AD/Boutique timepiece demo/props for employees

[outlaw468]

All,

I apologize in advance if this has been discussed before, but I couldn't find a thread right on topic.

So I was at the Rolex store in the Wynn last night and noticed that the three employees on duty were each sporting a late model Rollie. The female who was helping me was wearing a Sub-c which was fairly loose on her wrist. The two other employees in the store, both men, had on datejusts-one was a 116234 and the other was a DJ II. The woman made some passing comments to me about the other watches she wears-referencing a TT DJ, a diamond midsize DJ (this is the model she was pushing on my girlfriend), and an Explorer. Seems like a pretty nice collection!

My question is-do boutiques and ADs keep a stock of "demo" or prop watches that employees can wear while on shift? I'm not implying that a watch store employee couldn't afford to amass watches like anyone else, but it seemed odd to me that all the employees had new/fairly new watches on wrist. Additionally, I can't imagine the woman who was helping me could realistically wear the Sub-c as loose as it was on her wrist.

I've also noticed this at the Omega Boutique but I do recall some employees sporting older, discontinued models which makes me think they are personal watches.

What are your thoughts?