Daytona at London Heathrow

[lukey77]

Hi all, passing through and acquired this from T5.
Ok not the stainless steal, but given tax fee etc not far off the price of the steel on grey market.



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[Monte Cristo]

Congrats! She’s a beauty

[westcoastghost]

Nice! How difficult is it to find a PM daytona or GMT in London?

[Pongster]

Nice. John Mayer and I would approve.

[sensui]

Nice going.

[365DAS]

Lovely and congrats!

Out of interest (and if you don’t mind sharing!), how much did you save in tax?




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[VacherObsessive]

Originally Posted by westcoastghost

Nice! How difficult is it to find a PM daytona or GMT in London?

In Heathrow it Used to be easy, always had PM pieces in stock. Talking 18 months ago. These days PM sports is usually not there, only the RG YM on rubber (always in stock every time). 2 years / 18 months ago they used to have gold sub / GMT, daytona, smerf WG, etc, always. These days it’s pretty baron and only DD and DJs available throughout. But as the OP has shown, you can get lucky. It’s very rare though. I go through Heathrow every month, all the different terminals depending on where I am going.

Last summer I picked up a BLNR in T3, they also had a black ceramic daytona in stock. This however was a fluke, only 2 BLNR per year and 1 Daytona in 3 years. So don’t ever expect this again. T2 told me they had 3 hulks in 2018.

Always ask. But then so does everyone else, every 5 minutes. Be specific when you ask though or they’ll suspect a flipper and won’t serve you

[VacherObsessive]

Originally Posted by 365DAS

Lovely and congrats!

Out of interest (and if you don’t mind sharing!), how much did you save in tax?




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VAT is 20% in the Uk.. so 20% off MSRP.
Decent discount !

Provided you don’t get stung on customs on the way back

(Or in the country ur going to if you reside there)

[ozwatchguy]

Congrats very nice

[JPS]

Stunning

[ratty]

Very nice, congratulations.

[Helmi]

A beauty...congratulations

[ICountBeans]

I’ll be going through heathrow in a couple weeks.... very dangerous for the wallet

[Andad]

Very nice.

And not like the stainless steal.....good one.

[swatty]

Congrats, that’s a stunner

[Comex5514_]

Congrats!

[lukey77]

Originally Posted by VacherObsessive

In Heathrow it Used to be easy, always had PM pieces in stock. Talking 18 months ago. These days PM sports is usually not there, only the RG YM on rubber (always in stock every time). 2 years / 18 months ago they used to have gold sub / GMT, daytona, smerf WG, etc, always. These days it’s pretty baron and only DD and DJs available throughout. But as the OP has shown, you can get lucky. It’s very rare though. I go through Heathrow every month, all the different terminals depending on where I am going.



Last summer I picked up a BLNR in T3, they also had a black ceramic daytona in stock. This however was a fluke, only 2 BLNR per year and 1 Daytona in 3 years. So don’t ever expect this again. T2 told me they had 3 hulks in 2018.



Always ask. But then so does everyone else, every 5 minutes. Be specific when you ask though or they’ll suspect a flipper and won’t serve you

Funnily enough I called up on Friday to say I’ll be passing through Monday. They had this reserved for somebody who passed in the end , so they called me on the Saturday to ask if I wanted it.

Agree there used to be loads of PMs at Heathrow. Really none other than Date Justs available now.

They have now also changed allocation policy and implement a similar one to boutiques- ie you have to have a purchase history to bag a stainless steel sport etc. rather than being there at the right time.


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[MechMovement]

Nice pick up!

[rcb]

Congtrats! That 116509-0071 is my favorite Daytona. In fact, I've got a deposit on one with an AD right now.

[Jonesy2099]

Originally Posted by VacherObsessive

VAT is 20% in the Uk.. so 20% off MSRP.
Decent discount !

Provided you don’t get stung on customs on the way back

(Or in the country ur going to if you reside there)

Why would you get stung on the way back? I thought the point was you made a saving on any item purchased.

[delboylee]

Originally Posted by Jonesy2099

Why would you get stung on the way back? I thought the point was you made a saving on any item purchased.

Technically VAT free is for someone leaving the UK.... e.g. a US resident citizen

So then if you return to the UK (e.g. a UK resident), the item should be declared and duty paid....

That's how I understand it anyway. Of course, what happens in real life could be entirely different

OP, congrats on a lovely watch!

[huba01]

Great pick up, congrats

[VacherObsessive]

Originally Posted by delboylee

Technically VAT free is for someone leaving the UK.... e.g. a US resident citizen

So then if you return to the UK (e.g. a UK resident), the item should be declared and duty paid....

That's how I understand it anyway. Of course, what happens in real life could be entirely different

OP, congrats on a lovely watch!

100% correct

[VacherObsessive]

Originally Posted by Jonesy2099

Why would you get stung on the way back? I thought the point was you made a saving on any item purchased.

It’s not a saving. It’s duty free because you’re air side

You bring it back, no duty has been paid, it’s technically owed. If UK customs opened your case on your way back in and found a Rolex box with papers that you bought in duty free in Heathrow, they 100% will ask you for the VAT or confiscate the watch

On a watch like that daytona I guess that will be £5000 immediate payment owed.

A dangerous situation to be ignorant of.

You’d be best placed to ditch the box and papers and not get caught with them on your person during re entry to the uk.. your risk otherwise

[Jonesy2099]

Originally Posted by VacherObsessive

It’s not a saving. It’s duty free because you’re air side

You bring it back, no duty has been paid, it’s technically owed. If UK customs opened your case on your way back in and found a Rolex box with papers that you bought in duty free in Heathrow, they 100% will ask you for the VAT or confiscate the watch

On a watch like that daytona I guess that will be £5000 immediate payment owed.

A dangerous situation to be ignorant of.

You’d be best placed to ditch the box and papers and not get caught with them on your person during re entry to the uk.. your risk otherwise

Thanks for the info, I had no idea.

[TimingIsEverything]

Originally Posted by lukey77

Hi all, passing through and acquired this from T5.
Ok not the stainless steal, but given tax fee etc not far off the price of the steel on grey market.



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Absolutely superb!

Very smart decision going with full precious metal which comes with a special dial instead of paying absurd prices for a stainless steel white or black dial Daytona! Congratulations and wear it in good health.

[1William]

Congratulations.

[brandrea]

Congratulations That’s the most low key PM incoming I’ve seen in a while

[FrontHeadlock]

I'm not the biggest Daytona fan, but I have to say that is a really nice watch

[Odie-r]

Beautiful find. Congrats!