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Old 27 March 2019, 07:39 PM   #61
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Old 27 March 2019, 07:39 PM   #62
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Old 27 March 2019, 07:48 PM   #63
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Old 27 March 2019, 09:07 PM   #64
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Old 27 March 2019, 09:35 PM   #65
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You sound like a true watch aficionado! haha Beautiful timepiece! Congrats!
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Old 27 March 2019, 09:59 PM   #66
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Beautiful. Big congratulations! The Daytona looks perfect on you.
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Old 27 March 2019, 10:00 PM   #67
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Congrats and good for you, good looking watch
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Old 27 March 2019, 10:18 PM   #68
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Old 27 March 2019, 10:23 PM   #69
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Old 27 March 2019, 10:43 PM   #70
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It’s the summit of Rolex watches imo. Iconic, you’ll most likely not lose a penny, and looks great on your wrist.


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Old 28 March 2019, 12:38 AM   #71
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Congratulations my friend. I am glad you and your dad get to enjoy the watch together.
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Old 28 March 2019, 12:40 AM   #72
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Congrats. This is what a luxury watch purchase should be.
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Old 28 March 2019, 01:17 AM   #73
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Cool story. I love the "I Just Did It" stories. I feel I will have one later this week...stay tuned.

Congrats on your dream!!!!
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Great watch, probably the only steel rolex worth paying over retail for.
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Great story and great looking watch ! I did the same with my daytona, ended up getting it from a member on TRF and haven’t looked back. After a while and my dealer not budging, eventually admitting it wouldn’t be for more years unless I made more purchases, I made the purchase. You made the right call.
Cheers! It’s more of a feeling of relief too. It’s on the wrist and enjoyment days starts clicking now. The thrill of the hunt was pretty interesting as well but there was a bit too much frustration at times to just get a shot at buying a watch...

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Congrats, that’s an awesome watch and one of my favorite Rolexes.

I understand how bad the Rolex steel watch market is nowadays. Still, I am kind of surprised how you were not offered a Daytona by either the local or the new AD despite making a few purchases. If you don’t mind me asking, what did you purchase from the new AD? Did he offer you the black Daytona or any other hot sports models like BLNR or Hulk? This whole situation is really sad.
Happy to share some quick facts. I keep my collection small to about 3ish (3-5 watches) at a time. I bought a Explorer 1 for my daily last year at this particular group since they offered great service. They explained policy for various watches so my colleagues and friends in conjunction bought a lot more than a handful of watches as referrals and under a single profile to expedite this process. I and we (one main friend who wanted a BLNR) were not offered any “hot pieces” as the majority of the purchases was under their “professional line”. Apparently it now has to be from the non professional lines regardless of metal.

... so DJ, DD... at that point I gave up on the fuss and went to the trusted reseller who I bought from before. I told my buddy to stop trying but he’s still hopeful of a BLNR for himself. Nothing against the AD, but even if I went through the hassle of having others or myself getting those non professional pieces I bet the policy would change again. The service good but the policy was BS. No worries, I just went somewhere else haha.

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Beautiful piece. Wear it in good health.
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Congrats man. I share your frustrations with our local market. And in all honesty, I’m tired of the begging despite buying two Rolex’s within 10 months. And I was only after a BLNR. Now I feel like it will be next to impossible. Will be going grey if I can’t get a GMT by the end of the year.
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congrats on that beauty from another vancouverite and fellow white daytona c owner....enjoy it!
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You sound like a true watch aficionado! haha Beautiful timepiece! Congrats!
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Beautiful. Big congratulations! The Daytona looks perfect on you.
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Congratulations my friend. I am glad you and your dad get to enjoy the watch together.
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Thanks everyone! Glad everyone took the time for a read!
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Old 28 March 2019, 01:23 AM   #74
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Fair play! I'm sure many more on here go grey, but just don't admit to it.
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Old 28 March 2019, 01:30 AM   #75
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Old 28 March 2019, 08:09 AM   #76
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Congrats , wear it in good health. Dealer premium doesnt matter at all on Daytona C since the market price is never getting close to the list price. At worst scenario the second hand price will be 20k... Plus going with grey you are not wasting your time with your money in the pocket by calling&visiting ADs to put you in fake waiting lists etc.. Good job.
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Old 28 March 2019, 09:40 AM   #77
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Old 28 March 2019, 11:09 AM   #78
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Awesome! That's the way to do it, life's too short to waste time!
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Old 28 March 2019, 11:21 AM   #79
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Old 28 March 2019, 11:48 AM   #80
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Old 28 March 2019, 12:09 PM   #81
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Good story, great watch, congrats!
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Old 28 March 2019, 12:49 PM   #82
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Congrats! Good read! What watch did you trade for it? Must have been a stunner too imo.


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Old 29 March 2019, 12:34 AM   #83
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Congrats! Looks great
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