Why do you think the high dollar prices are showing on Rolex website now?

[Andad]

Originally Posted by brandrea

Omega doesn’t hold back:

https://www.omegawatches.com/watch-o...51353392199001

That said ‘no longer available find another watch’.

[brandrea]

Originally Posted by Andad

That said ‘no longer available find another watch’.

Thats weird, it doesn't da that here, but it does give the 6 figure price.

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[Oystersteel92]

Originally Posted by dba

It's my understanding that platinum is harder to work with than gold. But I could be wrong and it wouldn't be the first time.

It is, but I think a lot of the pricing has been kept to maintain the fictional hierarchy of metals. When I started following the metals market nearly 30 years ago platinum was always more expensive than gold, but that hasn't been the case for going on 12 years now.

[Andad]

That is strange.

https://www.omegawatches.com/en-au/w...51353392199001

Looks like the same link.

[amh]

Makes no difference. Those looking at the low end pay more via jewelry purchases. Those at the high end have already spent enough they'll likely get a discount on that iced out piece.

[alphadweller]

Now I know how much I need to save up for that PT DD40. Tallies with what a local AD told me. Too much, I fold .

[Alpino]

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I can confirm all Rolex sites worlwide publish the MSRP for every model in the collection, not only USA.

"Price on demand" mention is now gone ...

[Offshore]

The most astonishing bit of knowledge I've gleaned from this thread, is that you can pay £484300 for an Omega.

[Rollei35]

Originally Posted by Offshore

The most astonishing bit of knowledge I've gleaned from this thread, is that you can pay £484300 for an Omega.

I hope Rolex people are not all condescending like this

[Dawgprint]

Originally Posted by Mathematoxic

Because no one is enquiring

This!

[Moondoggy]

Originally Posted by Dawgprint

This!

Probably a bit of that

[Tylerlsu2008]

For some reason, I recently noticed that it looks like Blancpain has removed all pricing. Or made it extremely difficult to find anywhere.

[MRBolton]

Originally Posted by Oystersteel92

It is, but I think a lot of the pricing has been kept to maintain the fictional hierarchy of metals. When I started following the metals market nearly 30 years ago platinum was always more expensive than gold, but that hasn't been the case for going on 12 years now.

It’s also a function of platinum being a more pure material used with 92.5% of the metal being platinum vs gold being “only” 75% pure with 18k. Since more precious metal is used, the price is higher.