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View Poll Results: Who Should We Blame For The Rolex Conundrum? | |||
Gray market dealers who subverted AD's and hyper-inflating prices |
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45 | 25.14% |
Getting the runaround from Rolex authorized dealers |
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46 | 25.70% |
Buyers who actually pay exorbitant asking prices |
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63 | 35.20% |
Some other reason (Rolex allocations, small product of more desirable indexes, etc.) |
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25 | 13.97% |
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This is not just Rolex. It’s the entire luxury market
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Who’s to blame?
Supply and demand resulting from so many factors and bolstered by a global pandemic? Not able to identify any of the choices as a single culprit. And there were nft’s ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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It’s easy…
Dealers taking ₿ Followed by “My ₿ is Down!” There, I said it… ![]() Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
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Clearly all factors contribute to the past 3-4 years as well as the future fluctuations.
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It’s simple as in most things…the market is the market.
If you feel the value proposition is good for you, then make the purchase. If not, then wait. Purely an individual decision. I can afford to go grey, but choose not to do so. I’ll wait for my AD to come through. Currently waiting 2 years on a blue Sky Dweller. Also, in my opinion watches are not investments nor should they be looked at as such. They may appreciate, but this has nothing to do with my collection or decision to purchase. Just my 2 cents. |
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I'd be happy to see the prices drop down to below msrp for used watches where they belong. I'm a wis. I have a degree in engineering and it's a marvel to me that my watch is fast for three seconds out of an 86,400 second day. That should be fantastic to anyone who takea a moment and really considers that. I love mechanical watches and buy them to keep. I couldn't care less if the profit margin for the greedy greys plummeted. I would love to see a return to what should be normal.
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As long as I can’t buy a walk-in Pepsi or get a Daytona in a few weeks it’s meaningless to me.
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BUT THE BENEFITS of easy-currency policies from the USA, EU, etc central banking systems has allowed many independents and typical brands the ability to create new movements / etc. This has greatly benefitted horology. So yes availability was challenging, yet more brands, more complications, more independents have greatly benefitted. Imho within our lifetime, never before has the mechanical timepiece industry experienced more growth, more awareness to the public, and customer support (tho some mainstream brands seem to not be adhering to high-quality service/customer support as they should for luxury goods). We live in interesting times. The next couple of years should be a wonderful 'reset'........ until the next financial bubble in ~7 years.
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