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Old Today, 01:41 PM   #1
lusfort
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PM Sports Models below MSRP

With the new state of affairs.

There are models of PM pieces (as well as most day dates) that are trading below retail

Namely the rose Gold GMT and white gold Daytona (baby leman) ( attached picture), yellow and white gold Subs.

I wonder if ADs will start viewing these as bundle pieces before a more favourably pieces

Or we will start seeing more go out the side door to grey dealers directly.

In region, the game is either implied sales bundling; although with lower premiums on hot allocation pieces, this doesn’t really make sense anymore

Or there are also ADs that will sell pieces at grey market prices through the back door. I wonder if these ADs will eventually start offering discounts matching prices on the market

What do you guys think?


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Old Today, 02:03 PM   #2
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They traded for a premium for a very short period of time.

Personally I like the aesthetic of some PM but at PM prices there are many other watches I’d rather own.
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Old Today, 02:57 PM   #3
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I get offered PM pieces every week by one of the ADs I work with. They haven't budged off full retail + tax.

My understanding is the holidays are around the corner and they are hoping they will hold and eventually move inventory before the end of the year.
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On the grey front my grey go to has informed me bundling of desirable pieces continues to occur out the "back door" with with many ADs.
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I get offered PM pieces every week by one of the ADs I work with. They haven't budged off full retail + tax.

My understanding is the holidays are around the corner and they are hoping they will hold and eventually move inventory before the end of the year.

How do you mean ‘work with ‘ ? Do you work in an AD ?
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How do you mean ‘work with ‘ ? Do you work in an AD ?
He means does business with, as in buys watches from…

I promise you no SA has a Patek 3970.
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There are some people that probably want the PM and not the hype pieces. I’d rather go through an AD instead of Grey. People also have a preference on that as well. The same person may want to only deal in the grey market instead of an AD. Everyone has their own preference.
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I suppose eventually we will see most PM pieces available at 10-15% discount from ADs.

I have heard from a friend that his AD 'encouraged' him to buy slow moving PM pieces in order to obtain his desired SS references quicker.
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