re: Rolex Question, paging Obtuse1

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allocation,,,,,why would you keep $200k worth of product without the ability to sell it?

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They're so exclusive you can't even buy them anymore!

I've quit lusting over them. Saving up for a tudor instead.

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Rolex calls the shots and makes the AD ask how high when they say jump. Or they will pull your AD status.

The waitlist is a Rolex thing. The AD wants to sell more watches but Rolex decides the allocation. It may take a month, 3 months, 6 months or a year. It’s a freaking mystery of the universe when yours will arrive.

Hate the game not the AD players.

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As far as artificial supply control Rolex makes the better part of a million watches a year, far more than anyone else in the upper mid-range except Omega. They could likely make more GMT Master IIs and less 27mm Date Justs but Rolex has the luxury to think long-term because they are privately owned and not have to meet shareholder expectations for the quarter like say Swatch Group. Even if they could sate current demand it would require them to ante up CAPEX and the way they build watches that is significant. Honestly, they are doing the right thing for their long term and for their long time customers. At least they aren't doing like Patek where Thierry Stern outright said they will limit stainless watches and then they discontinued the 5711 Nautilus at the height of its popularity and with 6-7-8 year waiting lists. It is still my contention that the gray market is the main "problem" which is spurred by Rolex requiring ADs to take multiple hard to move watches for every hot watch they get, they have to move those Cellinis and women's Date Justs somehow.

I agree. When I don’t wear a watch it just doesn’t seem right. Unless it’s my Tudor watch I usually wear it to bed.

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People do the same thing with guns, cars, art. I don’t understand why some needle dicks have such a hard time understanding the concept

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I agree with you. But you also have to admit that many (not all) Watch guys can also get pretty douche about showing off their collections.

Obtuse1 respectfully pointed out how a watch allows you to check the time professionally, quickly, and tacitly in a professional setting when you are an exec, lawyer, doctor, etc. So that has given me a new level of respect for someone in that position to own nice watches. Now, my daughters orthodontist wearing very expensive watches still looks like a douche imo and she’s a women. But I do agree there’s a time and place for them.

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Obtuse, I met someone yesterday wearing a Cartier dual face tank. Never seen one before.

Why would you want to wear a fake timepiece?

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Why would you want to wear a fake timepiece?

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Same reason people buy AC Cobra replicas...same look and feel of the real thing at the 1/8th of the price.

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Same reason people buy AC Cobra replicas...same look and feel of the real thing at the 1/8th of the price.

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I guess that works if you're buying a watch to impress others, rather than something that you truly enjoy and/or want to pass down.

I wouldn't. I wear cheap watches.
But I've held real vs fake and the faks use real bezels and faceplate with the etched logo. You only tell the difference after you pop open the back.
People paying that much for hulks and pepsi are crazy.