Grey Dealers, NON AD - IS IT SAFE?

[The Golden Crown]

Hello forum again.

Before I begin my post I would like to thank you all for sharing your knowledge and experience. This has been such knowledgeable experience for me.

I am currently a high school senior going to college next year. I have a stock account that treats me well.

I have always wanted to own a two-tone. At a non AD, specifically on Stein Diamonds, I saw pre owned Rolexes at very cheap prices. A lot of them are mint showroom condition and comes pre polished.

Will parts be expected to be OEM?

I know there are threads about Stein Diamonds and other non AD online stores. But I wanted to hear any RECENT experience with them. Many of the threads are couple years back.

Though I might end up wearing in college, I might give it as a gift to my father. He has been working very hard to pay off my prep school tuition and has not had anything for himself. My parents have no idea about my stock account and I wanted to "surprise" him in a way in a "thank you for putting me through college" gesture.

So please share with me your experiences and feel free to be explicit with your awful experience should you have any.

Thank you all!