Longest wait for a Sub?

[Rolex50]

What’s the longest period of time that you’ve heard of someone waiting for a Sub to come once ordered? I’ve read everything from 1 month to 3 years.

[Rado63]

Green dial or Black dial? date, or no date? Depends on your location and the AD you are working with. It's an item that arrives and you pretty much need to be in the right place at the right time. If you want one, go in and start saying hello every week. Otherwise I don't believe there will be a specific time frame to get one, varies by location and AD.

[Chewbacca]

Alan is right.

I’d just add that whatever was the known in January, won’t be the norm anymore.

I think Rolex will want to make what sells and get them to people ASAP.

Enough of this throttling of outputs to create artificial scarcity prior to this. Reduce your SKUs and make what sells. We don’t need 25 dj and over 100 pearlmaster styles.

https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/ro...061824449.html

[Yess]

Originally Posted by Chewbacca

I think Rolex will want to make what sells and get them to people ASAP.

Enough of this throttling of outputs to create artificial scarcity prior to this. Reduce your SKUs and make what sells. We don’t need 25 dj and over 100 pearlmaster styles.

How I hope this is the case!!

[Ranger67]

Originally Posted by Rolex50

What’s the longest period of time that you’ve heard of someone waiting for a Sub to come once ordered? I’ve read everything from 1 month to 3 years.

In the UK you can’t order, if lucky an AD may put you on a waiting list but it took nearly 2 years to get a store to take my details, but they then said it would be unlikely that I would get a Sub, but this was pre pandemic so things may change.

[barneb10]

Originally Posted by Chewbacca

Enough of this throttling of outputs to create artificial scarcity prior to this. Reduce your SKUs and make what sells. We don’t need 25 dj and over 100 pearlmaster styles.

[Rori]

Lately, the question should be “what’s the shortest wait time for a sub”
No more wait for it.


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[Rolex50]

Originally Posted by Rori

Lately, the question should be “what’s the shortest wait time for a sub”
No more wait for it.


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Very interested to hear more about this thought - is that because of the pandemic?
Thanks.

[Rp930]

It was an excruciating wait. Took them almost 30 minutes to remove the stickers, fill out the warranty card and serve champagne.

That was 3 years ago.

[gold&black]

Originally Posted by Rolex50

What’s the longest period of time that you’ve heard of someone waiting for a Sub to come once ordered? I’ve read everything from 1 month to 3 years.

Got mine in 4 weeks, but that was last April!

[slillestrand]

Originally Posted by Rolex50

What’s the longest period of time that you’ve heard of someone waiting for a Sub to come once ordered? I’ve read everything from 1 month to 3 years.

The AD that I purchase all of mine from has the 114060 No Date Submariner always on order. A few years ago, you would find one in the display case. I wanted to add one to my collection this past year and they did not have one at the time. I told them to call me when the next one came in and that took about 4 months. In contrast, I am at about 18 month wait for a Blue Dial Sky-Dweller.

Scott

[brandrea]

Originally Posted by Rado63

Green dial or Black dial? date, or no date? Depends on your location and the AD you are working with. It's an item that arrives and you pretty much need to be in the right place at the right time. If you want one, go in and start saying hello every week. Otherwise I don't believe there will be a specific time frame to get one, varies by location and AD.

I agree with Alan ... well, all but the go in to your AD part at the moment.

[Halitosis]

A year ago this week I walked into an AD while visiting Amsterdam and asked politely. They got a Sub out of the safe and made me the luckiest guy around.
Guessing the wait will be minimal when the stores re-open and the used prices have cooled

[SydR]

Originally Posted by Ranger67

In the UK you can’t order, if lucky an AD may put you on a waiting list but it took nearly 2 years to get a store to take my details, but they then said it would be unlikely that I would get a Sub, but this was pre pandemic so things may change.

I was lucky and got a UK AD to take my details and phone to let me know they had one for me within 3 months.

[Raffles]

I've been waiting since June last year for a 116610LN.

[MillyS]

Registered my interest for the 114060 1st week on March, had one allocated 1st week of April - will pick up once we are given the all clear from the government. - 4 weeks or so.

[rmagoo57]

Originally Posted by Rolex50

Very interested to hear more about this thought - is that because of the pandemic?
Thanks.

Originally Posted by Rori

Lately, the question should be “what’s the shortest wait time for a sub”
No more wait for it.


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I waited 3 hours for the call - Feb 2020. Just before the virus.

[Dahh]

Waited 4 weeks last June

[EEpro]

A couple months with no history. Put my info on a card and called and emailed when no one in their Rolodex wanted one.

Edit: my wife walked in and bought a sub date the weekend before covid shutdown. If you have a woman you can send in they will sell to her.

[BillA]

Prices on this forum from some sellers is pretty close to msrp

[MyLord]

Been offered a black sub way too many times. Every AD has at least one in their safe. It’s not like it’s rare or anything.

[Mifune]

Originally Posted by BillA

Prices on this forum from some sellers is pretty close to msrp

pretty much this... specially with sales tax.