Are buyers passing at MSRP or did I get lucky?

[JSolution]

Sky dweller number 3 congrats :)

[Mystro]

Great score. My guess is you got very lucky on a watch many people can’t wear because of its size. The stars were just aligned for you IMO on this one.

[Mifune]

beautiful piece... I have to start visiting AD's again.
if I get the same BS about there not being anything 'in the back'... I am going to spend my money elsewhere.

[JSol1]

Congratulations! I love this piece, but as others have noted, it does not get on well with my wrist size…

[travisb]

Looks great on you! Enjoy that beauty!

[Dserf]

Amazing, beautiful piece. I also just got my sky, and quiclkly, cant believe it. Im such a pessimist, it makes me feel like something is up, dont understand how I could be so lucky.

[CoveWatch]

beautiful

[Trek360]

Congrats! Been waiting over three years for one…

[bestkepttime]

Originally Posted by Harry-57

Last November I asked my AD if they would put me on their blue dial SS Sky Dweller list. I particularly liked the look of it on the Jubilee bracelet and since all my Rolex watches are on Oyster bracelets, I thought it was about time for a Jubilee. I was expecting to be politely refused but to my surprise and delight, they slotted me on.

All I then had to do was live long enough! I was thinking 3-5 years. I was wrong. I got the call last Saturday. Near enough six months. Don’t ask me how. Maybe they like us, maybe I've been paradoxically lucky, maybe people on lists are thinking twice and passing? Who cares! This is a gift horse whose teeth I will not count.

The view at the AD is that generally speaking, people who are, if you will, "traditional" buyers of brands like Rolex (as opposed to the credit limit heroes) aren't particularly inconvenienced by recessions and will probably come out of this one with more assets. They don't tend to change buying habits.

I’m familiar with the Sky Dweller and have big love for it but I’m still stunned by the beauty of this blue/Jubilee variant.



“I’m done now” I told the Rolex buyer. “Yeah, right, you always say that” was his reply. He has a point. But apart from maybe a PM crowning piece or a bigger Daytona with a date function, there are no more Rolex models that I envisage ever potentially owning.

The “what my AD said bit”.

Watches are coming in just fine. Last Saturday alone they sold 14 Rolex watches, all on allocation, with more lucky winners, me included, coming in this week and next to collect theirs. I also got some clarification on the constantly moving narrative on GMT and Sky Dweller spare bracelets. They were told, as were we, that owners of GMT Masters and Sky Dwellers which could be ordered with either Oyster of Jubilee bracelets, were eligible to buy a spare of the other type. I wanted a Jubilee spare to go with my Oyster BLRO. This is no longer the case in the UK. If you want to swap you can but the RSC will keep the old bracelet. Did I misunderstand this? Not according to my AD. Rolex have either U-turned or possibly didn’t originally communicate their intentions with enough clarity.

Must go now. I want to do some more cartwheels.

Congratulations sir !! wish I had luck like that near putney bridge !

[Giallo]

Did you get lucky? Try it and see, doesn’t look comfortable.

[mario1971]

Beautiful, beautiful and once again beautiful! Congrats!

[Reikolexguy]

Congratulations!! Looks fantastic on your wrist.

Hoping to land the SS black or white dial soon.


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[JayHantz]

Harry, this is OUTSTANDING and amazing addition to the collection. The stars aligned for you my friend!

[tufty]

Well done!!, its good to see watches going to actually the right people, enjoy, looks good on you.

[m j b]

That's a very pretty watch. I wish I could rock a 42mm, but alas, I'm a tiny lad.

[TswaneNguni]

Make some huge cartwheels ! Congrats !

[G23Guy]

Great spec and I am glad to see people getting these from AD's. Its on my list but with a recent BLRO landed at the AD the likely hood of getting one soon is unlikely.

Wear it in great health.

[HL65]

Congrats got mine last week from my AD as well. It’s a stunner in person and the jubilee works perfect with this one.

[Greenwood_]

Congrats, fantastic reference!

[AEV]

Huge congrats! I recall when I got mine in March you mentioned that yours will take several years. Well, couple of months and here it is. Great that it is also on jubilee.
Wear it in best of health!

[Harry-57]

Thank you all for your kind comments.

They are out there and people are getting them. Never give up!

