10. I don’t set the hands for pics.

Like the above picture (and the one preceding it,) I was on a walk with my dog, noticed the time, and quickly hunted down a backdrop, trying to get that perfect pic!

[Eric-London]

I have to say this is the best post I've read here in ages.
Congrats sir. Well done

[AML]

Great post, thanks for sharing!

[NachoNeal]

Nice!

[NachoNeal]

[IMG]rolex by Nacho Neal, on Flickr[/IMG]
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This is a 1991 no date. I didn't buy it new but I've owned it for about a decade.

[Michaeli Paulo]

Originally Posted by ale70

Phenomenal story and proud to be sharing the Forum with a person with your history. Wear it in good health and congratulations!!!

Originally Posted by Headshrinker

Excellent work.

Originally Posted by strafer_kid

Really great thread!

Originally Posted by Nikrnic

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Thank you, ale70, Headshrinker, strafer_kid and Nikrnic, for your kind words and for taking the time to post!!!

Here’s another impromptu shot, while walking my dog, as it turned 10:10 once again!!! This time with the aged wood of a telephone pole for background. :)

[mosfetaus]

Thank you for this thread. My 14060M is the first and only Submariner I've ever owned. I've owned my Submariner for around 5 years, but it got lost within my very large collection. Lately though, I have been really appreciating it, and spending more time with it than I ever have. It really is an amazing watch that has so many more layers that I originally thought.

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[Michaeli Paulo]

Originally Posted by Prime_Cipher

Can this be stickied? I feel like this a perfect representation of all things Rolex, especially this forum. In all honesty, someone should send this into Rolex, it epitomizes everything people love about the brand.

Thank you for very high compliment, but honestly, my story is not unlike many others posted here and elsewhere on the internet. Just another tale of a man’s lifelong dream fulfilled of owning the most classic, iconic watch of all time!

[Michaeli Paulo]

Originally Posted by SonnyAK

Great post and I hope you love the Submariner!

Originally Posted by faaaaaaaasterrrrr

This post made my day! Thank you for taking the time to post it and thank you for your service.

Originally Posted by 4 Aussies

Originally Posted by FrankNYC

Great story; great pics You really can't go wrong with a Sub, no matter the model or year. Cheers

Thank you all for your kind words and for taking the time to post, SonnyAK, faaaaaaaasterrrrr, 4 Aussies and FrankNYC!

[Michaeli Paulo]

Originally Posted by Eric-London

I have to say this is the best post I've read here in ages.
Congrats sir. Well done

Thank you, Eric for your very high compliment! Still loving my Submariner as a daily companion and also still taking too many pics!!! :)



Michael

[lastshotkid]

Big congrats Michael! A true submariner, that watch should be honored to be worn by you.


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[Michaeli Paulo]

Originally Posted by AML

Great post, thanks for sharing!

Originally Posted by NachoNeal

Nice!

Originally Posted by mosfetaus

Thank you for this thread. My 14060M is the first and only Submariner I've ever owned. I've owned my Submariner for around 5 years, but it got lost within my very large collection. Lately though, I have been really appreciating it, and spending more time with it than I ever have. It really is an amazing watch that has so many more layers that I originally thought.

Thank you, AML, NachoNeal and mosfetaus, for you kind words!

Michael

[akordz]

This is quite a lovely post. Thanks for sharing

[abelxo]

Beautiful sub Michael enjoy!

I see you are desperately trying to keep this thread alive (with a comment every other day) lol. Here, I’m helping out a true fellow. Cheers man


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[Prestige_Swiss]

Thanks for your service Michael. I love this thread. Such a great post. I love the Submariner. It’s the first Rolex I fell in love with but unfortunately it was not the first one I owned but I am happy I was able to eventually get one. Your story is so awesome.


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[Michaeli Paulo]

Originally Posted by lastshotkid

Big congrats Michael! A true submariner, that watch should be honored to be worn by you.

Thank you, lastshotkid, but the honor is definitely all mine! I’ll never get over my incredulity at owning, and proudly wearing, this one watch! Every morning, upon waking, my thoughts eventually drift to the watch resting on my nightstand. Every time, I feel like a kid again on Christmas morning!!!

Originally Posted by akordz

This is quite a lovely post. Thanks for sharing

Originally Posted by abelxo

Beautiful sub Michael enjoy!

I see you are desperately trying to keep this thread alive (with a comment every other day) lol. Here, I’m helping out a true fellow. Cheers man

Thank you akordz and abelxo!

Here’s a recent pic, shot with my iPhone at the laundromat while washing our dog’s beds. I noticed it was 10:10 (perfect watch pic time!) and I’d been wanting a shot with a stainless steel background!

[danwang0520]

Thanks for sharing~

[Michaeli Paulo]

Originally Posted by Prestige_Swiss

Thanks for your service Michael. I love this thread. Such a great post. I love the Submariner. It’s the first Rolex I fell in love with but unfortunately it was not the first one I owned but I am happy I was able to eventually get one. Your story is so awesome.

Thank you, Prestige_Swiss! I appreciate your very kind words and your thoughtfulness to reply! I’m glad you finally acquired your “first love!”

Originally Posted by danwang0520

Thanks for sharing~

Thank you, danwang!

First “rain” wearing my Submariner; don’t get much in these parts!



Michael