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Old 12 March 2022, 04:06 AM   #31
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The two ADs I've visited have both claimed that the watches in their cases are demo units only with no working internals.

How I know this is BS:
- Some of the watches are running. Either someone wound them in the morning or people have been busy trying them on.
- The stock keeps changing. If they were dummies the entire case would eventually be full. There would be no need to remove them - ever.


The exhibition units are thus simply a selection of the stock the AD has in the safe. They periodically pull something out to put in the case but they'll certainly sell it within a few weeks.

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You should go in to your local AD and tell them they're full of s*** and then ask to be put a list for a white dial Daytona. Hey, it could work ...
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Old 12 March 2022, 10:43 PM   #32
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I just looked back at photos from when I tried on a number of demo models in late January. All of them were not working and the time was 10:10:31 on all of them

Also the first thing I noticed when putting on my submariner for the first time was it was heavier than the demo model
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Old 12 March 2022, 10:46 PM   #33
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The two ADs I've visited have both claimed that the watches in their cases are demo units only with no working internals.

How I know this is BS:
- Some of the watches are running. Either someone wound them in the morning or people have been busy trying them on.
- The stock keeps changing. If they were dummies the entire case would eventually be full. There would be no need to remove them - ever.


The exhibition units are thus simply a selection of the stock the AD has in the safe. They periodically pull something out to put in the case but they'll certainly sell it within a few weeks.

/rant
Some AD’s have the non working ‘dummy’ models and some have the working ones. It’s not the same across the board.
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Old 13 March 2022, 02:14 AM   #34
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With the watch and the warranty card being separated at the Rolex warehouse and paired again later, how long before several watches are sold with the wrong warranty card.
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Old 13 March 2022, 02:21 AM   #35
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Do the producers at 60 Minutes and Forensics Files know about this?

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Old 13 March 2022, 02:24 AM   #36
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From what I understand, they are totally normal working watches, they don’t have warranty or card so they cannot sell to customer even if they wanted to.

Not permitted by Rolex. This is according to owner of a very large chain of ADs yesterday


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Old 13 March 2022, 02:29 AM   #37
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From what I understand, they are totally normal working watches, they don’t have warranty or card so they cannot sell to customer even if they wanted to.

Not permitted by Rolex. This is according to owner of a very large chain of ADs yesterday


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I agree. I tried on almost every style of Rolex on Wednesday. Some that I had never seen in person. My AD set every watch before I tried it on and they worked perfectly. Really nice to see the showcases full!
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