Just to pick up on that OP39 thing. I was looking for one at the beginning of they year just before the Virus lock downs. 1 AD told me it's no problem to get, you can still special order it and it will be here in 2 months tops (this was around January). A little later down the line when I became more serious about purchasing one (around February/March) that same AD told me it was taken off the special order list. I contacted one other AD in my area and they told me they can still special order it, but I'd have to put down 50%, have to wait a year or two until it shows up, and then I do have to buy it! I had never seen an OP in real life, so I wasn't about to buy the cat in the bag and wait an undetermined amount of time while they get to play with my money. My other AD, the only one I have a purchase history with, said they could do the same thing but that it doesn't make much sense, she happened to have a DJ41 in the configuration I wanted and I am glad I purchased that instead. Apparently none of them knew that the OP39 was going to be discontinued. I wonder what would have happened had I put the money down on one....probably a refund? Or first spot on the list for an OP41?
Interesting how much or how little AD's know about what Rolex plans are, I guess kudos to Rolex for being able to keep all those secrets.
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