After the holiday rush - Unbelievable!

[Dr.LJ]

Quite astonishing. I hope that Rolex will send new shipments soon.

[jrs146]

Pretty sad...it’s silly and I don’t get it. But hey Rolex can do no wrong.


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[masterdinh]

Dealers have them, they just aren’t putting them out in the case for the everyday Joe. Spoke to my AD today to follow up on a piece I have on order and I asked him what sport models were available now. He said in the safe he has 116610LN, 116622 rhodium, 114060, 116660 James Cameron, BLNR, 116710 LN, 116613LB.

This one holds them for their repeat customers. He said they would rather sell them to repeat customers.


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[Scapegoat]

Originally Posted by masterdinh

Dealers have them, they just aren’t putting them out in the case for the everyday Joe. Spoke to my AD today to follow up on a piece I have on order and I asked him what sport models were available now. He said in the safe he has 116610LN, 116622 rhodium, 114060, 116660 James Cameron, BLNR, 116710 LN, 116613LB.

This one holds them for their repeat customers. He said they would rather sell them to repeat customers.


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I don’t blame the AD at all for looking after their regular customers.
Nothing wrong with selling to the greys as it is market demand and a chance to move slow sellers.

But its nice to see ADs still having some “heart”.

[masterdinh]

Agreed.

I’d look after the guy who spends 100k annually as oppose to guy who spends 10k and gonna flip it for a $300 profit.

They can sell those watches anytime anywhere. A perk for being loyal to a dealer and a dealer being loyal to their customer.


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[Uppersouth]

I suspect the Rolex shortage has been good for other brands. Maybe Rolex is trying to benevolently support the other industry players by drawing down supply. Lol

[amh]

Originally Posted by masterdinh

Agreed.

I’d look after the guy who spends 100k annually as oppose to guy who spends 10k and gonna flip it for a $300 profit.

They can sell those watches anytime anywhere. A perk for being loyal to a dealer and a dealer being loyal to their customer.


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So that's what it means to have a "relationship" with an AD

I asked about an SD43 at a local AD and they said "you'll have to buy something else from us first."

[meganfox17]

Is the watch display suede tray for sale ? I want one....

[10klakes]

Originally Posted by meganfox17

Is the watch display suede tray for sale ? I want one....

"So if I buy the last couple in the case, would you consider a add-on gift... the case?"..... lol


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[Atom4]

I was at a local AD and all they had was two PM used Daytonas, TT Submariner (Bluesy), Cellini, and Yachmaster. I hope the New Year brings a better inventory haha

[Cru Jones]

This has to be a staged photo, no?

[Nairn1980]

Originally Posted by junamuan

This was taken in a Rolex AD in Makati Philippines. Photo is not mine - it was shared in our FB group that I belong to.

Crazy!

I’m actually sure that’s a UK AD
Although I’m sure their thousands of Datejusts could fill in all the spaces.

[masterdinh]

That photo can easily be of the beginning of the day getting the show case ready or the end of the day putting everything up.

That could be an inventory sheet.

I don’t buy that photo as a normal display. That would turn off anybody from ever coming back there.


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[Jimbogigolo]

shiz damn.

[wuyeah]

That is what happen when John Wall walked by.......

[Agustin_Nielsen]

It's crazy... these past two weeks I was in London, Florence, NYC and Zurich. Not a single desirable SS in stock.

[tng11]

Originally Posted by Agustin_Nielsen

It's crazy... these past two weeks I was in London, Florence, NYC and Zurich. Not a single desirable SS in stock.

Add Tokyo, Bangkok and Hong Kong to the list. I was in these 3 cities in the last 2 weeks, absolutely no desirable SS models.

Hometown of Toronto does still have some nice stuff though!

[Justinmg]

Originally Posted by masterdinh

That photo can easily be of the beginning of the day getting the show case ready or the end of the day putting everything up.

That could be an inventory sheet.

I don’t buy that photo as a normal display. That would turn off anybody from ever coming back there.


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That’s what the AD’s display case looks like where I live, a few watches and no SS sports models. and this is a big mall in Norfolk

[CPRWATCH]

This could be a thread on its own , thinking if everyone went to their local AD & took a picture of exactly what's available new on display & posted it . Would be interesting to see what's actually out there today & available .

[masterdinh]

Having no stainless sport watches is a hell of a lot different then having no watches at all.


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[toomann]

I'm surprised by what I'm reading and now seeing. When I went into my local AD back in October to look for my first Rolex they had a good selection from what I knew at the time. I looked at a sub date and without. Several datejust 36 to 41 the 114300 OP which I bought but also looked at a yatchmaster and a Daytona. That was my first time in a rolex shop. There were no empty cases. Not sure what I would have thought had I saw that.

[mountainjogger]

Originally Posted by Justinmg

I don't know, it's not a isolated thing, I can't imagine every dealer ordered the perfect amount of Rolexs to sell them all off before 01Jan, the dealer in Norfolk, va has zero SS sport models. If I went to go look at new F150's and every dealer had zero on the lot, I would go look at chevy.

I was with you till you to got to going to the Chevy lot. I would just keep driving my old F150

[Lester206]

Originally Posted by freesole

Seems similar to the AD's that we have in Seattle as well.

Sad tale - the Seattle Ben Bridge has no Rolex sports models left because they were victims of a smash and grab right before Christmas. The thieves got away with a lot of nice pieces, including a gold Yacht Master II. Happened right in front of the staff.

[Justinmg]

Originally Posted by mountainjogger

I was with you till you to got to going to the Chevy lot. I would just keep driving my old F150

Haha maybe that was a bad analogy

[Carrera911]

Exactly my thoughts. I don't buy that picture: It's the end of the day or the beginning of the business day before they took out all the watches from the safe and put them in display.

A storm in a teacup

Originally Posted by masterdinh

That photo can easily be of the beginning of the day getting the show case ready or the end of the day putting everything up.

That could be an inventory sheet.

I don’t buy that photo as a normal display. That would turn off anybody from ever coming back there.


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[Prasy]

Wow!!!

[prozac51]

Originally Posted by Lester206

Sad tale - the Seattle Ben Bridge has no Rolex sports models left because they were victims of a smash and grab right before Christmas. The thieves got away with a lot of nice pieces, including a gold Yacht Master II. Happened right in front of the staff.

Even sadder are thieves who try to rob the Makati dealership in OP's pic...and are put on the wait list too.

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