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Old 18 June 2021, 01:01 PM   #1
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Hardest PM Rolexes to get at a dealer

Wondering what you all think are the hardest PM rolexes to source from a dealer (excluding exotic/jeweled pieces).

My guess would be

1) Platona
2) YG Daytona green dial
3) WG GMT Meteorite
4) RG Skydweller
5) WG Sub
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Old 18 June 2021, 01:18 PM   #2
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I’d put the RG DD40 w/ olive as #4 and move the others down one spot.

It’s crazy to think 1.5 years ago the PM SkyDs would just sit in the case.
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Old 20 June 2021, 06:40 AM   #3
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I’d put the RG DD40 w/ olive as #4 and move the others down one spot.

It’s crazy to think 1.5 years ago the PM SkyDs would just sit in the case.
They had ugly roman or arabic numerals that made a great busy watch too busy. Getting my WG SkyD was easy. Getting the current white dial took a lot of effort.
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Old 20 June 2021, 06:44 AM   #4
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They had ugly roman or arabic numerals that made a great busy watch too busy. Getting my WG SkyD was easy. Getting the current white dial took a lot of effort.
My comment was in reference to the new dial PM models with the baton/sticks.
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Old 18 June 2021, 01:31 PM   #5
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Wondering what you all think are the hardest PM rolexes to source from a dealer (excluding exotic/jeweled pieces).

My guess would be

1) Platona
2) YG Daytona green dial
3) WG GMT Meteorite
4) RG Skydweller
5) WG Sub

I’d swap 1 and 2 and find a spot for DD green dial at 5.


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Old 18 June 2021, 02:14 PM   #6
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1. YG green Daytona
2. Blue dial Daytona
3. Platona
4. Meteorite GMT
5. RG Olive DD
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Old 18 June 2021, 02:25 PM   #7
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Why? LOL

Stop chasing the hype and perceived shortage and just buy what you like. Especially at precious metal prices
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Old 18 June 2021, 05:30 PM   #8
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Why? LOL

Stop chasing the hype and perceived shortage and just buy what you like. Especially at precious metal prices
Have to agree but many of todays Rolex owners are driven by the hype, just to wear the hype, and not the watch.
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Old 19 June 2021, 03:42 AM   #9
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Why? LOL

Stop chasing the hype and perceived shortage and just buy what you like. Especially at precious metal prices
^^^^^Yup. The Rolex brand has morphed its identity from a nice reliable luxury watch to “over priced” and “hard to obtain”. Its value is in “showing off a factory watch someone else can’t easily buy”. It’s vapid and pathetic . Its game the industry players have embraced and promote to control many like puppets.
No one knows or even gives a sh!# about the actual watch or movement inside but only how the perception of “rare” a particular model is.
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Old 20 June 2021, 12:55 AM   #10
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^^^^^Yup. The Rolex brand has morphed its identity from a nice reliable luxury watch to “over priced” and “hard to obtain”. Its value is in “showing off a factory watch someone else can’t easily buy”. It’s vapid and pathetic . Its game the industry players have embraced and promote to control many like puppets.
No one knows or even gives a sh!# about the actual watch or movement inside but only how the perception of “rare” a particular model is.
Yeah, it’s almost like, people like things for different reasons.

The vast majority of people who have bought rolexes in the last 30 years did so to obtain a status symbol, not because of a love of horology. This is nothing new. The same principal extends to the pretty much all luxury consumer goods.

You can criticize it as vapid but it’s just human nature.
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Old 18 June 2021, 03:00 PM   #11
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My AD can get me almost anything except for Platona, that watch is just insanely hot right now.
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Old 18 June 2021, 03:13 PM   #12
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That John Mayer special is hardest to get from AD.
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Old 18 June 2021, 04:52 PM   #13
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That John Mayer special is hardest to get from AD.

Really? My AD made it seem like this one was fairly easy compared to the YG green dial.
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Old 18 June 2021, 05:16 PM   #14
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Really? My AD made it seem like this one was fairly easy compared to the YG green dial.
"They" are the same watch.
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Old 18 June 2021, 05:19 PM   #15
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Hardest PM Rolexes to get at a dealer

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"They" are the same watch.

Oops! I read that as John Player Special (aka Newman dial). My bad — it’s late here
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Old 18 June 2021, 05:24 PM   #16
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Oops! I read that as John Player Special (aka Newman dial). My bad — it’s late here lol.
They definitely do make a difference however not sure why green would be harder to produce there was no shortage of hulks being produced - meteorite however a lot is chucked away, at any time Rolex is drilling the day/date/chronograph holes the whole thing could crack and the process is started again.

Going back to the original question - all of the ones listed! Be a straight up no from an ad here for me in London for all of them.
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Old 22 June 2021, 12:21 AM   #17
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Really? My AD made it seem like this one was fairly easy compared to the YG green dial.
lol piece of cake.
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Old 18 June 2021, 07:35 PM   #18
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That John Mayer special is hardest to get from AD.
*Jonah Hill special
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Old 18 June 2021, 06:38 PM   #19
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Who cares, and FYI these except the newer meteor have all been available at one point or anther in display cases or if you asked nicely to see one, that means NO ONE had bought it!
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Old 18 June 2021, 09:35 PM   #20
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I am hearing the new Meteorite Daytonas will be very tough to come by as well once they ship.
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Old 18 June 2021, 09:52 PM   #21
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I am hearing the new Meteorite Daytonas will be very tough to come by as well once they ship.
Any Daytona is tough to get now - PM or not. My AD said no one even gets one unless there is some history because demand is so hot. Even for TT.
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Old 18 June 2021, 09:49 PM   #22
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1. YG green Daytona
2. Meteorite GMT
3. Plat. Daytona
4. RG Olive DD
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1. YG green Daytona
2. Meteorite GMT
3. Plat. Daytona
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5. WG Sub
Agree with this list although 1-3 are probably equally difficult to get
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Agree with this list although 1-3 are probably equally difficult to get

I agree. They're all equally allocated for the most part. And the demand is very high on all 3.
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Agree with this list although 1-3 are probably equally difficult to get
Agree with this…
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Old 20 June 2021, 11:51 AM   #26
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1. YG green Daytona
2. Meteorite GMT
3. Plat. Daytona
4. RG Olive DD
5. WG Sub
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1. YG green Daytona
2. Meteorite GMT
3. Plat. Daytona
4. RG Olive DD
5. WG Sub
This seems about right. Maybe swap 2 & 3.

My AD said the 116508 YG green (John Mayer) Daytona is the most in-demand PM timepiece. He gets requests for this model daily, but only receives 1 of these a year.
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Old 18 June 2021, 10:03 PM   #28
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Wondering what you all think are the hardest PM rolexes to source from a dealer (excluding exotic/jeweled pieces).

My guess would be

1) Platona
2) YG Daytona green dial
3) WG GMT Meteorite
4) RG Skydweller
5) WG Sub
1. rainbow daytona
2. yellow gold green dial daytona
3. platinum non baguette daytona
4. platinum baguette daytona
5. meteorite blro
6. white gold blue dial daytona
7. all PM daytona on OF
8. all PM sky dweller on OF
9. white gold subc
10. yellow gold subc
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The more green you have the easier it gets.
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Old 18 June 2021, 10:06 PM   #30
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To think these Daytonas are hard to get and when you go on chrono24 there is over 900+ 2021 models be it different variations - far from rare IMO
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