How to Buy a Rolex NOW - A Tale of Two Metals 

Great to find your channel Mark. Really enjoyed this video. I live in NZ also, near Wellington. Fairly new watch enthusiast but loving the start of the journey. Just bought a lovely Farer field Lomond. Maybe not quite a Rolex but I love it all the same. Look forward to more videos now. 🤙🏾

You are exactly right. I got a GMT BLNR the last few weeks. I waited 3 days. I’ve been a customer of the same AD for 14 years and wanted the watch to commemorate a milestone. I was able to talk to the owner who made it happen. I do buy jewelry and other things from the store but never anything I didn’t actually want.

In Singapore two tones are available for sale, but there's a different model every week displayed in store so you have to check in weekly to see if the model is what you want

Hi Mark, Im another new watch enthusiast. Walked into the hour glass in may. Had a chat with a sales person. Tried a few watches on. They put me on a waiting list for 36mm Explorer 1 (both ss and two tone) and yacht master rhodium 40. As i was seeing so many info regarding how hard it is to get a rolex watch throughout the world i was expecting one of them to be available in a couple of years. Got a call in early July and bought a yacht master. Not sure the market is changing or i got lucky (plus i blieve YM is one of the least popular watches)

These jewelry shops using Rolex to sell other watch brands or jewelry is just plain dirty. A lot of watch enthusiast will remember how these AD's treated them as customers. This was not even the case pre-covid, you can basically walk in and get the Rolex you want besides of course the desirable pieces. Now you need to have a "relationship" which is just bogus.

This is 💯 correct advice.

From my recent experience any steel or Rolesor sports model in the window will not be available to purchase. I tried on both bi-metal GMTs (CHNR, GRNR) from the window and jokingly said I'd take the Rootbeer. It was a no. They did however have the full gold Rootbeer and Rolesor Sky Dweller (black dial/oyster) inside the store and ready to take away. I put my name down for the Rolesor Rootbeer at my usual AD (same group) a few days later and it came in 8-9 weeks later. I can't comment of non-sports in the window, so they could be readily available.

Love the Draken hat.

Oh dear, sounds similar to the disastrous negative gearing of real estate we have in Oz… And still love ‘my precioussss!’

Hi Mark great video the watch market in the UK apart from Rolex is dead (retail) and the two tones are more available but it's cheaper to buy a new Rolex two tone from the Gray market than it is from Rolex (how things have changed)and even some steel sports models like explorer 2 and some of the starter models are now about the same price as retail on the Gray market. Even the more popular ones like the Starbucks are only 2k more than retail so I think soon the market will be back to what it use to be 😁.hear in the UK the opposite is happening politically we are going auntie business left wing labour as a landlord in Wales we have massive new rental regulations can't offset mortgage interest against tax one in 3 landlords have left the sector causing chaos and now the new government are going to bring in rental caps to control the price of rent in the private rental sector because they now have a supply and demand problem pushing up the price of rent s . great video thanks John.

You’ll be disappointed to know I just went to the grey market (reputable seller) for a Pepsi on jubilee. My first luxury watch ever and to commemorate my 30th bday and travels this year. Hopefully it can scratch my itch for a few years, or at least months 😂

I got my 126613 bluesy within 24 hours of walking into a London boutique. And that was in 2022 🤷‍♂️

The problem Rolex now has is once you go unobtainium, you cant go back. You cant just remove exhibition only signs, here is why. Most of Rolex buyers, especially non enthusiasts, buy Rolex cuz they perceive it as a hard to get status symbol. Secondary, its an object that you can sell later at a profit or breakeven in worst case. This was the mainstream percetption for the last few years. Now, people are waking to a different reality. Rolex are not so hard to get, a lot of them lost market value, and they are not as rare as people thought. This could create a backlash in the market, to turn the sentiment around. Cartier cant damage the Rolex monopol. Neither can Omega, Tag, Breitling nor anyone else. But Rolex could. Now their life depends on those false truths being as close to reality as possible. Maybe they didnt push them, but they enjoyed the increased demand and profits, and they could a real fall from grace story if they keep the stupid tactics

G'day from over the ditch

I get you making content for views, so no complaining, but can never agree with the silly games from the Ad's,also i don't think you are taking into account how much Rolex have pissed off the general watch buyers. I feel that they will soon be like five or six years ago, when you can walk into the Ad's and get them with discounts as the world economy is in the toilet all over the world and Rolex still have to shift one million watches a year. It will be interesting to see Rolex prices over the next four to five years, they used to be good value for a good quality watch.now you have good watches overpriced. time will tell 👍

Who does not like a blowy day once in a while 😜

The rich don’t continue to get richer. Some rich people get richer in poor economies and some rich people get poorer. They aren’t the same individuals.

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