Well, I’m fairly far out in the deep end now. In March, on a BTD trip to Vegas to see the Eagles at the Sphere, DW and were doing some recreational shopping and I saw this very cool blue Jaeger Le Coultre watch. Out of curiosity I asked, and it was $17,500. Well, no way. It stuck with me though, and back home I occasionally looked up blue watches, and a month ago I came across a nice blue Tissot that I got for $600.
I would occasionally discuss the watch thing with DW and kept dabbling. There was a Rolex that came up on FB marketplace at a bargain price (if genuine) but someone got it early. DW said that she had thought that if she were to get me a luxury watch it would be an Omega Speedmaster because that was what the Apollo astronauts wore to the Moon, and I am a big fan of the NASA Moon program.
I started looking into the Omega moon watches, and they have issued different ones over the years. A basic one would be about $6000. However, 10+ years ago, they came out with a Dark Side of the Moon version, all black. 5+ years ago came a special Apollo 8 Dark Side version, as that was the first manned mission to the Moon. Last year, this version was updated to the best one ever. The best price I could find on a new one was $12,000. I put a picture of it on my phone and thought about it for a couple weeks, hinting about it to DW, as my birthday was this month. On Monday, I hit the Buy button.
I had a reaction to this that it wasn’t fair to spend so much $ on myself. Yesterday morning, I went to a particular jewelry store, and ordered DW a ladies Rolex. Hopefully, it will get here for Christmas.
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