An Interesting Visit to Tourneau San Francisco Today

[shanegg]

Not a fan of this store but I always do a quick walk through from market street into the Westfield shopping center.
Today, I kid you not I saw 2 SS white face Daytonas and 2 black face SS Daytonas in the display case. All MSRP !!!

I'm not in the market but maybe someone else is here in the bay area.

Happy hunting...

[klayface]

Wow , I am suprised they are not asking for your first born or your bone marrow for those daytonas.

[sea-dweller]

I'll may be in the city later this week, I'll check it out.

[rpryan55]

Bizarre. Somethin's in the air.......

[cody p]

are you sure you were completely lucid during this experience and not under the influence of a mind-altering intoxicant?

[GVmil]

I was in the Bay Area 3 weeks ago and there where none available at the time.
Very interesting. Must of had some folks cancel orders.

[ttannert]

WOW! That is crazy.

[sfrolex]

Originally Posted by shanegg

Not a fan of this store but I always do a quick walk through from market street into the Westfield shopping center.
Today, I kid you not I saw 2 SS white face Daytonas and 2 black face SS Daytonas in the display case. All MSRP !!!

I'm not in the market but maybe someone else is here in the bay area.

Happy hunting...

I saw a white face Daytona in the window a couple weeks ago.

[takita787]

oooo if only there were pictures :)

[sharif]

Are you sure they werent the white gold Daytona's? Most AD's have a few of those in the case. It's an easy mistake to make.

[daidee]

They could be pre-owned. I frequent South Coast Plaza and I believe Tourneau no longer carry Rolex.

[Felly Jr.]

Two of each in the case is unfathomable!

[dcmachead]

Originally Posted by takita787

oooo if only there were pictures :)

You're right--this almost sounds like a Sasquatch sighting

[dcash0615]

It's called a recession....

Originally Posted by rpryan55

Bizarre. Somethin's in the air.......

[Felly Jr.]

Originally Posted by dcmachead

You're right--this almost sounds like a Sasquatch sighting

It's more like a Sasquatch FAMILY sighting!

[sbakar]

I suppose in the short-run, Rolex will tend to over-supply (adequately supply??!! ) the market so that you will see AD reservation prices recede...simple economics!!!

[Felly Jr.]

Originally Posted by sbakar

I suppose in the short-run, Rolex will tend to over-supply (adequately supply??!! ) the market so that you will see reservation prices recede...simple economics!!!

You mean you can get Rolex on Indian Reservations?

[sbakar]

Originally Posted by Felly Jr.

You mean you can get Rolex on Indian Reservations?

Haha, no, Felly,a 'reservation price' in Economics is the lowest price a seller is willing to accept for his/her good/service. Conversely, from the buyer's side, the reservation price is the highest price the buyer is willing to pay for said good or service.

In either case, my reservation price is still well below MSRP for the Daytona.

SNB

[Felly Jr.]

Originally Posted by sbakar

Haha, no, Felly,a 'reservation price' in Economics is the lowest price a seller is willing to accept for his/her good/service. Conversely, from the buyer's side, the reservation price is the highest price the buyer is willing to pay for said good or service.

In either case, my reservation price is still well below MSRP for the Daytona.

SNB

I was just messin' with ya!

Thanks for that explanation!

[topcat30093]

Thats just plain greedy.
We don't appear to have any such issues over here.
I think that Rolex must be sending our allocation over to you guys.

[JimC]

It sounds like I definitely need to get 'outside' more often.

[SLS]

I have my doubts...Shreve around the corner form there is still treating the LV and GMT iic like they are rare and do not keep them in the case....and Tourneau has 3 SS Daytonas, at MSRP? Give me a break! Sorry, just not holding water for me.
~Scott

[walds11]

Scott, he said 2 white dials and 2 black dials at MSRP, not 3. LOL!!!

I know that the economy stinks and people are apparently passing when they get the call, etc, but I highy doubt that Tourneau has 4 of them sitting in the case at MSRP.

Originally Posted by SLS

I have my doubts...Shreve around the corner form there is still treating the LV and GMT iic like they are rare and do not keep them in the case....and Tourneau has 3 SS Daytonas, at MSRP? Give me a break! Sorry, just not holding water for me.
~Scott

[jm433]

I was actually just in there today, and I think I saw three Daytonas in the case. I believe one was TT.

There are also a couple at Shreve, but I honestly wasn't really focused on whether they were SS or not.

[barstoolman]

Originally Posted by daidee

They could be pre-owned. I frequent South Coast Plaza and I believe Tourneau no longer carry Rolex.

There is the Rolex Store in South Coast Plaza but last time I was out your way (within the last 6 months), Tourneau definitely still carried Rolex.......as a matter of fact, you couldn't miss them. They were located in the primo spot of the store.........the first and largest case when you first came through the front door. Some Tourneaus, like out in Topanga Plaza-Woodland Hills, only carry pre-owned but that's because there already was a Rolex AD (Ben Bridege) in the mall when they built their new store.

The "SS" Daytonas viewed in San Francisco were either pre-owned, WG or someone wasn't paying real close attention and they were TT's.....even as bad as times are right now, no way any AD puts out 2 of each dial color SS Daytonas, at least, not yet.

[charliec]

Surely there was there a queue to get in ????

[SS Oyster]

Went into AD (BB) in UTC Mall and asked about SS Daytonas. I got the all-to-familiar "are you on crack" look from the lady behind the counter. She told me that if her store got one in, they have to send it to corporate for "special customers". I told her I heard that their store policy was not to have a "waiting list" and she confirmed that to be true, but there was this "hold them at corporate for those special clients" thing going on. Yet another reason not to like BB.

[baldyspoon]

Originally Posted by SS Oyster

Went into AD (BB) in UTC Mall and asked about SS Daytonas. I got the all-to-familiar "are you on crack" look from the lady behind the counter. She told me that if her store got one in, they have to send it to corporate for "special customers". I told her I heard that their store policy was not to have a "waiting list" and she confirmed that to be true, but there was this "hold them at corporate for those special clients" thing going on. Yet another reason not to like BB.

When Iwas in Orlando went to an AD in florida mall and they said the same regarding a limited edition Omega did'nt do a waiting list but special customers got first refusal and watches never go on display

[SLS]

Originally Posted by walds11

Scott, he said 2 white dials and 2 black dials at MSRP, not 3. LOL!!!

I know that the economy stinks and people are apparently passing when they get the call, etc, but I highy doubt that Tourneau has 4 of them sitting in the case at MSRP.

I stand corrected, 4 SS Daytonas in the case.....OK
~Scott

[chazha]

4 Daytonas in the display... wohoo! You would never see that in London :-(