Had a real stroke of luck today.
Had my name down in a couple of Rolex ADs near me since end of last year for a Datejust. Hadn't really thought much about it since other than I knew I wanted to get a Datejust this year at some point to celebrate the birth of our first child who is due in September (but knew there was no guarantees of getting one in any relative short time frame).
My wife was in town today so I asked her to stop by the 2 AD's just to see what they had in their window as i had been toying about trying a silver or black dial but low and behold she gets there and in one of them they had the exact spec/reference I'd registered interest for in the window.
She went in and asked about it, saying her husband had been on the list for it, etc etc, is it available to buy? etc etc. After a bit of a chat behind the scenes the sales rep came back and said yep I can see you are on the list for it so yes its yours if you want it today or tomorrow, but they can't hold it for longer! Needless to say t!he wife called me and confirmed it with them that I would be straight there after work to purchase!
I was talking with the rep and claimed it was newly available and they hadn't got round to calling anyone on the waiting lists yet but I was in the right place at the right time, especially having already registered my interest in it. Not sure how much I believe that as I spoke to an AD in Bath the other week and said I'd be looking at at least 18 months min for what I was after. So it either sounds like i've been incredibly lucky and jumped a queue or the whole waiting list thing is a load of tosh!
Either way, here she is:
What makes it even more timely is that I saw someone selling a very similar one online that was brand new from a shop and unworn, obviously for more than retail that I was considering and then this comes along!
Very happy with it, looked just as stunning as I remembered when I initially tried one on!
