AP 5 Year Warranties at AD?

[GB-man]

Originally Posted by tyler1980

i think it has more to do with the 2 step process. Rolex is 5 years out the door and there is no process in place (if they cared) to see who is buying initially and then who is buying it again and registering it. They can't identify the grey dealers. The used market is one thing but the BNIB grey market might start drying up.

That would be interesting. I'm guessing this will have no effect. Grey dealers don't buy all the watches themselves, they have buyers. For AP to systematically cut off all of these buyers would be very difficult, again imho, because they are the ADs best customers in many cases.

I would be fine with AP and every other manufacturer just selling direct to customer at MSRP. But as long as a third party is involved, ADs, I don't see the grey market going anywhere.