What does it take to get the call for green Daytona?

[1665fan]

Originally Posted by Yzord

I bought the green one in 2017 grey for 26k. Just before the real Rolex madness popped up. So i am extremely lucky.

Wow, lucky is an understatement.....

[bp1000]

Mine took 5 months in 2019. I think the timing on next allocation and the list juggle was in my favour.

I picked up the blue dial before. I was after another watch and they offered it to me instead. I guess they had another customer pass on it.

I just think in the past 2 years the demand has just gone overboard.

[KBM]

Originally Posted by jcarm981

Was told by my SA they had a woman come into the store after winning the lottery and buy 7 figures worth of watches. And she is not even top 10 on the YG green dial list.

Originally Posted by enjoythemusic

Bring knee pads, i find it adds a bit of comfort. YMMV

[Rado63]

As mentioned above if you spent enough money at that AD they will call you and offer you one. If they haven't called you then you know what you need to do.

[Nairn1980]

Originally Posted by EyeoftheTiger

or be a bit embarrassed and save 30k

If only it was as easy as just waiting

[Londonrolex]

I went grey in April’20 in the hight of the lock down in the uk, cost me £34k; fully stickered and unworn. I knew it was the last chance I’d get to buy one even near list price. Looking back was a great choice of watch with good timing. 60k in the uk now worn, 67k unworn.

[0ptimus_1]

Originally Posted by Londonrolex

I went grey in April’20 in the hight of the lock down in the uk, cost me £34k; fully stickered and unworn. I knew it was the last chance I’d get to buy one even near list price. Looking back was a great choice of watch with good timing. 60k in the uk now worn, 67k unworn.

Is this in pounds or in dollars?

[bp1000]

Will be pounds

That is an exceptional grey market price. Especially for London

[0ptimus_1]

Originally Posted by bp1000

Will be pounds

That is an exceptional grey market price. Especially for London

[Londonrolex]

Originally Posted by 0ptimus_1

Is this in pounds or in dollars?

Pounds. Took advantage of the COVID fear in the market. Much better in the flesh than in pictures

[dauster]

Originally Posted by jcarm981

Was told by my SA they had a woman come into the store after winning the lottery and buy 7 figures worth of watches. And she is not even top 10 on the YG green dial list.

sorry but sounds made-up

[Moondoggy]

10 ladies.

[Fleetlord]

Originally Posted by Rado63

As mentioned above if you spent enough money at that AD they will call you and offer you one. If they haven't called you then you know what you need to do.

That’s literally how it goes.

These AD have clients spending endless sums of money with them.

When you get to a certain level at a chain AD, such as Mayors, then you deal with an emissary who specifically curates a collection for you and pieces like this, at this point, are only available to their clients. They get one in the system and the emissary simply makes the call to the client they have in mind and that’s it. Very easy.

[huncho]

at this point i wouldn't be surprised if it gets discontinued and goes up even more, i feel like if you want it you should just go grey and get it and enjoy it. some watches are worth a premium

you won't be getting it at an AD anyway so either you go grey now or wait and watch it go up, and it will continue to unless some kind of economic catastrophe like 2008 happens in the near future

[LJubel328]

Originally Posted by Benzsiam

In my case, I think it's pure luck and good timing.

I never buy any jewelry or any watch that I don't want and I am not a big spender but I do have a very good relationship with my SA and the owner.

Within 5 months (from the day that I asked for), I got both YG Daytona with Green dial and WG GMT Pepsi with Meteorite dial.

Agreed. I walked in to a local AD in august of 2019 and asked. I put down a 10% deposit and by November I got the call. This was with no prior purchase history too. I think it’s a bit of good luck and timing as well.

[RyanO]

I’ve had two AD’s tell me the green daytona is gone... If you really want the piece, I’d grab it before it’s official and the price gets even worse.

If the 40mm Daytona is out also, expect many of us to be priced out of the Daytona market in general


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[mustangtornado]

I’ve gotten pretty much every hot rolex within a week of asking at my boutique. The green daytona though...was told that would be tough, and even insinuated the rainbow Daytona would be easier.

[huncho]

Originally Posted by mustangtornado

I’ve gotten pretty much every hot rolex within a week of asking at my boutique. The green daytona though...was told that would be tough, and even insinuated the rainbow Daytona would be easier.

the fact that you have a chance to get a rainbow daytona says it all in terms of how much you need to spend

[Tom5518]

Originally Posted by Fleetlord

That reference is for individuals, who at this point in their AD relationship, needn’t have to bother to ask for one.

It would be simply be offered.

I wonder if anyone has been offered one recently through a small independent?

This is exactly how it worked for me. I never asked for one. I got a text from my SA to come on in and look at a new TAG Heuer Monaco they got in and while I was looked at it and trying it on the SA quietly put the Daytona on the pad in front of me. I thought he was showing me someone else's new Daytona at first. Then he told me it was mine if I wanted it. This was last November. This is from an independent AD.

[yehiashawki]

grey prices are insane right now, all speculating the discontinuation..
I've been going back and forth for a couple weeks, now they all seem to be asking 85k+ which just seems ridiculous. All of it being dealer to dealer trades just hiking up the price of the piece, I don't really see a collector/end user paying close to $100k on a modern yellow daytona.
Lesson learned and I guess those who actually want to wear the watch will have to look at the next thing.

[Tridor]

I think it may take 10 ladies without the DJ's.

[grimps]

I got mine around 2 years ago just as the Mayer Hype was starting.
I'd seen one in my AD's case a year before and admired it then I saw another in Amsterdam airport and decided then I'd ask my AD for one.
I got it within a month although now I'd say it would be a lot harder maybe even impossible.

I've been using the same AD for ten years and have bought a lot of watches from them

[B318]

About 300k

[B318]

Seriously, it’s all about the ad and your relationship this last year I’ve purchased Chnr, blnr, 116508, 116613, 116518, 116610 and it’s be flawless. I’ve passed on a few “hot” models because they weren’t for, but aren’t they all hot?!?��

[taillight]

It takes money and good relationship

[Fleetlord]

Originally Posted by Tom5518

This is exactly how it worked for me. I never asked for one. I got a text from my SA to come on in and look at a new TAG Heuer Monaco they got in and while I was looked at it and trying it on the SA quietly put the Daytona on the pad in front of me. I thought he was showing me someone else's new Daytona at first. Then he told me it was mine if I wanted it. This was last November. This is from an independent AD.

Awesome story.

You built a great relationship with the AD and thus you effortlessly acquired an extraordinarily desirable reference.

That's how it's done.

[greeneyedguy]

You must first catch a Leprechaun. Then you must behead the Leprechaun and bring the head to the seer in the hut on the north side of Meru. There the seer with remove a special part of the brain and boil it with 2 ounces of gold, .5 ounces of white rhino tusk, and a pickle. Boom. Green Daytona.

[Rollie Gent]

I ordered mine before the hype hit full steam early 2018/19. Still took a year to get it in after I paid full msrp price in advance. The good news was I was offered many hard to get steel models while I was waiting for it to arrive. Picked up a GMT while I was waiting around. Finally got it after about a year.