[boricuajr]

Congrats, that blue is stunning

[TheDon2000]

Originally Posted by Mifune

beautiful piece... I have to start visiting AD's again.
if I get the same BS about there not being anything 'in the back'... I am going to spend my money elsewhere.

Mr. Big Nuts over here

That is not how it works, at least for a few years now. Instead of you thinking its "I'll spend my money elsewhere", look at it how it actually is: The dealer saying "I'd rather have another guy's money than his".

[mountainjogger]

Big congrats Harry!

[Harry-57]

We do spend in there but we don't spend big. My wife picked up some nice jewellery today when I was chatting with the watch people, all of it at half price. We do visit but we don't visit often. I think it's important to stay in touch, get to know people and onto first name terms, and make a point of buying something as opposed to going in just to remind them that you want something. And be patient. It won't happen overnight.

I think the demand is falling also. My AD could still sell way more Rolex watches in a week than they could get in a year, but the insanity seems to be draining a bit and like other ADs I have heard about second hand, they are managing lists more proactively.

Another anecdote from my AD today. They recently sold a boxed, stickered 16610LV with papers, that they originally sold. Back in the early 2000s they didn't routinely remove stickers. They do now. The SA really wanted to buy it for himself as a fan of the Kermit (BTW he called it a Kermit but I didn't pull him up on that - I'm not the nickname police). They thought the optics wouldn't be good so it was sold to a customer who they knew was looking for one.

[Harry-57]

Originally Posted by boricuajr

Congrats, that blue is stunning

Originally Posted by mountainjogger

Big congrats Harry!

Thank you.

[faz]

Congrats on that beauty. I love my black dial ( bright black ) and is one of my favorites in the collection. Blue dial is the most desired one so I cannot sssune someone would pass on that.


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[Harry-57]

Originally Posted by faz

Congrats on that beauty. I love my black dial ( bright black ) and is one of my favorites in the collection. Blue dial is the most desired one so I cannot sssune someone would pass on that.

Thank you. The black dial is rather clever. Rolex are good at this.

P.S. WRT an earlier comment. I have checked for AR and I'm confident my watch doesn't have it. It doesn't bother me, but I'd rather have it if I can get it.

[garyk]

Originally Posted by Harry-57

Last November I asked my AD if they would put me on their blue dial SS Sky Dweller list. I particularly liked the look of it on the Jubilee bracelet and since all my Rolex watches are on Oyster bracelets, I thought it was about time for a Jubilee. I was expecting to be politely refused but to my surprise and delight, they slotted me on.

All I then had to do was live long enough! I was thinking 3-5 years. I was wrong. I got the call last Saturday. Near enough six months. Don’t ask me how. Maybe they like us, maybe I've been paradoxically lucky, maybe people on lists are thinking twice and passing? Who cares! This is a gift horse whose teeth I will not count.

The view at the AD is that generally speaking, people who are, if you will, "traditional" buyers of brands like Rolex (as opposed to the credit limit heroes) aren't particularly inconvenienced by recessions and will probably come out of this one with more assets. They don't tend to change buying habits.

I’m familiar with the Sky Dweller and have big love for it but I’m still stunned by the beauty of this blue/Jubilee variant.


“I’m done now” I told the Rolex buyer. “Yeah, right, you always say that” was his reply. He has a point. But apart from maybe a PM crowning piece or a bigger Daytona with a date function, there are no more Rolex models that I envisage ever potentially owning.

The “what my AD said bit”.

Watches are coming in just fine. Last Saturday alone they sold 14 Rolex watches, all on allocation, with more lucky winners, me included, coming in this week and next to collect theirs. I also got some clarification on the constantly moving narrative on GMT and Sky Dweller spare bracelets. They were told, as were we, that owners of GMT Masters and Sky Dwellers which could be ordered with either Oyster of Jubilee bracelets, were eligible to buy a spare of the other type. I wanted a Jubilee spare to go with my Oyster BLRO. This is no longer the case in the UK. If you want to swap you can but the RSC will keep the old bracelet. Did I misunderstand this? Not according to my AD. Rolex have either U-turned or possibly didn’t originally communicate their intentions with enough clarity.

Must go now. I want to do some more cartwheels.

I told my wife I was done after my LV came in recently. She said, "yeah right"!!

[drrd]

Originally Posted by Harry-57

P.S. WRT an earlier comment. I have checked for AR and I'm confident my watch doesn't have it. It doesn't bother me, but I'd rather have it if I can get it.

Thanks for checking