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PostPosted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 1:02 am 
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It's FINALLY arrived. I felt guilty for ordering an Airwolf for me back in March, so at the same time, I placed an order for a Cockpit Lady for my wife. (great financial reasoning, right? ... it got worse when I picked up the Airwolf from the dealer, fell in love with a Chrono Evo, and ended up buying that, too) :)

So finally, SEVEN months later, after having the Cockpit Lady custom ordered from Switzerland, delivered to the dealer, then working its way to me, I gave the Ling to my wife last night. She LOVES it. Sadly, I failed at keeping it a surprise the whole time, so she did know it was coming. But, since I bought it as a surprise, and didn't ask her first, it turned out well that she does like it. It's always tough buying a piece of jewelry for someone else (especially when it's a lady) if you don't get their personal choice first. That's the chance you take with surprises.

It's absolutely beautiful. The only change I wish I could make, is that if I could have afforded the full diamond bezel in addition to the diamond face. The diamond bezel gives a whole 'nother level of class and beauty to these watches, but it also adds another several thousand dollars to an already pricey watch. So this is a two-tone 2009 Lady Cockpit, Mother-of-Pearl face with diamonds on a gold (brown) calf strap. I ended up buying the two-tone yellow gold bracelet for it as well--that also adds a whole new level of class to the watch. I'll probably take some more pictures with it, when I put the bracelet on.

In anyone's interested, here's my first threads on my other two Lings, the Airwolf and Chrono:

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Very nice - glad she likes it.

Surprised it took so long - my wife's CL was a custom order and that only took about 4 months. Still, it's here now and that's the main thing. This really is a very elegant watch, and while the diamond bezel is nice for the ladies I do think that the regular bezel makes it a little more subtle.


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Beautiful. I think you made an excellent choice with the brown strap. It's really a nice combination. I would love to see some pics with the TT bracelet if you get the chance.
Congratulations to you and Mrs. Wildblue.


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Thanks... now, I'll give 45 days of that to my selected method/dealer of purchase, to save some $$$. Took some extra time to route the watch finally all the way to my wife.

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Wildblue wrote:
Thanks... now, I'll give 45 days of that to my selected method/dealer of purchase, to save some $$$. Took some extra time to route the watch finally all the way to my wife.


That makes more sense - and you ordered it across the summer shutdown which will explain the rest.


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Ohhhhhh you beauty.

Now that is a really nice combination and when its on the bracelet..............

Congratulations.


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I put the bracelet on for my wife. Looks SHARP. Here are some wristshots of it with her, and I think they go pretty well with her rings.

I find it interesting that she prefers to wear the watch slightly loose and on the "hand-side" of the "wrist-bone", instead of on the "arm-side" of the bone like I do. To me, it looks/feels like you're just cramming it against the hand.


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Wildblue....Great surprise! Great choice as well...........

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