Rolex shortage, ways to possibly alleviate it?

[Jack T]

It remains to be seen how long the grey market will maintain these substantial markups. The fact that there are so many different models available suggests they may not be selling like hot cakes. And the majority of grey market inventory is likely provided by the AD’s themselves.
Rolex has no desire to sell a watch to every person who wants one (nor do they have the capacity to do so). They clearly have cut back production significantly, held the pricing for the most part and sooner or later things will stabilize.