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·In the early nineties, my father bought himself a 16600 Sea-Dweller.
Before, he worked as a saturation diver (but never owned one in those days), but a couple of years later the Sea-Dweller was there! He wore this watch every day ever since, you never saw him without it.
The last couple of years he had his eye on a Deepsea, but as you all know, acquiring it was harder than anticipated.
Last summer holidays, we visited a Rolex AD and asked again whether a Deepsea was available. Of course not... but to my big surprise the gentlemen offered to order one! I thought this was some kind of bluff, but one week later he got a call, he could collect his Deepsea 👍
I didn't go with him to the AD at that time, when he got back to the appartment he showed off his Deepsea. No trace of the Sea-Dweller anymore. I asked, "where is the Sea-Dweller", he told me the AD offered to take it over... I wished he kept it for himself! 😒
An hour or two later he showed up with a present... guess what, I found this:
Needless to say I was super happy! 😁
Back home, I asked whether he still had the box, the box was soon re-united with the watch. However, the original papers, anchor, outer box, ... where missing. What a pitty!
Weeks later I asked to look for the papers again... to my surprise we recovered everything
How cool is that?
I will never forget that day and this watch will stay with me forever 👍
Before, he worked as a saturation diver (but never owned one in those days), but a couple of years later the Sea-Dweller was there! He wore this watch every day ever since, you never saw him without it.
The last couple of years he had his eye on a Deepsea, but as you all know, acquiring it was harder than anticipated.
Last summer holidays, we visited a Rolex AD and asked again whether a Deepsea was available. Of course not... but to my big surprise the gentlemen offered to order one! I thought this was some kind of bluff, but one week later he got a call, he could collect his Deepsea 👍
I didn't go with him to the AD at that time, when he got back to the appartment he showed off his Deepsea. No trace of the Sea-Dweller anymore. I asked, "where is the Sea-Dweller", he told me the AD offered to take it over... I wished he kept it for himself! 😒
An hour or two later he showed up with a present... guess what, I found this:
Needless to say I was super happy! 😁
Back home, I asked whether he still had the box, the box was soon re-united with the watch. However, the original papers, anchor, outer box, ... where missing. What a pitty!
Weeks later I asked to look for the papers again... to my surprise we recovered everything
How cool is that?
I will never forget that day and this watch will stay with me forever 👍
