I’m not particularly interested in watches, but I bought a Rolex for my wife about twenty years ago and it’s been great, she’s worn it all day, every day and it’s suffered dogs abuse, it’s probably worthless to anybody else, but it’s precious to her.
With that in mind, I decided recently, I too would like one, . The one I’ve always admired is the blue submariner with the gold and steel strap. I know the stainless ones are far more popular and worth more than they cost, but I like what I like and besides, it matches my brass wheel nuts!
I bought it new from Lister Horsfall in Ilkley while on a flying visit to the area, I’d only gone down the street to buy a coffee and their sign caught my eye. It was first thing on a rainy Wednesday and I don’t suppose they expected a sale in the first five minutes, they said it had only arrived the day before and they had a list of customers for it, they didn’t knock a penny off, but they did give me that cup of coffee and a bottle of champagne for the road.
I like it very much, It will get bashed and scratched, the box and all the claptrap will get chucked out by mistake I’m sure, but it will always be a nice thing to look at and I’ll never spend another penny on a watch.
