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Old 8 August 2021, 01:27 PM   #91
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my SA told me the blue OP date sold about 20 minutes after I left the store
Dang. Was just about to DM you for the AD.
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Old 8 August 2021, 08:10 PM   #92
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Beautiful watch there for the Mrs. That is a heavy hitter! What size is that btw?
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Old 9 August 2021, 01:25 AM   #93
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picked up the DJ36 today
depending on the lighting and angle, the slate dial can look light gray to almost black



saw this blue dial OP date 34mm in the display case
SA said she was surprised to see this show up this week
i guess it was the last of the batch made before being discontinued
kinda tempted to grab it
So is Rolex still shipping watches manufactured in 2019/early 2020, or did these remain in semi-secret production in order to use up already fabricated cases/bracelets and remaining 3135s?

If the former, wondering if they “found” a batch meant to ship months ago, and even Rolex misplaced things from time to time. If some version of the latter, wondering if any are 11 series cases outfitted with a 3235 (though very, very doubtful)?
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Old 9 August 2021, 01:50 AM   #94
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Beautiful watch there for the Mrs. That is a heavy hitter! What size is that btw?
Thank you

36mm
She's been wearing a 31mm for about 5 years and wanted to try something different


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Old 23 August 2021, 02:03 AM   #95
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so what happened to bundling this purchases with a Pepsi?
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Old 23 August 2021, 04:02 AM   #96
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No way 2 DJ in this day and age will qualify you for a Pepsi. All lip service by the AD is my bet
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Old 23 August 2021, 04:40 PM   #97
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No, but if you play it right … meaning be nice and stay in touch, they should take care of you. Being demanding or expecting doesn’t play well. But, being courteous and expressing your desire for a model upon this purchase should get you on their mind - thinking you’d get one in a year or two.


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Old 24 August 2021, 02:54 AM   #98
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so what happened to bundling this purchases with a Pepsi?
i was checking out several ADs with the prospect of bundling the purchase

the AD that "guaranteed" a bundle also sells other watch brands and jewelry
they wanted more spend to bundle a GMT or skydweller
so i passed on that

i went with a Rolex-only AD instead
had a good connection with the SA so I'm putting my trust in her to come through with one of the watches I'm after
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Old 24 August 2021, 02:55 AM   #99
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No, but if you play it right … meaning be nice and stay in touch, they should take care of you. Being demanding or expecting doesn’t play well. But, being courteous and expressing your desire for a model upon this purchase should get you on their mind - thinking you’d get one in a year or two.
yes
i wasn't spending enough to walk in and demand a bundle on the spot
committed to one AD and playing the long game now
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Old 25 August 2021, 08:10 AM   #100
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okay, that didn't take long
i just got the call that a white skydweller is available for me.
leaving work early
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Old 25 August 2021, 08:34 AM   #101
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okay, that didn't take long
i just got the call that a white skydweller is available for me.
leaving work early
Nice watch. I think the white dial is the easiest to get but no steel SkyDweller is easy. I think it's going to be wearing you though.
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Old 25 August 2021, 11:21 AM   #102
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okay, that didn't take long
i just got the call that a white skydweller is available for me.
leaving work early

Not bad!

Just make sure you like it on your wrist when trying on. I love the complication of a SkyDweller but it is sadly just too big for my wrist.


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Old 25 August 2021, 12:51 PM   #103
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okay, that didn't take long
i just got the call that a white skydweller is available for me.
leaving work early
Nice, good for you. Post pics and enjoy, Your diligence paid off. Hans Wilsdorf can be proud that people go through all of this to get one of his watches!

Hopefully you don’t make us wait 9 days and show us an invicta!
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Old 25 August 2021, 01:30 PM   #104
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Nice, good for you. Post pics and enjoy, Your diligence paid off. Hans Wilsdorf can be proud that people go through all of this to get one of his watches!



Hopefully you don’t make us wait 9 days and show us an invicta!
Oh lawd...
No "in 9 days" thread here

But I am going to take a day or two to decide
Jubilee over the oyster bracelet for sure
That's already decided

The big question is... Do I like the white dial enough to give up on the blue?
I am behind a lot of others for a blue dial and there isn't one on the horizon
I'll sleep on it

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Old 25 August 2021, 01:43 PM   #105
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That works on your wrist!


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Old 25 August 2021, 05:46 PM   #106
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You'll need a much bigger spend for the blue. I'm on the list for the black after being invited on the list for white or black but was politely shutdown when I mentioned blue. I have a lot more than 2x DateJust on my account.
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Old 25 August 2021, 07:12 PM   #107
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More likely a deep sea or sub but who knows. Batman more likely
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Old 26 August 2021, 02:22 AM   #108
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I've decided to take the white dial skydweller on jubilee
there isn't a blue one on the horizon and there's no telling how long i may be waiting to get one, if ever

so thus ends my quest of using 2 DJ purchases to get my foot in the door to obtain a watch from my wish list
and I have established a solid relationship with my AD so I hope to get other pieces as well
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Old 26 August 2021, 02:49 AM   #109
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Congrats, awesome watch and that was a quick turnaround in my opinion.

