Pay over MSRP on a pre-owned SBGW253 or go for something else GS?

[JParm]

I missed the boat on getting this watch under MSRP by a couple weeks when 2 different Trusted Sellers each had one, but I wasn't educated on the brand enough to even know about them. (I scanned watchrecon and found that they both sold a mere 2 weeks before I found interest in the watch).

Now they aren't popping up for sale on watchrecon. The ones that I do know that are FS are going way above what retail, with an AD here in FL selling one at $8500...pre-owned.

This isn't Rolex, and it isn't THAT limited at 1960 pieces, but my question is - what would you do? Pay above for this GS or look around the catalog to snag something else? Value retention is always on my mind, not because I'm a flipper but because if I do end up not loving a piece, I'd rather not lose 2-3k on it.

Thanks in advance for your thoughts, and give me an idea of what piece you would go for instead!