5711 with deposit

[b_hol]

After calling around to numerous AD's, the common theme sounds like the wait times is atleast a year for this piece. What about with a deposit, does this speed up the process anyway?

[Defiancekofb]

Depends, if the person in front of you in line decides not to buy their piece. If not, wait time is usually 10 months to a year in the US. Deposit doesn't speed up the process, just guarantees you a piece delivered within a given time frame.


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[Calatrava r]

deposit may speed things up considerably.

[GB-man]

Make sure it's fully refundable and I would not even consider giving more than 1000. They could fold and you'd be out your deposit.

[chiko323]

Originally Posted by GB-man

Make sure it's fully refundable and I would not even consider giving more than 1000. They could fold and you'd be out your deposit.

One AD I called asked for a 12.5k deposit with no guaranteed delivery date. Estimate was 2 years.


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[GB-man]

Originally Posted by chiko323

One AD I called asked for a 12.5k deposit with no guaranteed delivery date. Estimate was 2 years.


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hard pass.

I once had an AD ask for 6k for a daytona. Laughable.

Truth is a deposit makes no sense at all on a 5711. They don't need assurance you're a serious buyer. Those watches sell themselves well in advance.

[chiko323]

Originally Posted by GB-man

hard pass.



I once had an AD ask for 6k for a daytona. Laughable.



Truth is a deposit makes no sense at all on a 5711. They don't need assurance you're a serious buyer. Those watches sell themselves well in advance.

I agree the deposit should be unnecessary. I did end up putting down a deposit with one AD because they quoted me 6 month delivery with a small refundable deposit and that was by far the best offer I saw.

[malarky_hk]

At least the AD is willing to entertain a deposit. In HK, none of the ADs even bothered to compile a wait list.