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NO PAUL IS NOT HAPPY!!!!!!! 700!?!?!? I can't get three people to reply on MY threads!!!!! Did... did someone say TUMI? Quote:
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1 February 2018, 03:20 AM | #723 |
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I spoke with the people at my AD yesterday, and mentioned this letter. They are a Boutique, and said they hadn't seen it but the RUMORS they heard made sense. What they THINK is that Rolex is cutting down production and shipments to the ADs and concentrating on Boutiques.
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1 February 2018, 04:30 AM | #728 | |
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Same two weeks ago at Westfield mall Rolex boutique in SF . Only thing in steel was a black exp II Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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1 February 2018, 04:33 AM | #729 |
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https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/sw...oup-sales-2017
Omega sales had “a very strong acceleration in the second half of the year.” i wonder what is the reason |
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1 February 2018, 04:54 AM | #731 | |
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Even the boutique in the Rolex bldg in NYC, literally under RSC, is operated by AD called Wempe.
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1 February 2018, 05:12 AM | #732 |
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This thread should get a sticky lol
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1 February 2018, 05:12 AM | #733 |
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If this is all true it's going to be very interesting to see the outcome.
On the one hand we have Rolex enthusiasts - such as many of us who frequent TRF, who will maybe be prepared to wait years for the watch of their choice and will play Rolex's games. On the other hand, I'd assume the majority of Rolex's clientele are people who know the brand but are less focused and more causal buyers - they go into the store to see the watches and buy. But if the watch selection isn't there - if there's minimal on display - they will walk out and likely go to Omega or Panerai etc instead. If this is the case, Rolex have lost my business, as I won't play their games and my money will go elsewhere, as the brand doesn't warrant my loyalty. Indeed I have a nice (hopefully) blue dial, blue strap rose gold Breitling appearing in about four weeks, my first watch from that brand. If this is Rolex's stance, to deliberately restrict the market in the hope of upping their product's perceived value, I personally hope they ultimately pay price... |
1 February 2018, 05:15 AM | #734 |
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Huge price increase might be coming soon for sport Rolex. Just like patek 5711 which increases their price by 20%.
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We might not like it but - I don't think a 20% increase in the USA, and even more in other countries, would affect sales at all. In fact they might even increase sales.
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I was at the Vancouver BC boutique last weekend and they had a white dial exp2, exp1, 114060, and a black GMT. They told me that they've been getting fewer and fewer 114060's in the last few months. Maybe it was just a sales tactic but I'm not sure.
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1 February 2018, 06:01 AM | #738 |
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I can do Paul happy if you like.
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1 February 2018, 07:07 AM | #739 |
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My AD said the same. Cutting down on the Pro Line and fewer watches to some ad’s. And a hunt on the ad’s selling to the grey market.
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I imagine from the point of view of Rolex, it looks like mission accomplished.
Just drop a word in the ear in the right setting of a respected member of the Rolex watch community that's got a high profile on-line and the word is surely going to get out. One can only assume it's to underpin the fact that watches will simply be harder to get for everybody for the undefined and foreseeable future. In typical Rolex fashion it's ambiguous and largely open to speculation. At your service we remain. |
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1 February 2018, 08:16 AM | #743 |
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I’m embarrassed to admit that that I don’t know what the Rolex class/lineups consist of. I know of the Cellini line,but not the others.
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Given the rate of increase in the few years prior to that, it does seem that one is due, but people have been predicting the next price increase regularly for nearly six years now.
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That’s right for some reason I was thinking 2014 thanks I hope Basel brings something big! This post has me excited more than scared Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Every once in a while, Jocke just pretends to have broken English...
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