The unified Rolex in the window thread

[soapy]

Utter pretentious shite. I hate crap like this. Even if you're one of the privileged few to have such obscene amounts of disposable cash to spent on trinkets, you might not be special enough to write your name on our piece of paper. F*** off.

Agreed

Seiko,Tudor,Casio,Eddie all sold me watches with no list,non of this pretentious nonsense.

It's a watch FFS.

[soundood]

[RAJEN]

WTF? No mention of Daytona wait times.
This is irresponsible reporting.
Don't they know how many are eager to know the wait times?

[peter2704]

i have heard that they are stopping making the steel subs from November…..

[Yorky]

Cavendish jewellers in Stonegate in York had a Hulk yesterday at £5,850 for a 2011 model. Only viewed through the window so didn't get a good sense of condition but looked fine. Cheaper than the £6,500 Watchfinder Leeds were asking for a 2010 model that I tried on there recently.

[Mystery Scott]

Agreed

Seiko,Tudor,Casio,Eddie all sold me watches with no list,non of this pretentious nonsense.

It's a watch FFS.

Do you not think that from a pure business angle this is a good way to get customer loyalty though? If you buy a new watch every year or so and use the AD to get them back to Rolex for services, then you must develop a loyalty towards that AD and what would cement that further than being offered something rare (or the opportunity to be on the shortlist for something rare) as a reward?

I know that the Daytona has always been on a waiting list so it seems like market manipulation, but the one I think could have been an accident initially is the BLNR. A friend bought one when they first came out (no trouble getting hold of them back then he said) and he said he wanted a GMT but hated the way that the ceramic bezel looked on the other models. Same seems to be the case for many people as you can easily find the other colour combinations in windows. So now I guess that Rolex are continuing to produce to just undercut market demand because this idea of a watch as an investment must fuel demand.

Agreed that the whole thing is ruddy weird: but they clearly know what they're doing as the majority of new models get uglier and more gauche with every release (for other markets I suppose) and yet I still see a fair number on the sort of wealthy chap who can get on the shortlist.



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[browjam]

Agreed

Seiko,Tudor,Casio,Eddie all sold me watches with no list,non of this pretentious nonsense.

It's a watch FFS.

All these watches are available on SC if you ask nicely😁

[Van Diemen]

Yellow Gold Sub @ FH Westfield Stratford City.

Zero discount

[wileeeeeey]

Yellow Gold Sub @ FH Westfield Stratford City.

Zero discount

Brazen of them

[paskinner]

Yellow Gold Sub @ FH Westfield Stratford City.

Zero discount

Really? That’s cheeky.