OT: Selling a Rolex privately?
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Last edited by red996; 04-15-2024 at 06:51 PM.
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Pags993 (04-16-2024)
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Burning Brakes
Crazy world now, in 2009 during the financial crisis I walked in to Humberton Jewellers and bought a Patek Nautilus at MSRP, no waiting list, was in stock, now the damn thing is worth so much it sits in a safety deposit box, I like to wear my watches, not have them sit in the bank.
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Crazy world now, in 2009 during the financial crisis I walked in to Humberton Jewellers and bought a Patek Nautilus at MSRP, no waiting list, was in stock, now the damn thing is worth so much it sits in a safety deposit box, I like to wear my watches, not have them sit in the bank.
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Ed99 (04-16-2024)
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I'm blown away with the pricing and more so the waitlists associated with Rolexes. I've been on a list locally for nearly 2 years to get a Sub Date. I just refuse to pay over list for one (as as refusing to pay the Lux Tax on a new P car). Our local AD also doesn't have any other interesting brands to "build a relationship" even through I have purchased two Tags and a Tissot from them many years ago. Raffi isn't far and I should reach out to them. I'd like a GMT, DJ, Daytona, etc. I'm on a list in Toronto for an Explorer II Polar, but I have next to zero hope anything will come through. If international pricing wasn't also a joke, I'd get one abroad when I travel.
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Crazy world now, in 2009 during the financial crisis I walked in to Humberton Jewellers and bought a Patek Nautilus at MSRP, no waiting list, was in stock, now the damn thing is worth so much it sits in a safety deposit box, I like to wear my watches, not have them sit in the bank.
I second the wear and enjoy advice. My late wife bought me a PP (at the mothership in Geneva) 30 years ago. I wear it every day, and cannot imagine just sticking it in a drawer. Also, the advice I got from PP was not to let it sit, not running, for lengthy periods of time.
I am staggered at today's prices, though. In 1994, it was accessible to someone working for a salary. Today, not so much.
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Burning Brakes
I'm blown away with the pricing and more so the waitlists associated with Rolexes. I've been on a list locally for nearly 2 years to get a Sub Date. I just refuse to pay over list for one (as as refusing to pay the Lux Tax on a new P car). Our local AD also doesn't have any other interesting brands to "build a relationship" even through I have purchased two Tags and a Tissot from them many years ago. Raffi isn't far and I should reach out to them. I'd like a GMT, DJ, Daytona, etc. I'm on a list in Toronto for an Explorer II Polar, but I have next to zero hope anything will come through. If international pricing wasn't also a joke, I'd get one abroad when I travel.
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I'm blown away with the pricing and more so the waitlists associated with Rolexes. I've been on a list locally for nearly 2 years to get a Sub Date. I just refuse to pay over list for one (as as refusing to pay the Lux Tax on a new P car). Our local AD also doesn't have any other interesting brands to "build a relationship" even through I have purchased two Tags and a Tissot from them many years ago. Raffi isn't far and I should reach out to them. I'd like a GMT, DJ, Daytona, etc. I'm on a list in Toronto for an Explorer II Polar, but I have next to zero hope anything will come through. If international pricing wasn't also a joke, I'd get one abroad when I travel.
Will be back there this year and will see what they say.
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I second the wear and enjoy advice. My late wife bought me a PP (at the mothership in Geneva) 30 years ago. I wear it every day, and cannot imagine just sticking it in a drawer. Also, the advice I got from PP was not to let it sit, not running, for lengthy periods of time.
I am staggered at today's prices, though. In 1994, it was accessible to someone working for a salary. Today, not so much.
I am staggered at today's prices, though. In 1994, it was accessible to someone working for a salary. Today, not so much.
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