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16 May 2024, 10:01 AM | #1 |
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Different Model wait times
"Is there a place where I can find out about how long people wait on average for a reference number, and whether they have a spending history or not? I know there is a place on Reddit; I'm wondering if this place is the same? In particular I am interested on average wait times for the 226570-01.
Thanks for any help or Direction. -Nas |
16 May 2024, 10:03 AM | #2 |
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Sorry but a multitude of opinions lays in wait to answer a very difficult question unprovable along with undeniable …
So I’d say, no …
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16 May 2024, 03:38 PM | #3 |
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I’d say that’s like asking how long is a piece of string. If the process of allocation is random you can hardly put a time on it.
Buying from a grey circumnavigates all of this but at a price |
17 May 2024, 02:33 AM | #4 |
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There are far too many variables for any data to be reliable.
Good luck with the Explorer. |
17 May 2024, 11:41 AM | #5 |
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Just ask several ADs that question, minus the spend part. Be honest. Tell them you just want this particular model, and how long until they can get you one. I was told perhaps 6 months for a regular Explorer 36
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17 May 2024, 09:04 PM | #7 |
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I have my name down at three AD's already, one store is a family owned the other two are larger ones with multiple locations.
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17 May 2024, 09:04 PM | #8 |
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The reference number I quoted is for the explorer II not the explorer I, does this change the wait time at all?
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17 May 2024, 09:09 PM | #9 |
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"Is there a place where I can find out about how long people wait on average for a reference number, and whether they have a spending history or not?"
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17 May 2024, 09:20 PM | #10 |
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I waited 3 years for an Exp II and got nothing so popped into another AD with no spend history and got one inside 2 weeks. There’s really no set time
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17 May 2024, 10:23 PM | #11 |
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No one here knows enough to have a meaningful answer
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17 May 2024, 10:36 PM | #12 |
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17 May 2024, 11:01 PM | #13 |
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Short answer is such a resource doesn't exist and wouldn't be of much value even if it did. There are too much variables in the process
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You should make monthly visits to the ADs to remind them you are still ready and willing to purchase the Explorer II. Good luck. |
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AD offered me the watch
Hello everyone,
MY AD (wild to say), offered me the watch a week after I visited! I pick it up tomorrow! |
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Sweet!
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I will share my experience - but as said above way too many variables to give absolutes.
8 Months Air King - additional $2000 non-watch purchases No wait got lucky on a walk in - 36 DJ Blue Dial Smooth Bezel (wife) 11 Months SD43 - 3 months after the Air King - no other non-watch purchases 6 Month wait on a special order 36 DJ TT MOP Dial Diamond Markers (wife) Since then have purchased about $10,000 in non-watch jewelry for my wife. Not playing the buy & hope game. My wife just likes jewelry and earlier in our marriage was not in a position to buy anything. All Purchased between Feb, 2023 and December, 2023. Put first ask in July 2022. Patiently waiting on a GMT II. Hope that helps - good luck |
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rarely any wait time.
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Yesterday, 05:47 AM | #20 |
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And this is exactly why "average wait time" is a useless thing to ask: Wait time varies from between:
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Can share mine as well but I have a really really good relationship with my AD
2021 May - 126710BLNR on oyster 2021 October - Daytona G/S White dial 2022 feburary - Deepsea D-blue 2022 Marts - Submariner 124060 2022 October - Daytona G/S Black dial + Tudor FXD 2023 May - Submariner 126610LV 2023 November - 126720VTNR jubilee 2024 March - 126500 Black dial + Airking offered the day I picked up the Daytona. |
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If you really want the watch - just go buy it on the grey market - zero wait. Life is too short to wait. Currently the price premium on most of the watches is not that bad except for a few exceptions. Those being the Daytona, GMT, Skydweller, Ti Yachtmaster.
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Good result. Congratulations.
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The AD offered it after a week; no need to go gray!
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