aaronm
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I don't know much about the ADs....
Since the large dealer near me fled to India as his business was on the verge of collapse and bankruptcy. My good local dealer is gray-market and according to him, the market has changed, but hasn't really gone down. Sure there's the occasional high-roller who needs to dump a chunk of his collection for cash, but the majority of deals seem to be trades, frequently a trade up. So where a customer in the past might buy a Patek outright, today he's trading in something, not the full value, but something to take the "sting" off the purchase.
As a side to this, I'd expect any downturn to be harder on the AD, since he is a "value-added" service: you pay MSRP, or a slight discount to it, for painless warrenty service and such. In tough times, the easiest thing to cut is that value add, you get the same watch, you're just spending less.
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decreased?
It is absolutely true...Now we can get them for free. :)))
Sure. I am passionate about the Patek brand.
I don't know much about the ADs....
I think it also depends on the model
The current situation is fairly clear to me...
There was a time the style, the artisanship, the thirst for quality of Patek
I think I may have just .....
observation
My post makes no mention of dollars value ...
'Market' = 'Dollar value'. A casual inspection of your originating posts for the last few