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25 November 2022, 06:02 AM | #1 |
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Buying an AP Watch from Boutique
Hi everyone,
I am looking to purchase a never worn/new 50th anniversary model AP from a third party. I was told that you can only get these watches without stickers/tape from AP because they "make the client wear the watch out of the store". Does anyone know if this is correct? The seller said I would not be able to find a brand new watch with real factory stickers. Thanks for all the help! |
25 November 2022, 07:56 AM | #2 |
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I wanted to wear mine out the store so I couldn’t tell you. That said, your first statement seems incongruent with the question.
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25 November 2022, 08:20 AM | #3 |
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What doesn't make sense? The first statement is saying that I am looking to get a new watch from a third party and I want to know if I should expect it to have factory stickers or not.
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25 November 2022, 08:34 AM | #4 | |
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Not true. Fully sticker when I left boutique and doing the bracelet fitting myself here. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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25 November 2022, 09:16 AM | #5 |
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My boutique doesn't allow it. I think it really depends on the boutique and who the customer is, but in general it would be quite rare.
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25 November 2022, 09:27 AM | #6 |
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Depends on AD/boutique
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25 November 2022, 11:51 AM | #7 |
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Not from my boutique (everything leaves sized and registered), but there are some outlets leaking new pieces. I'm also sure it wouldn't take a grey dealer a lot of effort to acquire and apply some of the green tape .
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25 November 2022, 01:54 PM | #8 |
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This guy seems to be able to find them
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26 November 2022, 04:36 AM | #9 |
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26 November 2022, 02:18 PM | #10 |
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Not from an AP boutique. May be possible from an AD.
I think the greys add the stickers. Be careful, a lot of unsavoury characters out there. LuxurySouq in dubai has a good reputation, but shipping and tax to US Is prohibitive Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
29 November 2022, 06:56 AM | #11 |
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I think the majority of genuine customers would want to get the watchmaker to resize the watch properly there and then at AP. I’ve bought several watches from AP but I expect they would be very suspicious regarding my intentions for the watch if I asked them to leave it unsized and fully stickered, I can’t understand why anyone would request this unless they wanted to immediately flip the watch.
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29 November 2022, 07:33 AM | #12 | |
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Watching him is my guilty pleasure:) Number of amazing top model he has is testament that entire AD/AP houses game is just inflated and makes us look like idiots. No way I will take part in it. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk |
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29 November 2022, 03:15 PM | #13 | |
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Totally agree with this. The most I do is ask my SA to leave stickers and tags on so I can enjoy the satisfaction of removing them in store prior to getting sized and walking out with it Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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