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: On a fine timepiece Dell!
: I would opt for the Sea Dweller, it's a little
: beefier.
: Either one works though, cause they both have
: NO
: cyclops!

If you remember any of my original Posts here regarding the 2254.50 decision, if I were making it sans Bond influence, it surely would have been that black, black Seamaster w/ so readily readable hands and dial - as opposed to the current 2531.80 holder of authentic Bond pedigree.

So I faced that again once I got final confirmation of the Rolex 14060M Submariner as the true Connery-Bond watch. Dalton wore the Sub-date, not the Sea-Dweller, so I couldn't even make that late-stage connect. So, as with the 2531.80 Seamaster, I was pretty clear that I wanted to start out w/ the Bond line in Rolex before anything else.

But I looked hard at the Sea-Dweller. And I also came across an interesting 007 argument in my research that justified his expensive time pieces thus. Anywhere in the world, if he got into trouble, his Rolex was immediately convertable to cash for any emergency. Sort of a neat concept, when you think about it: A watch inherently serving as both timepiece and "gadget" - w/out any Q-modification!

It wasn't just the date feature (still getting used to not having that, strangely enough!), but the "over-engineering" appeal. As the Rolex AD said, "no, you won't survive to that depth, but the guy who finds your dead body will still have a great watch."

LOL

In the end, the no-date one because it comes in on what would have been my Papa's 102nd birthday this year. As I've shared w/ a number of folks on this Forum one-on-one, this grandfather was the one who got me started in love of watches, giving me the Elgin that had kept him on time all the years he worked in a manufacturing shop in the 50s and 60s. No date. As a matter of fact, an interesting parallel to the non-COSC status of my new 14060M: His watch gained 5 minutes a week.

When I traveled for long periods both domestic and internationally, I never missed a flight home at the end of 2- to 3-week assignments (I just got there earlier and earlier!).

Traditional elegance.

And, lest Sam be worried: No plans to treat it any more gently than my 2254.50 Omega issue.