Got a call from AD … Help!

[Krdonnel]

I’ll qualify this post by saying this will be my first purchase from an AD. I bought my wife a beautiful older reference yellow gold datejust w black dial and diamond markers a few years back for the birth of our daughter but nothing new. My son was born 9 months ago. I went to the AD about 2 months before he was born to pick one out and realized very quickly it wrong time to buy 😅. I’ve been keeping an eye on the market since and decided to visit my closest AD and at least get on the interest list. I’ve settled on a Pepsi GMT w Jubilee band. I’d like to buy a watch or two a year and set aside about 20k +/- for this year. Ultimately would like the GMT and an OP or two or GMT/other Sport model combo.

Th AD was super friendly and we chatted for a good while. I told her the above and that I realize the state of the market currently. She took my interest list and asked my thoughts on a two tone Daytona or Sub. We discussed those for a bit and I honestly don’t mind the look of the two tone on the sports watches. I stopped back in about two weeks later and we chatted again for a bit. Again, super friendly. She asked me again my thoughts on a two tone Sub (YG/Blue). Again, beautiful piece but would like the GMT as my baby boys piece and I’d like to get another piece or two in the next several months (if possible). 16K for the two tone Sub would eliminate any GMT for a while and possibly any other piece for a bit as well. I left after more small talk and didn’t think much of it.
A week later (today) she called and offered me the two tone sub.
I’m absolutely torn.
It is genuinely a beautiful piece but the GMT is what I’ve had picked out for the boy for a year now. On the other hand, who knows how long before I even get a chance at a GMT (or any other combo of pieces) and I don’t wanna pass this up and the AD be reluctant to offer what I’m looking for. I honestly don’t think they would do that but it’s in the calculation.

Anyone received a GMT lately? How long did you wait?

Thanks for listening to the rambling first post!

[Wcdhtwn]

You're going to hear this a lot: Don't buy things you don't want. Honestly I think it helps to stick by your guns... that way they know you're serious about a particular model and (this may matter to some AD's more than others) less likely to flip because you aren't just buying any Rolex you can get your hands on.

[7enderbender]

Don’t buy what you don’t want. You clearly want the GMT so just wait until one comes up. I personally wouldn’t go near anything two-tone with a ten foot pole.

[Gva1985]

Hello, in all honesty and given your limited purchase history, the chances of you getting a gmt Pepsi are close to zero. Also the op is difficult maybe a black one or silver could be possible after a few months wait. If you want to build a collection and a relationship a two-tone sub is a good looking watch. I would buy it and start from there if you like the piece and have enough cash. Again, a Pepsi is not gonna happen any time soon. Good luck!

[sj24k]

they're all just watches, and none of them are worth buying if you don't really love them or want them. (unless of course you're in the business of buying them to sell them, but that's a whole different story.)

anyway, don't get sucked into this vortex. trust your heart and your wallet.

[mountainjogger]

Wait for what you want, go grey, or consider another brand.

[train-time]

Reading into this it sounds like they want to sell you a two-tone before they will allocate a SS Sport model to you. I know many people are saying not to buy something that you do not want, but twice she keeps bring it up. Hmmm. A two-tone Sub would pair nicely with the SS Pepsi, and they are getting easily a couple a month. It's just a matter of who gets one and what it takes.

[Bmats]

I wouldn’t get a piece I didn’t love - I have lots of watches and can afford them, but they all cost too much to get one I didn’t love.

But I recognize a BLRO, at least right now, is a hard high demand piece. I had purchased several other pieces from my AD before I got one. But they are all pieces I wanted and still want. If I only wanted a BLRO and no other piece I’d probably stick to my ask and set a deadline internally, and if it didn’t come then I’d just buy on the secondary market.

If you are an MSRP only person or can only afford one piece, then I’d just wait it out and hope things get back to normal. I would not do anything to suggest to the AD that you want only one piece, however.

[2loaded]

Buy them all and you will always get the call.

[4 Aussies]

Originally Posted by mountainjogger

Wait for what you want, or go grey.

^^^^ Best advice!! Don't settle for what you don't desire!! GMT's out of AD's very tough watch to get. Be ready to wait years, unless you're a big big spender.
Good luck!!

[Auto16610]

16k for a sub you don't want or 22k (gmt) for a watch you will pass down in 20 years.

[Forty6nTwo]

I'd wait for the GMT, actually, I am patiently waiting........ good luck.

[whiskyrolex]

Wait for the GMT. She knows you want it and is dangling the Sub as a carrot. Don't play the game.

