Poky
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Has Rolex stopped taking names for the waiting lists?
This was my experience this week:
I contacted three ADs (one well known to me) and all said they did not take names for waiting lists any longer. I am still searching for a Datejust (forget about a Submariner) for my nephew's graduation. My nephew in Italy has been told the same by a few ADs. One AD which used to sell a lot of Rolex said they might have to close as there were not enough stock to keep them going but I think the guy has had enough and wants to retire. He also said Rolex was planning to only sell through their boutiques; that is news to me, is that really true?
I am not sure if anyone has any substantiated information on this.
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Has Rolex stopped taking names for the waiting lists?
This was my experience this week: I contacted three ADs (one well known to me) and all said they did not take names for waiting lists any longer. I am still searching for a Datejust (forget about a Submariner) for my nephew's graduation. My nephew in Ital...
Don't think so
At least not my recent experience with my AD in USA. Best of luck in securing your watch!
Frankly, I’ve never been a believer in the existence of waitlists, at least conceived as a “totally ordered set” (or “chain”), to borrow a mathematical term… For sure, Rolex (and Patek, FPJ, Royal Oak, etc..) have no problem selling their watches..
But I really don’t believe it will *ever* come to a point where a good client requests watches in regular production and they will have trouble getting at least a few allocations within a reasonable timeframe! ;-) Rolex in particular is a brand with produ...
When I visited Munich/Augsberg in Feb, I went to 3 different ADs…
They no longer want to sell to walk in customers because they don’t need to, their list of demand is too strong. They even limited to a certain distance within Germany where their new customers are from. Therefore, the days that you get to buy a Rolex as ...
Every AD has plenty of watches
They have even more flippers, that's the main issue. I've been waiting the new blockchain tracking system, which won't allow the buyer to sell his watch, but it will prevent the AD to sell them to the wrong person. Watches are made to be worn and used, no...
Such “waitlist” or system of “building a profile” is not transparent
and it is up to what the AD or boutique says. It works for me to join a waitlist if they either take a deposit or full payment to establish a contract to sell the watch. A sales explained when the store receives an allocation, say 1-2 pieces/month of a po...
The local AD here
Runs a wish list rather than a waiting list, but it took a bit of persistence and purchases to be able to even be allowed on the wish list. I understand that their main issue is people flipping so they want to ensure the purchaser wants the watch not a qu...
It always saddens me to read these stories.
Poky look at your own experience, other "normal" peoples experience, the answers on this thread here and it leads to a simple answer: There´s no waitinglist!! If it requires that you buy a certain amount of watches, build up a relationship with a specific...
Everyone will not have the same experience both between and within ADs…
Ultimately how things will work out is for each individual to find out.