Hello all,
Been away for some time, life priorities taking over and what not. Anyway just thought I would share a little tale.
For quite some time now I have been collecting watches and had quite a good collection over the years from Rolex to Panerai to Seikos, all of which one was listed as being the “grail” watch the Deep Sea.
To acquire such a watch meant selling off some of the collection to acquire the funds. Which I duly did and shared a post on here how this was a keeper blah blah blah….
I sold the Deep Sea on this very forum after realising that it was not my grail after all, and that something new was now my grail, the Rolex BLNR. I started to realise that this WIS malarkey was getting a bit silly and that a new grail would always be just around the corner and maybe I would never actually be content?
Over the last few years watches have come and gone but subconsciously the only watch that ever kept drawing me back was the Omega Speedmaster Professional Moonwatch, of which funnily enough I also sold one to a member on this very forum.
Every time I went past an AD, every time I seen one in the flesh something would stir to me.
Anyway, last week I was shopping in Bahrain and as always visited both Omega boutiques along with the various other ones as I always do, and low and behold the new Speedmaster ref 311.30.42.30.01.005 was there. The guy told me that this particular boutique had waited 9 months for stock, and to be honest it’s the first time I have seen it over here with the new box of goodies. They have held the sapphire sandwich version, but not the hesalite version.
Now, at this point something triggered in me that said “You must buy me” I was smitten all over again. I asked to look at the new box and then the watch which was still in its sealed plastic box , to which I said do not open it!! If I do come back and buy it, I want to be the first one to touch it!! (we’ve all been there right?).
We then moved on to price to which I got offered quite a good discount but nothing extraordinary. He offered to throw in an Omega watch travel case and a couple of Omega Moonwatch books, a black & silver Omega tie and a jewellery tray, so not bad really and it did kind of sweeten the price. Yes I could have picked it up cheaper at places like Iconic but I was in the now moment.
I then promptly left the boutique, as my other half was very hungry and wanted some lunch. We sat eating lunch and the wife said “just get it, you keep looking at these…last year in Cyprus and every time we go past Omega boutiques I know it’s all you ever bang on about”. This was it, the moment I would obtain again what I consider and now know myself to be my grail watch “ you should never have sold you last one” was my wife’s parting words as I scuttled off back to the boutique, Mrs Weasel went in the opposite direction muttering something about the moon or something, and would meet me at M&S.
So, here it is…… my grail watch (again) the Omega Speedmaster Professional, this time I will mutter the immortal line “it’s a keeper” sorry for the bad photos.
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I will still look at watches, and drool over Pataks and such, maybe pick up a Seiko Marinemaster at some point, but the speedmaster is all i need and i wish i realised it earlier! but i know i'm not the only one here to do the above.
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