Submariner

I didn't grow up liking Subs. I felt they were basic and not dressy enough for the office. But as my love for vintage Rolex grew, and I realized I wore t-shirts to work far more than I wore button-downs, things changed. I hadn't known that Subs carry almost as much complexity in their optionality as Daytonas, and that there was a possibility of an everyman watch that is anything but. I love the history of radium transitioning to tritium, and that in business we often ship products that seem great, have consequences, and need to be quickly iterated. I wanted the orange markers from the radiation more than I cared about the 5512 versus 5513 or meters-first nuances. The inventory and the quality of vintage Rolex in Japan is better than anywhere I've been. I spent a day in Tokyo traveling across Shinjuku, Ginza, and Nakano looking for the perfect option, and chose this one because it had recently been serviced by Rolex with no polishing and had the perfect marshmallow effect across the numerals, hands, and pip.