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Hello all! My first purchase was way back in 2013 and was maybe 20k with a substantial discount. Within a year or 2 after I was hot for the Platona and was getting ready to buy (again at a substantial discount) but a number of other events and opportunities made it less of a priority and the Platona sat on the back burner.

Fast forward to late 2018 I’m again ready to pull the trigger and return to the same AD (FYI I had maintained the relationship over the years by stopping in and chatting periodically...). I was quite upset to learn that discounts aren’t a thing anymore and that my AD said she couldn’t order one for me and she suggested I start looking elsewhere as it was unlikely she would receive any... It killed me to do this and I did find one at another AD.

Long story short I got my Platona last month and ended up buying a yellow gold Lady Datejust with diamond bezel for my Wife from my original AD and all total I spent just under $150k CAD and I got some Rolex gifts (from the AD I got the Platona from not my regular AD) I would never use and absolutely no access to anything... In a nutshell the 2nd transaction was almost 7x the first one and there was absolutely no difference in how I was treated. $150k means different things to different people.

The grey market up here in Toronto is crazy expensive. There is a reseller selling a preowned Platona from 2013 with a missing link for the same as retail on a brand new piece. The price on a Hulk here is $25-28k CAD on an $11k MSRP watch. Going grey was/is not an option here.