Time Machine needed!

[HogwldFLTR]

I'm curious as to whether that is an AD or a Grey shop?

[KeobNepo]

I don't think it will ever be as it was then. I do believe that the grey prices will stabilize and stay above MSRP (fo the popular sports models). AD's will keep profiting from this situation for a loooooong time.

[tifosi]

Originally Posted by AzPaul

If it's any consolation, if that case was on display in 2023, it likely would have been smash and grabbed by now, so consider it a wash.

They'd also need waaay longer price tags for today's market.

[AEV]

Thanks for the photo.
So basically pretty much every hyped (nowadays) SS sports piece was on the window, except for the SS Daytona?
The two Daytona on the photo are two-tone and full gold, correct?

[bluestreak]

Originally Posted by Wcdhtwn

I don't know. I bought my GMT LN in 2015 and a "pepsi" version, as far as I remember, wasn't made yet. There was a ton of speculation about it, the BLNR had just come out, and the story was Rolex hadn't yet figured out how to get the red correct on a ceramic bezel, SS, PM didn't matter.

The white gold GMT Pepsi was released in 2014. When the SS Pepsi was released in 2018 they changed the dial on the white gold one from black to blue.

[bluestreak]

Originally Posted by Dontknow

Those were the days price and availability wise.

What’s going on with the Pepsi GMT in the back right? Price starts with a 2 and they didn’t offer it in oyster again until fairly recently.

White gold version released in 2014.

[shammad10]

Originally Posted by HogwldFLTR

I'm curious as to whether that is an AD or a Grey shop?

It was an AD. DMR in Liverpool, England.

[INC]

Originally Posted by Driver8

I love how some still believe that the current situation is now "it" forever. Back in 2015 absolutely no-one would've imagined how things have changed, so it's just possible that things might change again, you know!

I'm not saying things will return to the levels in the pic anytime soon (and maybe never), BUT the only thing we can be certain of is that nothing stays the same forever.

Well, yes, it can be. But it is also possible that eight years from now we will be just as amazed at today's prices and the many models currently available. :)

[slus]

Those were the days. Walk in, try on a bunch of watches, pick your favorite, offer less than MSRP and see if they want to move it or not.

I remember trying to be talked up to a SD4K when I bought my Pelagos in 2014. I definitely wanted the Pelagos but I'm still kicking myself for not buying both. They were offering the Sea Dweller for less than the Submariner Date sticker price at that time.

[Jimmy 2 Times]

The pain. Imagine for a second if we could walk into any AD and buy any Rolex we wanted at list.

Is that heaven?

[Jackie Daytona]

Originally Posted by arcampado

This is the original white gold 116719BLRO released in 2016. Also note pricing in euros not USD

Originally Posted by bluestreak

White gold version released in 2014.

Forgot about the white gold was around in that era. Lol!

I noticed the pricing was in euros as well. Just in my head already thinking/assuming it was steel it definitely threw me off a bit with the different starting digit.

[MJZRolex]

I'll take a case please.

[faimag]

oh, man, those days are gone.

[j10s]

Wow, the Cellini! I hope they revamp that line.

[Beep Beep]

there are many other goods that I would dream of paying at the prices of a few decades ago

[MJZRolex]

2022 Cost of Living - prices can vary, but you get the idea.
Median Home Price: $428,700
Average Income: $54,132
New car: $48,681
Minimum Wage: Federal $7.25, States around $9.00
Movie Ticket: About $11:00
Gasoline(varies greatly): $3.50/gallon
Postage Stamp: 60 cents
Sugar: $4.49/4 lbs.
Milk: $2.99 gallon
Coffee: $6.46/pound
Eggs: $3.99/dozen
Bread:$2.99/loaf
Rolex: Ha!

[Beep Beep]

MJZRolex

For the evolution of Rolex prices, a table on a French forum:
https://forumamontres.forumactif.com...r-janvier-2023

[enjoythemusic]

Originally Posted by Beep Beep

there are many other goods that I would dream of paying at the prices of a few decades ago

Price stability??? I thought it was a mandate.

Guess not

[fskywalker]

Originally Posted by shammad10

Was going through my camera roll today and found this from June 2015.
Look at the availability and look at the prices!!!

What I wouldn’t do to go back!




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Ken @HL65 can bring it back from the past for you on his next trip to pick up more jewels!!!




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[77T]

Nostalgic.

Thanks for the walk down memory lane.

Was at the Wynn in LV Feb. 2015 and shot some pics. Hope I can find them.

Those were heady days before the brown hit the circular device.


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[FYDC]

Great post. I’ve often wondered what watches I walked right past before I started this hobby. I got my first in 2015 but didn’t have a thought about them ever being scarce.

[BumbleB]

Originally Posted by shammad10

Was going through my camera roll today and found this from June 2015.
Look at the availability and look at the prices!!!

What I wouldn’t do to go back!




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Yeah, and buy a few hundred bitcoins while you’re back in 2015…


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[Dmcnill]

I wish we can go back to the old days, only if wishes were...

[Tensai]

“Man, I wish I could go back in time…I’d take state.” – Uncle Rico

[Virologist]

I'm betting that this kind of availability related to entirely different levels of desire to buy. The old if I can't have it, I want it more thing is in play now.

[NachoNeal]

Fun foto!

[INC]

That world seems ancient, even though it was only seven years ago. The living is changing day by day, faster and faster. But at this time, it's not an advancing.

[DCheeta]

I certainly took advantage of those prices and availability back then. Like many here I was buying Rolexes like they were candy, it used to be great fun to be a Rolex collector.

I don’t see Rolex ever returning back to Earth, and that’s okay. There are lots of other watches out there to enjoy.

[Gazoak]

The days of interest free credit on a Rolex in the UK too. 20% deposit and the balance over 2 years! I bought two professional models on those terms.

[GMTmatt]

Originally Posted by Virologist

I'm betting that this kind of availability related to entirely different levels of desire to buy. The old if I can't have it, I want it more thing is in play now.

Bingo. When almost every model was available every day and you lost money walking out the door most people didn’t want them.