Jamesbond1
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Anything on chrono24 will be above MSRP. Best to see your local ad.They are all above MSRP. I guess that is my answer.
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Anything on chrono24 will be above MSRP. Best to see your local ad.They are all above MSRP. I guess that is my answer.
I can almost guarantee that unless the person is a VIP, all he’s going to see are a bunch of ladies models or two tone DJ’s. You’re still living in 2018 if you think a blue dial SS DJ is readily available and can be purchased at a discount.Anything on chrono24 will be above MSRP. Best to see your local ad.
I guess what I'm trying to ask is - for one's first purchase, is it a better idea to get the one 'grail' watch or get two very good watches for the same overall cost that complement each other in terms of their purpose (the Aqua Terra being more sporty and the Flagship Heritage being more dressy).
Following chocomallo's request of different watches and in honour of Foo's self-present:
But then again, this thread is basically a circle jerk these days. On a quarterly basis we see like 10 different watches on average. And most of them are of the banal type.
You're largely correct about this, and this has been (briefly) discussed a few times in this thread over the years.
I think that there are two main reasons why we see the same watches again and again.
The first is marketing, emotion and "groupthink" (which includes social signalling). Pretty much none of us are immune to this, as it's really powerful. Take Rolex as an example - it has successfully built a brand reputation that really resonates with people for a variety of reasons, as it variously denotes adventure, taste, wealth, history and more. Just look at the positive feedback that pretty much any post with a Rolex in it generates in this thread. It can be really hard to escape that pull and, if you have the money, there's really no reason to resist it as Rolex does make good, reliable watches.
The second reason is that most "luxury" watches are not cheap and, although most of the people here appear to be affluent and to have significant disposable income, they're not oligarch-rich. As a result, when they buy watches, they want something that is not horrendously expensive, that will hopefully be reliable, and that will also hopefully maintain reasonable resale value if they want or need to sell it in the future.
Associated with the second reason is something that @gdl203 mentioned a few years back - although people might be attracted to designs by smaller, independent brands, they are cautious about servicing and parts for those brands, and also cautious about resale value in the future. It's safer to stick with larger, established, well-known brands as you know that you will be able to have them serviced and get parts for them years in to the future.
This is a good observation and while I do not have „significant disposable income,“ I tend to think along the same lines when planning watch purchases.The second reason is that most "luxury" watches are not cheap and, although most of the people here appear to be affluent and to have significant disposable income, they're not oligarch-rich. As a result, when they buy watches, they want something that is not horrendously expensive, that will hopefully be reliable, and that will also hopefully maintain reasonable resale value if they want or need to sell it in the future.
Anything that’s a men’s Rolex in SS is hard to get right now.
found this out the hard way when i went into my local AD to inquire about the new submariner...I have a GMT II from the mid 00s, so I haven't really been in the watch market for quite some time and was pretty floored when the waiting list for the standard steel model was 2-3 years!
do waitlists vary by store, or is it pretty even across the board absent being a celebrity or having a close personal relationship with the AD? I am planning on bringing my GMT in for service this spring/summer, would the flagship store be any different in NYC?
I'd say you're lucky to have been offered a waitlist position at all. I know most (all?) of the DC area stores have stopped taking waitlist names on any of the steel sports models.
found this out the hard way when i went into my local AD to inquire about the new submariner...I have a GMT II from the mid 00s, so I haven't really been in the watch market for quite some time and was pretty floored when the waiting list for the standard steel model was 2-3 years!
do waitlists vary by store, or is it pretty even across the board absent being a celebrity or having a close personal relationship with the AD? I am planning on bringing my GMT in for service this spring/summer, would the flagship store be any different in NYC?
Put it this way, if you were a baller with a track record of purchases, I’m sure they’d find a way to get one on your wrist.
yea, not the case here unfortunately...
Most waitlists are bullshit. If you buy a platinum DD or a platinum women's watch, your new sub will magically "just arrived from our latest shipment". If no other expensive purchase, it could be several months (if the AD thinks you have potential to be a long-term customer) to never. I don't even bother going in to talk to Rolex anymore.found this out the hard way when i went into my local AD to inquire about the new submariner...I have a GMT II from the mid 00s, so I haven't really been in the watch market for quite some time and was pretty floored when the waiting list for the standard steel model was 2-3 years!
do waitlists vary by store, or is it pretty even across the board absent being a celebrity or having a close personal relationship with the AD? I am planning on bringing my GMT in for service this spring/summer, would the flagship store be any different in NYC?