I was trying to purchase some apple pen tips from the Apple store but the line was so ridiculously long I decided to abandon that plan and wander into the nearby local AD.
As expected there wasn't a single watch in any of the cases and I was sorta awkwardly standing in the middle of the room without purpose when the store manager came up to me to see what I wanted.
I jokingly ask if they had any ss sport models available and he laughs, tells me no, and we start casually talking about watches.
I'm dropping enough knowledge to let him know I'm a serious collector when he hits me with a "if you could get one, what would it be?"
I say I'm sure when you ask that the answer you receive from every douche bag is"sub", but I recently bought a 44mm Panerai and liked the look of a bigger watch so the DeepSea intrigued me.
He tells me it's spoken for but he has one in the back if I'd like to try it on.
Here we go.
Next thing I know I'm at the table going over all the details and bullshiting for 45 minutes. I know it's impossible to walk in and out and get a SS sportsmodel without previous purchasing history, so I thank him and offer up my number to consider me in the future.
He says, "That's cool and all but I'm just going to offer you this one here".
Through a combination of luck, Doog charm, and nerd watch knowledge I cracked the code.
Big, ostentatious, classic sub style, yet not as commonplace. The DeepSea is a monster I plan to keep for the long haul:
At AD shot
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Standard boogaloo pocket shot
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Standard Lume shot
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Standard I-5, 90mph, hooker, blow, while posting shot
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