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25 April 2019, 06:31 AM | #1 |
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Incoming For Chigirl
So, my wife inherited her mom's 26mm President a few years ago, which started me down this whole Rolex path. I had been happily enjoying my DJ for 30 years, but she suggested that maybe I would like a second watch to go with it, as she was getting her mom's watch to go with her 30 year old Ebel. We're not exactly flippers...
Anyway, that started me down the whole Daytona path which culminated in me getting my platinum watch. Fast forward a couple of years and I'm spending way too much time here, really enjoying and learning about watches, and she decides perhaps she wants something more casual to complement her gold watch. She ends up deciding on a 31mm OP, which has no date to mess with (she didn't want a date), no PCLs to scratch up, no fluted bezel screaming Rolex. Just a nice, fun casual watch. And probably the least "hot" SS Rolex around! It came on Monday and she is thrilled. I had the AD remove two links, but ordered a Bergeon 6767-F just in case we wanted to tweak the setting on the clasp. So far, so good. Pictures or it didn't happen.
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25 April 2019, 06:37 AM | #2 |
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classy! congrats!
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25 April 2019, 06:39 AM | #3 |
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Congratulations to her!!
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25 April 2019, 06:44 AM | #4 |
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Congratulations to your wife!!! My wife loves her 28mm DJ with dark grey dial with batons, smooth bezel, and oyster bracelet; she got it for Christmas and I could just tell it was her style. It does have polished center links however.
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25 April 2019, 06:45 AM | #5 |
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What a great duo. One for dress and one for sport. I hope she enjoys it!
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25 April 2019, 06:50 AM | #6 |
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Congrats to both of you!
Wife for the new OP and you for having an enabler wife Lucky you
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25 April 2019, 06:53 AM | #7 |
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Very nice! Congrats to her!
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25 April 2019, 06:59 AM | #8 |
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Nice pair that covers anywhere she’d want to wear a watch.
P.S. Aren’t you lucky she doesn’t want a matching pair to your Daytona. |
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I am going to employ the "number of watches" measurement rather than the "cumulative value of watches" calculation. Wish me luck!
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25 April 2019, 07:27 AM | #10 |
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Very nice! Congrats!
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25 April 2019, 07:28 AM | #11 |
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Well done! Congrats!
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25 April 2019, 07:31 AM | #12 |
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Congrats to your better half!
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25 April 2019, 07:40 AM | #13 |
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Congratulations, a beautiful watch.
Mrs Wobbly got an identical watch for her birthday at the beginning of the month and loves it. |
25 April 2019, 08:07 AM | #14 |
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Beautiful watch. Congrats to her.
I would love to see that 30 year old Ebel. Would you mind posting some pics? |
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Thank you all.
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The saga of that watch is that she got it soon after we got married and loved it and wore it all the time. Unfortunately, when it last needed a battery, the local jeweler sent it out and they screwed it up. It took on water and while we were able to clean the dial up, she replaced it with a blue Ebel. It has a mother-of-pearl face that she always liked, but 25 years is pretty good for a non-Rolex, I guess. So it just sits here. Here's a pic:
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25 April 2019, 08:57 AM | #16 |
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That’s a very nice OP; great go-anywhere watch.
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25 April 2019, 08:58 AM | #17 |
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Thank you for posting. That Ebel is still a beautiful watch. Shame it got messed up by the jeweler.
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25 April 2019, 08:59 AM | #18 |
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Congrats. Great watch. White dials are so clean looking.
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25 April 2019, 09:00 AM | #19 |
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Congratulations to her.
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25 April 2019, 09:01 AM | #20 |
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Congrats to her!
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25 April 2019, 10:12 AM | #21 |
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Congrats to her
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25 April 2019, 10:14 AM | #22 |
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Congratulations to her
It’s tough to make out, but are the romans a blue /black(silver) color combo? |
25 April 2019, 10:29 AM | #23 |
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Wow very nice congrats
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25 April 2019, 10:41 AM | #24 |
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Congrats to chigurl!
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25 April 2019, 10:45 AM | #25 |
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25 April 2019, 11:29 AM | #26 |
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Congratulations to Mrs. Chigirl
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25 April 2019, 11:37 AM | #27 |
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Nice one, congrats to chigirl. haha
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25 April 2019, 11:52 AM | #28 |
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Congrats great watch
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25 April 2019, 12:38 PM | #29 |
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Simply beautiful!
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25 April 2019, 12:55 PM | #30 |
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I think this comes in a blue dial too. I really like it. Congrats to your wife!
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