UK AD allocation process

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Originally Posted by DaveTheWatchGuy

Buying a dj to get a sub doesn’t make sense. Especially if you’re going to offload the dj, because you’ll likely take a 2-3k hit on it. You’re better off just getting the sub from a grey, paying the small premium and telling your ad to go f themself. My two cents


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I'm in this camp. Plus if you buy grey you will have your sub NOW instead of some indeterminate time in the future. Assuming the AD even follows through.

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Originally Posted by RJRJRJ

There was a thread that Govberg posted in saying that they actively try to avoid selling used watches that were sold by them. I would imagine any Rolex AD that wants to keep their AD status would feel the same.

It would be interesting to see how Rolex controls this and to make sure this doesn't happen with AD's. It gives a pretty bad buying experience to new Rolex owners.

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I wouldn’t buy a watch I didn’t want just to play a game & then trying to selling it at few K loss & probably still not guaranteed a sub at the end of it.

Go grey and have it on your wrist tomorrow, life’s too short


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A few questions, it seems that you are not interested in a DateJust, do you want or have a collection of watches, or do you want the sub as a one and only? If you don’t mind having more than one watch, does your AD sell any brands other than Rolex? If you are ok with more than one watch would you consider buying from your AD something like an Omega, Tudor or IWC or some other good brand that is not in such high demand? If you are ok with all this, maybe ask your AD if getting another brand would help. This is the strategy I have employed, although I do like DateJusts, and have purchased a couple of them as well as things like Omega, Tudor and IWC, all watches that I wanted to own. It has helped me get in demand pieces like Pepsi, Daytonas and DSSD JC.

If none of the above makes sense, I’d go grey.

If the extra $2k for grey makes a big difference to you, I’d kinda suggest omega as something equally well made and engineered which is usually cheaper vs Rolex like for like, and can get a discount on.

If you travel a lot, check out ADs at airports, you might randomly stumble in when they have had a recent delivery and luck out.

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Originally Posted by DaveTheWatchGuy

Buying a dj to get a sub doesn’t make sense. Especially if you’re going to offload the dj, because you’ll likely take a 2-3k hit on it. You’re better off just getting the sub from a grey, paying the small premium and telling your ad to go f themself. My two cents


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Originally Posted by cooks19

Had a chat with my local AD and expressed my interest in a sub date however I was quickly told that to even have a chance of being allocated one I would need to purchase a datejust or similar first. Question is do I purchase a datejust and potentially try and sell on then hope that this puts me in a better position or fork out 9k to a grey dealer. Just hurts having to pay 2k above rrp. I am in no rush to purchase but would one day like to get my hands on a sub and other sports models and it seems the only way to do this is to play the game. Appreciate any advice. Thanks

Remember if your thinking of off loading the dj quickly you may not even have the warrenty card for a year......this will complicate selling it unless your prepared to take a hit.....the other thing is if you sell the dj and the ad finds out you may get black listed too.....save yourself the hassle and pay a small premium for a grey one other wise youll just appear like a desperate fool and they will never respect you anyway.....either way good luck with the hunt