Aboriginie
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Aggressive impulse buy
Jan 01, 2021,00:03 AM
It’s always been my grail. But I’ve never given it much thought. It was a little too big. The standard hesitations all rang true with me. Blancpain inscription on the case, high polish, date window. Most importantly, I couldn’t afford it.
But I got an email at 10:47am on a Tuesday and saw it. It was clearly an exploding offer.
I justified the purchase by telling myself I could at worst return it and at best sell it for a profit. The latter option was extremely important to the self justification process but also made me feel a bit dirty.
After receiving it yesterday I now find myself in the position of a different but more real existential dilemma. It is on my wrist and it is not going anywhere. I took off the original nato strap and put a random strap on it as I wanted the original strap to be completely unworn. I used a wooden toothpick, an added benefit of drilled lugs, so as not to damage the case.
It’s an absurd little thing that was very well made. I like it.
It’s a valuable thing and a rare thing. It’s a cool thing. It’s a silly thing.
I look forward to handling it down to my children.
Ps: all reasonable offers considered