TUESDAY 16 AUGUST: Was at Dunman Secondary as Examiner for O level English Oral Exam. We were down to the last 3 or 4 candidates, when I checked my phone and saw 1 missed call and 2 messages. Checked the missed call, and VOILA, it was from Cortina!! One of the messages was a voice mail, and I did a good job of concealing my impatience to open it till all the candidates were finally done.
Opened the voice mail, and YES, it was the sweet voice of Sunny (Cortina's boutique manager) saying that he has one piece of "two one jee-lo" in his shop today and would I like to take it. This was a call I have been waiting for an agonizing month or so!
Immediately called Sunny's mobile, and without sounding too excited, told him I would come down to his shop for the watch. He said ok ok, I will reserve it for you and you can finish your work then you come down. I told him I am already done for the day, and I would be making my way there right now.
Didn't take too long for me to reach Raffles City, and at Cortina, Sunny handed me the watch for inspection. He told me only one piece has arrived, he saw the waiting list for the 210 and my name was the first (I put it down early during the launch of the Luminor Arktos), so he decided to call me. Not surprisingly, there were 8 or 9 people behind me on the list. He said luckily he stopped one of his staff from taking the watch away to sell. Well, I'm sure he knows I will take the watch for sure.
One sales assistant asked me whether is it I wasn't working today, and I told him I could make it at this time is because I'm a teacher. He asked which school... and nodded when I said I had rushed down from Tampines. This is a case of mai tu liao as he and I know full well that if I had waited a day more, the watch would have gone to another customer faster than you can say 'Officine Panerai'. Settled payment quickly and walked out of the shop happy.
And presenting, the Panerai Radiomir Base model (PAM 210):
For an impression of it's roots, check out this pic of the Vintage 3646 taken from Paneristi:
Thanks Panerai and Bonati, for releasing this very sweet Radiomir.
Opened the voice mail, and YES, it was the sweet voice of Sunny (Cortina's boutique manager) saying that he has one piece of "two one jee-lo" in his shop today and would I like to take it. This was a call I have been waiting for an agonizing month or so!
Immediately called Sunny's mobile, and without sounding too excited, told him I would come down to his shop for the watch. He said ok ok, I will reserve it for you and you can finish your work then you come down. I told him I am already done for the day, and I would be making my way there right now.
Didn't take too long for me to reach Raffles City, and at Cortina, Sunny handed me the watch for inspection. He told me only one piece has arrived, he saw the waiting list for the 210 and my name was the first (I put it down early during the launch of the Luminor Arktos), so he decided to call me. Not surprisingly, there were 8 or 9 people behind me on the list. He said luckily he stopped one of his staff from taking the watch away to sell. Well, I'm sure he knows I will take the watch for sure.
One sales assistant asked me whether is it I wasn't working today, and I told him I could make it at this time is because I'm a teacher. He asked which school... and nodded when I said I had rushed down from Tampines. This is a case of mai tu liao as he and I know full well that if I had waited a day more, the watch would have gone to another customer faster than you can say 'Officine Panerai'. Settled payment quickly and walked out of the shop happy.
And presenting, the Panerai Radiomir Base model (PAM 210):
For an impression of it's roots, check out this pic of the Vintage 3646 taken from Paneristi:
Thanks Panerai and Bonati, for releasing this very sweet Radiomir.
