When did Rolex AD MSRP availability issues start?

[GB-man]

Originally Posted by afmars

Wow! Those were the days.

They absolutely were for the tiny niche of nerds buying them. Ignore price because honestly back then they almost seemed more expensive because we took losses on everything…

I lost 3k on my first 5711, 4K on my 5167, 3k on my first 15400 etc

The real part I miss is being able to walk into any store while on vacation and receiving excellent service and having the option to buy anything released that year at SIHH or Basel. We debated the watches for their merits, availability was almost never a conversation except for a 5131 etc.