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Old 18 November 2018, 02:32 AM   #1
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Christmas Season Inventory

Im curious, what are people doing if they are looking for a certain model for a Christmas gift. Given the current state of the AD inventory, if you were really wanting to purchase something for someone, what would you go for? Within the 8-10K range.

My AD tells me that they only get a few shipments during the holiday season and that the factory will eventually shut down for a couple of weeks during the holiday season.
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Old 18 November 2018, 02:40 AM   #2
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I was told yesterday that holiday allotments are rolling in and will be the last for a bit. Take that for what it’s worth. To answer your question, in that range you could get a SS sub or gmt. I have seen some in cases lately.


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Old 18 November 2018, 02:44 AM   #3
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My AD has a shipment coming next week and he has a 116610LV just for me in that order. I passed one up in May and I am not making that mistake again.

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Old 18 November 2018, 02:49 AM   #4
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For a watch this Christmas you should have unfortunately ordered at the beginning of 2017, yes 2017, as after that things have gotten rather silly.
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Old 18 November 2018, 02:52 AM   #5
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I agree put on the list for BLNR in December 2017 finally got the call Halloween of this year.
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Old 18 November 2018, 03:00 AM   #6
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I was in my AD last week for an event and my Salesman told me to stop in before the end of the year. I wonder if they have some special watches coming in for Christmas.
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Old 18 November 2018, 03:32 AM   #7
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My AD has a shipment coming next week and he has a 116610LV just for me in that order. I passed one up in May and I am not making that mistake again.

That's a great watch. I'm wearing mine at my daughter's dance clinic as I type this (sitting in the back with the rest of the dance dads).
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Old 18 November 2018, 03:48 AM   #8
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I just read an article that ADs were keeping stock in back to bring out in december, which l doubt. It looks like it's going to be a rather bleak or black Christmas for Rolex shoppers.

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Old 18 November 2018, 03:52 AM   #9
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Old 18 November 2018, 04:02 AM   #10
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Old 18 November 2018, 04:41 AM   #11
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Even with a Christmas shipment from Rolex it may not do anyone any good. There’s likely to be a long list for popular models so unless someone is already in line it’s a moot point.


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Old 18 November 2018, 04:44 AM   #12
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https://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=566731

I made a similar thread last year. That was only a few months into the shortage and it's only gotten worse.
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Old 18 November 2018, 08:09 AM   #13
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I stopped in at a local AD today. It sounded like they already had their Christmas allotment. The only SS sports model in the case was a YMII. They had both the WG and YG Subs, which looked AMAZING.
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Old 18 November 2018, 09:51 AM   #14
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Spend 30-40k on crappy PM models then you can get what you want lol
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Old 18 November 2018, 10:00 AM   #15
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I would go for SS sub you can never go wrong.
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