United States. That being said, just go to the reputable sellers here and ask them if they can access a specific piece. They probably can. @Kringkily is a very good start.
I'm in Michigan now and just in sommerset if they don't have a specific piece they can get it for me. The GMT Pepsi and Daytona excluded.
Similar stories in NJ as those above. Besides the opposition to shipping (which I haven’t heard yet, but I believe it), it’s amazing that having the ability to pay full price for a luxury item isn’t enough to buy the item.
Hard to think of other items where it’s the same. A Porsche dealer wouldn’t decline selling you a Porsche if you hadn’t bought 3 or 4 of them there already.
Scarcity trumps all, I guess.
Wait - so you can't just walk into a boutique and walk out with a steel Submariner? I thought this waitlist thing only applied to the Daytonas...
Ferrari would, and do......limited editions only seem to go to owners with Ferrari collections...
Where did you get this information?
Fratello's April Fools' joke, probably.
How long before gray market dealers realise they’re not shifting said overpriced models and drop the prices? And if so then what would Rolex do...... start supplying more to they’re ADs? Or just leave as is?
Stopped by the largest Rolex AD chain in metro Chicago today. Spoke to one of the managers. Basically, for the Pepsi GMT, new Batman GMT, ceramic Daytona’s and Sub Hulk there are no real lists. The supply they get is so small that they contact their highest spending customers and offer the watches to them first. Obviously they are purchased quickly. He mentioned that Rolex just isn’t producing many of these sought after watches. He advised I might be able to purchase my ceramic Daytona in about five years. A couple of months ago I stopped at one of their other locations and they were very blunt telling me if I purchased a two plus carat diamond (high quality) for my wife, I could probably see a a Pepsi GMT in a couple months. Unfortunately for me, I purchased a rather nice diamond for my wife a few years ago from a non Rolex AD a couple of years ago.
Well, having thought I was on their list these past two years for my ceramic Daytona, while waiting I have purchased three Omega, one LE Ulysse Nardin and Tudor watches. In any event, I will wait and enjoy my black sub, Hulk and Explorer II along with my Omega, Tudor and Ulysse Nardin watches.
I mentioned before, both of my AD saved me some misery by telling me this same info a year ago, so that I didn't keep my hopes up by my thinking that there is a "real" list for the ceramic Daytona...
