I picked this one up to celebrate the birth of my first grandchild. I was able to order it in March of this year and they told me I could expect to take delivery in August. I took delivery of it in May and put it away in the safe. My grandson joined us on August 17th and I wore it for the first time when I held him shortly after he was born.

He said I could have the Polaris Blue only if I agreed to take this one also!

First off, Scot -- congrats on your new grandson! What a great story about having the RO on hand to wear for the first time when you held him -- really great.

Turning to the watch for a moment, the lighting makes it hard to tell -- is that the blue dial, or the gray dial?

To answer your question, it is the blue dial. Blue is my favorite color and I am a sucker for a blue dialed watch. I was extremely fortunate to be offered this watch. There are stories about how people are on lists for months but this was actually my first AP purchase. I am not going to lie and say I was lucky, I wasn't. The sales associate at AP was a friend of mine from when he was a sales associate at Breitling. We have kept in touch and although I always admired the AP watch they were a little out of my price range. When it was offered to me I actually turned him down because of the price, but after walking two blocks toward the subway I turned around and did the deal.

The story behind the Pepsi is pretty much the same. My sales associate used to work at Breitling and he knows that I am a serious collector and that I would not be flipping the watch. He went to bat for me and was able to convince the manager to make the deal. My wife is lobbying hard to have the Pepsi sized to fit her, claims that it is too small on my wrist. We shall see!

He said I could have the Polaris Blue only if I agreed to take this one also!