SEALING THE DEAL

To get right into it, as promised in the introduction, I am indeed doing two different sorts of selections here.

- ASHOK SOMAN

I knew that there was a chance that the editor of WOW Thailand, Ruckdee, and I would be writing about watches we actually bought, and this presented problems and opportunities. The problem is of course that my pride and joy this year is the Rolex Oyster Perpetual Milgauss, and you may not believe much that I have to say about how I bought it. As for the opportunity, well, that lies in the possibility that you will gain something from my story. I will present this as an opinion piece, before moving on to my second piece, which is not a watch I purchased but is instead very much part of a series that I have been drawn to for more than a decade.

You may have read recent statements from Rolex about the current market situation, and we are certain that anyone interested in buying a Rolex would have been. Actually, it still applies so all tenses should be present - see HODINKEE and WatchPro for the original news and subsequent follow-up. Here at Luxuo and WOW, we were conflicted about this, primarily because we had just done an extensive series on Rolex watches available at prominent retailer and authorised Rolex dealer The Hour Glass. While that was all sponsored, it felt strange to be promoting watches that might be unavailable. I had a purely personal solution though, which I was holding in reserve. To put it simply, I planned on buying one of the models listed in the stories, from the same retailer in Singapore.