AD has 40 pieces for sale!!!

[bram]

I walked into a local AD in PAkistan yesterday and there were 40 pieces available for sale. Many were datejusts with the Wimbledon, palm, and mint green dial. There were two two-tone Daytona’s (black and champagne dials), an Explorer in SS and two tone, and an Explorer II with a polar dial. I was shocked to see so many timepieces. I was a Dubai Airport a couple of days ago and they didn’t have a single watch for sale.

Has anyone else ever seen this?


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[Cigars&Watches]

Did you buy any? Did they have prices on them? Selling at market value since some still have premium?

[bram]

Originally Posted by Cigars&Watches

Did you buy any? Did they have prices on them? Selling at market value since some still have premium?

I didn’t buy any. Didn’t see any prices and didn’t ask either. Are you saying an AD would openly sell them at a premium?


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[JC316]

How do you know they were for sale?

[2loaded]

Most likely lures..

[GGGMT]

Sound like exhibition pieces to me. My AD has all the same pieces out, covered in drool


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[Wobbly]

Sounds like exhibition pieces.

Mint green DJ is still difficult to squire at an AD.

[bram]

Originally Posted by JC316

How do you know they were for sale?

The SA said that whatever I could see was for sale and there were no ‘exhibition only’ signs in the display cabinet that you normally see.


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[omar10213245]

Originally Posted by bram

The SA said that whatever I could see was for sale and there were no ‘exhibition only’ signs in the display cabinet that you normally see.


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hmmmm....

[rambo99]

they are not for sale, my friend.

[Nairn1980]

Originally Posted by bram

I didn’t buy any. Didn’t see any prices and didn’t ask either. Are you saying an AD would openly sell them at a premium?


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In certain parts of the world, yes

[Turbo Racer]

I knew there was a catch.

[928ktgold]

Originally Posted by GGGMT

Sound like exhibition pieces to me. My AD has all the same pieces out, covered in drool


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This is funny!!

[ibzk]

Hello everyone, I’m also from Pakistan and Karachi specifically.
I’ve visited the two ADs in Karachi, Pakistan plenty times, their names are: kahf international and international watch company.

Now getting to the main point, yes Bram is right, all the watches are for sale however the catch is that the prices are officially more than the prices I get from grey dealers in dubai.
Basically the ADs in Pakistan charge an ever higher premium as a grey dealer would in USA

[rlx123]

They might be losing or lost their contract with Rolex so they are clearing their inventory from the safe. So most likely premium prices.


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[APPRF]

Originally Posted by ibzk

Hello everyone, I’m also from Pakistan and Karachi specifically.
I’ve visited the two ADs in Karachi, Pakistan plenty times, their names are: kahf international and international watch company.

Now getting to the main point, yes Bram is right, all the watches are for sale however the catch is that the prices are officially more than the prices I get from grey dealers in dubai.
Basically the ADs in Pakistan charge an ever higher premium as a grey dealer would in USA

It's the same all over Middle East, India, etc. Countries vary how much premium they add.

[77T]

Originally Posted by bram

I walked into a local AD in PAkistan yesterday and there were 40 pieces available for sale.

Which AD in which city?


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[ibzk]

Originally Posted by APPRF

It's the same all over Middle East, India, etc. Countries vary how much premium they add.

Not the case in middle east. uae atleast

[beshannon]

Originally Posted by bram

Has anyone else ever seen this?

Yes

AD's sell watches, not sure what the story is here

[m j b]

Some of them may also be pre-owned.

[Cigars&Watches]

Originally Posted by ibzk

Hello everyone, I’m also from Pakistan and Karachi specifically.
I’ve visited the two ADs in Karachi, Pakistan plenty times, their names are: kahf international and international watch company.

Now getting to the main point, yes Bram is right, all the watches are for sale however the catch is that the prices are officially more than the prices I get from grey dealers in dubai.
Basically the ADs in Pakistan charge an ever higher premium as a grey dealer would in USA

Thanks for chiming in and clarifying. Weird how Rolex allows this to happen in certain parts of the world.. I guess when you have no options you look the other way for such things..

[ibzk]

Originally Posted by Cigars&Watches

Thanks for chiming in and clarifying. Weird how Rolex allows this to happen in certain parts of the world.. I guess when you have no options you look the other way for such things..

I’ve called out the official ad for this his response and translated from Urdu to English(some might get lost in translation)
“We have to pay custom duties which are more than 50% of the price us “the dealer” pay directly to Rolex”
Meaning they have to pay custom duties on the price they acquire the watch from Rolex for.

However, I know the ins and outs of how things work in Pakistan. These dealers DONOT pay any customs on the watches they acquire through Rolex. Not all but majority come through grey or black channels.

[amh]

They were all for sale - just not to you OP. Exhibition pieces are fully funtional.

[Ferdelious]

Originally Posted by bram

Has anyone else ever seen this?


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Before 2017, yes. Every one of them had plenty of watches for sale.

[APPRF]

Originally Posted by ibzk

Not the case in middle east. uae atleast

Maybe less premium in UAE, but Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi it's over

[Topspin14m]

Originally Posted by amh

They were all for sale - just not to you OP. Exhibition pieces are fully funtional.

They are fully functional but they can't be sold because they have no warranty cards/ultimately need to be returned to Rolex.

[Topspin14m]

Originally Posted by Ferdelious

Before 2017, yes. Every one of them had plenty of watches for sale.

Yup. I remember 2016 going to a Rolex AD and they had a full case, including pretty much every sports model. Only thing they didn't have was the new ceramic Daytona and they offered to get it for me. Now...

[Chewbacca]

Someone might have slipped some peyote in your tea because that’s an immediate ‘I’ll take all 40’ moment you passed on… for some reason.

[Cigars&Watches]

Originally Posted by ibzk

I’ve called out the official ad for this his response and translated from Urdu to English(some might get lost in translation)
“We have to pay custom duties which are more than 50% of the price us “the dealer” pay directly to Rolex”
Meaning they have to pay custom duties on the price they acquire the watch from Rolex for.

However, I know the ins and outs of how things work in Pakistan. These dealers DONOT pay any customs on the watches they acquire through Rolex. Not all but majority come through grey or black channels.

Same story when I go to Cuba and buy some cigars from the shop. No sir, prices have gone up by 10% as I’m holding the price list in my hand

[bram]

Originally Posted by ibzk

Hello everyone, I’m also from Pakistan and Karachi specifically.
I’ve visited the two ADs in Karachi, Pakistan plenty times, their names are: kahf international and international watch company.

Now getting to the main point, yes Bram is right, all the watches are for sale however the catch is that the prices are officially more than the prices I get from grey dealers in dubai.
Basically the ADs in Pakistan charge an ever higher premium as a grey dealer would in USA

Wow! Thanks for the clarification. I didn’t know that. I wonder how Rolex is even okay with this?!?


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