The Watch

*Tom leans forwards*


So its been a couple of months since I started researching for my first automatic watch.
I think I made a blog post on this a while back showing off my initial finds...

Umm well I would like to say that absolutely none of them made the cut.
Because!

On the 4th of April 2018

James' 18th birthday...

He received

a

...

...

Drum roll pleaaasseeee

An Orient Ray II 

I couldn't be happier 

Now I made this NEXT desicion right before I bought this watch because... 

On the "What other people also bought" Row

I saw this.

And all of a sudden 

I was filled with memories of playing with Model Steath planes and watching Batman when I was a kid. 

I MEAN LOOK AT IT!!!

All of a sudden I was comfotable on spending... 

*Whispers* "a bit more money" 

Only to get fucked by the delivery company when it arrived with VAT charges 

FUCK YOU BREXIT

However when I opened the box on my birthday

I knew... 

Until I had to go get it fitted because of the fucking metal strap so I had to wait another two days.

*If you look closely you can see that I am writing this post in the background (Bloggerception) 

But I'm basically in love 

And it survived a night out.

All I need to do is change the strap to a fabric one and test it under water! 

No point of having a 200m water resistant diver without looking at some fishes