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Real Shame

Shak

I was recently in New York and was just walking and browsing in the Diamond District.  To my surprise, I saw at least six 5070's. three 5970's, several 3970's, 5960's, and many other complications displayed in various shops.  When asked, they were all roughly priced at retail and included all papers.

I also went in to several large Patek authorized dealers including the Patek Store in Tiffany and only saw basic Calatravas and annual calenders.

I would never purchase these watches through a grey dealer as for me the risk is way too high .  It really is a shame that real genuine buyers do not get a chance to buy such watches directly from authorized deals - I think Patek needs to address this. 

Why is it that almost every other brand has their complications available through their retailers?  The more Patek tries to restrict access....the bigger the grey market demand gets.

Real Shame.

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mac_omega August 19th, 2008-00:09
You should... 
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Bruno.M1 August 19th, 2008-04:09
"The more Patek tries to restrict access....the bigger the grey market demand gets." 
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nothing but time August 19th, 2008-16:49
Not quite... 
jonrus August 19th, 2008-20:34
priced at retail? are you referring the prices to the current "gray market prices"? If such is the case, it's not surprising. I'm sure some collectors will happily part with their watch for some profit. On the other hand, if priced at the last MSRP of each watch, then it's... 
Shak August 20th, 2008-00:03
More Shame The gentleman that posted his faboulous colleciton of multiple datographs and and an incredible collection of Patek Chronos is indeed a very lucky man. He mentioned that out of all his superb collection, the Patek slpit second Chrono ( 5004 ) and the Lang... 
janut August 20th, 2008-02:00
Same experience 
happy_wis August 20th, 2008-04:09
This game is going to be harder and harder to play... (if you still want to play)... If you can see a lot of these hot watches in the grey dealers, it does not mean that Patek made a lot of these. It just happens that the grey dealers have collected a lot of these from various channels; It also means that the grey dealers can sell these w... 
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Dje August 20th, 2008-05:53
Much of what you write make great sense Hi, I don't agree to everything but indeed the main point IMO too is that we see many looked after PPs on the grey market because there is a high demand for these watches. The PP management has been very successful to defend (no longer establish, it has b... 
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Bruno.M1 August 20th, 2008-06:42
indeed, more or less 40K 
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Bruno.M1 August 20th, 2008-06:31
You forgot 1 very important thing 
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