The painful truth about watch-upmanship

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I was recently on a transfer bus at Pisa airport waiting to travel the short distance from the plane to the arrivals hall. It was a sweltering day and tempers could be forgiven for running hot. It was quickly becoming clear to everybody getting into the bus that not every passenger could hope to fit on and for those that might not, there was the mounting reality of standing on the sweat inducing tarmac for some time waiting for a second vehicle to arrive.

But I felt fine, I still had a sweat free, crisp looking shirt on and I was able to grasp the pull handle in front of me and stay upright in the increasingly crowded bus. My Explorer 1016 was on my wrist in front of me and was subtly glinting in the Italian sun. Or maybe not so subtly. A large man squeezed in next to me and quite deliberately pushed his hand up to grab the same strap, his watch nicking my chin as his hand went past.

So there I was, now looking at a large Italian wrist and beautiful Sea-Dweller, double-red 1665 model inches from my grazed chin, blocking of the view of my watch. I could have lost my cool, but I have to say it was a very nice example of a Sea-Dweller and it was perhaps not the right time to tell him that I had one just like it!

My Rolex Explorer 1016 model, prior to its brush with the bully Sea-Dweller

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