That shot shows how different and “creamlike” the skyd is vs the Daytona, really nice 2 watch combo.
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Old 26 August 2021, 05:18 AM   #110
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I would take that white SD down to a grey and trade into the watch you really want and forget the relationship crap. They’re not giving you anything else without more substantial non-hot model purchases, they’ve already given you something hot to keep you in the circle.

Seems like a bit of a downer at the end that you have wasted a lot of time and $50k to only end up with something that you’re not ecstatic about. If it wasn’t ‘hot’ you wouldn’t have bought it. You should be overjoyed when spending this kind of coin on essentially luxury goods or what is the point.

You now have a purchase history with the AD but that does not mean you won’t have to buy another 2 TT DJs or a bunch of jewellery to secure a Pepsi. There is no incentive for them to give you what you really want, they will give you an excuse that you just got a hot model so you will have to wait a year or so before being considered for another hot piece (along with some more purchases prior to that).

Not wanting to be negative but the vibe is you don’t feel a sense of happiness that you should after shelling out $50k. A bit of a lessons learned that one may as well go grey from day 1 and get what you want at market price straight away.
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Old 26 August 2021, 05:42 AM   #111
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I would take that white SD down to a grey and trade into the watch you really want and forget the relationship crap. They’re not giving you anything else without more substantial non-hot model purchases, they’ve already given you something hot to keep you in the circle.

Seems like a bit of a downer at the end that you have wasted a lot of time and $50k to only end up with something that you’re not ecstatic about. If it wasn’t ‘hot’ you wouldn’t have bought it. You should be overjoyed when spending this kind of coin on essentially luxury goods or what is the point.

You now have a purchase history with the AD but that does not mean you won’t have to buy another 2 TT DJs or a bunch of jewellery to secure a Pepsi. There is no incentive for them to give you what you really want, they will give you an excuse that you just got a hot model so you will have to wait a year or so before being considered for another hot piece (along with some more purchases prior to that).

Not wanting to be negative but the vibe is you don’t feel a sense of happiness that you should after shelling out $50k. A bit of a lessons learned that one may as well go grey from day 1 and get what you want at market price straight away.
we'll see if the AD keeps calling me as the other watches show up or not

i'm very happy about the white skydweller
it was not even something that i considered a possibility so soon so i had to really go through all the possibilities
if i end up still really wanting a blue dial, i can always trade up for one or buy a different watch to fill that want
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Old 26 August 2021, 06:46 AM   #112
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Congratulations on the white Sky-Dweller! You're in a great spot to trade up later and at the end of the day you got a steel sports model for retail.

Thanks for posting your experience OP.
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Old 26 August 2021, 07:51 AM   #113
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Congrats on the white Skydweller. I was looking for white or blue for my next watch. But a tt Skydweller came in (July)3 months after my first AD purchase( datejust and chnr Rootbeer)

Saw it in person and had to get it. SA did offer me the Sky dweller on OF band in June but passed.


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Old 26 August 2021, 02:17 PM   #114
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finally joined the skyd club today

had a choice between the jubilee and oyster and chose the jubilee bracelet
it just works better on my wrist
plus it's something different from my daytona on oyster
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Old 26 August 2021, 02:28 PM   #115
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Edward, are you in LA?

Interesting, I just bought the exact OP Date 34mm Blue dial on the same weekend you mentioned, BUT from an AD in the Bay Area. It was sitting in the display case, and super cool to be able to walk in the Boutique to buy "almost" exactly what I was looking for. So either:
1) Rolex just shipped a bunch of discontinued OP Date 115200 to different ADs at least in the West Coast, or
2) I bought the watch you're looking at if you were in the Bay area...

Kind of funny to see that picture...
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Old 26 August 2021, 02:35 PM   #116
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finally joined the skyd club today

had a choice between the jubilee and oyster and chose the jubilee bracelet
it just works better on my wrist
plus it's something different from my daytona on oyster
Congrats and welcome. I bought my black SkyD in 2018 3 weeks after mentioning my intentions to my SA who sold me a Hulk in early 2018. I’ve only bought the Hulk from him so it was going to be impossible to get the blue dial. I’m enjoying the black dial now but hope to have the dial exchanged out to blue at RSC in the future. I’ve heard/read conflicting reports on the dial changeout so fingers crossed.
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Old 26 August 2021, 05:19 PM   #117
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It depends on AD to AD, no better chance to just ask.........
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Old 27 August 2021, 04:50 AM   #118
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Edward, are you in LA?

Interesting, I just bought the exact OP Date 34mm Blue dial on the same weekend you mentioned, BUT from an AD in the Bay Area. It was sitting in the display case, and super cool to be able to walk in the Boutique to buy "almost" exactly what I was looking for. So either:
1) Rolex just shipped a bunch of discontinued OP Date 115200 to different ADs at least in the West Coast, or
2) I bought the watch you're looking at if you were in the Bay area...

Kind of funny to see that picture...
yes, LA
I guess a bunch of the discontinued OP 34's were shipped out at once
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Old 27 August 2021, 05:52 AM   #119
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That's a beautiful white skydweller, I love it. Congrats!
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