[zoenatenich]

I agree with everyone to buy only what you like. But, the two-tone yellow gold sub is good looking. Can't go wrong with it too.
Good luck.

[Krdonnel]

I declined. I made sure to thank her for thinking of me and reiterated that the GMT in particular is something I’ve had picked out for the special occasion and worth waiting. If I’m still waiting and grey mkt gets closer to MSRP than I may bite.

[Harry-57]

Originally Posted by Krdonnel

Anyone received a GMT lately? How long did you wait?

Thanks for listening to the rambling first post!

Last October.

15 months after going on the list, 10 months after confirming which bracelet I wanted.

The 126613LB is a beautiful watch. But if you want something else, don't buy what you don't want is my advice. What you actually do is entirely up to you.

Here's a quick and dirty reality check: you're asking a forum full of strangers. If you really wanted the Sub would you be asking? Wouldn't you own it already and be posting an incoming?

[bluestreak]

Everyone here says wait for the GMT. Is it realistic for someone with no history to get one with no history? I know it happens, but…

[SLWoodster]

Buy the sub. Then wait for the GMT. Make it clear that you bought that gold day date from them as well.

Just keep buying.

[ap1]

And next week she’ll call telling a TT Daytona just arrived

[fskywalker]

Buy what you want....

[BillA]

1. Don’t buy what you don’t want/need.
2. Congrats on your baby, but you do not know how expensive it is to raise a child.

[Andad]

Times change.

I would wait for the GMT.

It may not be as long a wait as you think?

[Cauhauna]

Originally Posted by bluestreak

Everyone here says wait for the GMT. Is it realistic for someone with no history to get one with no history? I know it happens, but…

depends on the AD, but

1- my buddy got one recently. 50k spend history, including jewelry

2- a much more common SS opener is a sub or a SD43


it's not impossible to get a GMT, but less common that the above. If you're the king of cool and have the X factor and some luck, it could happen.

[Bigsoftee]

Wait for the one you want. Don’t buy into the hype of all this getting a watch you did not order, in my opinion, you could well regret it.

[fsprow]

I would wait for what you want and personally I would not purchase an expensive item for someone who may well have no interest in it when given in the future.

[travisb]

Good move on declining the offer OP. Hold out for what you're after. Continue to casually stop in and chat with the AD on occasion. I think it'll work out in your favor.

[1William]

You have declined and not an issue. Keep us posted on the progress with the AD and when you are offered the GMT.

[amh]

Originally Posted by mountainjogger

Wait for what you want, go grey, or consider another brand.

/thread

[reelestates]

sorry bro! never say no!

[Oxfordian]

Originally Posted by Krdonnel

I’ll qualify this post by saying this will be my first purchase from an AD. I bought my wife a beautiful older reference yellow gold datejust w black dial and diamond markers a few years back for the birth of our daughter but nothing new. My son was born 9 months ago. I went to the AD about 2 months before he was born to pick one out and realized very quickly it wrong time to buy 😅. I’ve been keeping an eye on the market since and decided to visit my closest AD and at least get on the interest list. I’ve settled on a Pepsi GMT w Jubilee band. I’d like to buy a watch or two a year and set aside about 20k +/- for this year. Ultimately would like the GMT and an OP or two or GMT/other Sport model combo.

Th AD was super friendly and we chatted for a good while. I told her the above and that I realize the state of the market currently. She took my interest list and asked my thoughts on a two tone Daytona or Sub. We discussed those for a bit and I honestly don’t mind the look of the two tone on the sports watches. I stopped back in about two weeks later and we chatted again for a bit. Again, super friendly. She asked me again my thoughts on a two tone Sub (YG/Blue). Again, beautiful piece but would like the GMT as my baby boys piece and I’d like to get another piece or two in the next several months (if possible). 16K for the two tone Sub would eliminate any GMT for a while and possibly any other piece for a bit as well. I left after more small talk and didn’t think much of it.
A week later (today) she called and offered me the two tone sub.
I’m absolutely torn.
It is genuinely a beautiful piece but the GMT is what I’ve had picked out for the boy for a year now. On the other hand, who knows how long before I even get a chance at a GMT (or any other combo of pieces) and I don’t wanna pass this up and the AD be reluctant to offer what I’m looking for. I honestly don’t think they would do that but it’s in the calculation.

Anyone received a GMT lately? How long did you wait?

Thanks for listening to the rambling first post!

Buy the watch you want to buy not the watch the AD wants you to buy.