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26 May 2019, 02:15 AM | #31 |
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26 May 2019, 04:56 AM | #33 |
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Rolex is taking the same strategy that they used for the SS Daytona for the past few decades. Remembered the day when the SS Daytona was a slow seller decades ago, Rolex limited the number of allocation of the SS Daytona and everyone wanted one....Now I truly believe that very same strategy is being applied on the all SS sports, 2+ years ago, these watches were plentiful on the display at the AD and Rolex got good competitions from many other brands out there that provides watches with much better value and also being perceived as luxurious.
I think the new strategy works great for Rolex and they are selling more high profit DJ/TT/PM. It's us who are mostly WIS and interested mostly in SS Sports will have to change overtime to adapt to new Rolex marketing scheme or simply move on. |
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26 May 2019, 05:21 AM | #35 |
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I'm curious if you read what was posted with an critical eye. A sweeping acceptance and dismissal does nothing to further the conversation. Just saying. I can't for the life of me understand why that would be.
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26 May 2019, 05:23 AM | #36 |
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26 May 2019, 06:21 AM | #37 |
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The day after Brexit everything changed, so its all demand led, supply didn't change at all, once prices moved up new buyers came into the market as flippers, so Rolex didn't and wouldn't change supply, just who ADs allocate to which became stricter.
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26 May 2019, 07:11 AM | #38 |
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[QUOTE=MrNemo;9667291]Luxury goods are purchased by individuals who wish to disassociate themselves from the masses. Emerging markets and certain wealthy nations seem to culturally prefer goods that leave no question about their wealth and social status. In more conservative countries or more mature markets, luxury can be a statement about taste or a desire to be part of a certain group. The underlying motivator for consumption of luxury goods is prestige.
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26 May 2019, 08:27 AM | #40 |
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I don't keep track of Brexit and the mess over there but I from what I heard there are less of the SS sport supply and more of the others. Rolex could have easily shifted the production to SS but that's not their intention, we have seen this in the past 2 years (well UK has been bad for years) and I believe many more years into the future. It's their strategy to de-emphasis SS sport. No question the demand is there but there're also less SS sport watches available.
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26 May 2019, 10:28 AM | #41 |
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Luxury to me ties with expensive brand name recognition.
ie. Rolex, Patek, Ferarri, McLaren, Louis Vutton, etc. |
26 May 2019, 11:00 AM | #42 |
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My definition of when luxury isnt luxury when every john doe owns one. By this definition none of my watches are luxury.
But thats ok, it doesn’t detract from the fact their great watches. One can also argue any item that isnt a necessity is a luxury item, in which case, almost any watch is a luxury item. |
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