Someone is going to be very happy when they get the call

[1William]

Nice watches.

[karleone]

Nice pair of watches.
It really depends. If the watch has already been allocated to a customer it’s really not great from the AD to let other people try the watch (especially on the Daytona the bezel is a scratch magnet and so easy to put them on!). If the watch arrived at the AD and hasn’t been allocated yet to a customer (even if the list is already long and full) then I understand the AD letting other people try the watch.

[karleone]

If I pay for a watch and it’s just waiting for me to collect I would be very angry some people try the watch and worst case scratch it!

[codecow]

Originally Posted by jb335

Wow, the olden days! Wish I was old enough to know.


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You probably don’t haha.

My 116718 they had a jank one in the case that had been handled too much. I was haggling a discount on that one and my SA was like nah let’s just order one. It was definitely worth it (to me).

Like Kat said, you used to be able to order sealed from gray market dealers. My AP ceramic diver was still in the plastic, never opened, blank card, and discounted. So nice!

[Old Geezer]

Originally Posted by dnd2984

Op thank you for posting! The Daytona green looks amazing! How was the weight on full Daytona compared to sky d?

I'm glad you enjoyed the pics. You can definitely feel the heft of the gold Daytona versus the SS SkyD even though the SkyD is a substantial watch in its own right.

[Old Geezer]

Originally Posted by Ontime

Just so you know they both look great on you.

Thanks. Neither was available to me for purchase

[Old Geezer]

Originally Posted by DocHorton

x2. Thanks for posting the pics.

You are welcome. I'm glad you enjoyed them

[Old Geezer]

Originally Posted by RTG

Great pics. Thanks for sharing.

I'm glad you enjoyed them

[Old Geezer]

Originally Posted by waterking

Geez. We need fewer people trying to imitate website police and just enjoy the fact that someone posted some cool pics of some cool watches. Thanks OP. Nice looking watches.

I'm glad you enjoyed the pics .

[Old Geezer]

Originally Posted by Rolex2008

Thanks for sharing the pics OP......

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I'm glad you enjoyed the pictures

[taylor2000]

Some people still have a fundamental misunderstanding of how this works. The AD doesn't really have a list.

It's not like a John Mayer comes in and they go to the list and call the first person. They hold these watches for the "right" person. In the case of this particular watch, it's sitting there until someone comes in and buys a 5 carat engagement ring. Then the SA will say, we have a watch you might want to see.

No one cares if the watch was touched by other human hands. That's just insane that people think, no human hand should touch my watch before I buy it. It's not a steak.

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[Garry1]

Great watches, I love the green dial YG Daytona, getting the call on any could make your day!

[jb335]

Originally Posted by Rolex2008

If you go to an AD to pick up your new ‘hot’ Rolex and the stickers have already been removed, I bet in most cases a good few people have already had it on their wrist.


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Every watch I have bought from a Rolex AD was first presented to me fully stickered. It’s not until I hand them my credit card and they take the watch (and CC) to the back to charge me and then remove the stickers, and size it. When the watch comes back to me all stickers have been removed. And that process always surprises me how long it takes.


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[G8RDPM]

Thank you for sharing!
I may go check them out!

Enjoy the weekend, my friend.

[Kinnakeet]

Our AD called my husband and I recently to ask if we wanted to see a special watch. We did. He took us in the back room and brought out a $380,000 Jacobs and Co watch. Fully with stickers waiting for its owner to pick it up , we got a demonstration on how it worked and got to handle and try the watch on. For me it was much too large to even try. But it was nice to see and handle this watch.

[Rolex2008]

Originally Posted by jb335

Every watch I have bought from a Rolex AD was first presented to me fully stickered. It’s not until I hand them my credit card and they take the watch (and CC) to the back to charge me and then remove the stickers, and size it. When the watch comes back to me all stickers have been removed. And that process always surprises me how long it takes.


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Same for me when I've bought watches from my Rolex AD. But you can bet your bottom dollar not every AD follows this procedure.

[karleone]

Originally Posted by taylor2000

Some people still have a fundamental misunderstanding of how this works. The AD doesn't really have a list.

It's not like a John Mayer comes in and they go to the list and call the first person. They hold these watches for the "right" person. In the case of this particular watch, it's sitting there until someone comes in and buys a 5 carat engagement ring. Then the SA will say, we have a watch you might want to see.

No one cares if the watch was touched by other human hands. That's just insane that people think, no human hand should touch my watch before I buy it. It's not a steak.

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Really? There are definitely a list of people from which the AD will pick to give the call. I have already seen tried full pm Daytona at ADs where the polished bezel already has hairline scratches. If a watch doesn’t sell, stays in the window and being tried by potential buyers I get that. But such a hot piece where there are a hundreds of people waiting to get the call - why take the risk of scratching it by making it available to try by other people?

[jb335]

Originally Posted by karleone

Really? There are definitely a list of people from which the AD will pick to give the call. I have already seen tried full pm Daytona at ADs where the polished bezel already has hairline scratches. If a watch doesn’t sell, stays in the window and being tried by potential buyers I get that. But such a hot piece where there are a hundreds of people waiting to get the call - why take the risk of scratching it by making it available to try by other people?

The watch should still be fully stickered, so it won’t get any scratches on the bezel. Not sure what you saw .


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[derwatch]

They both look great on you! Is the YG Daytona for me.

[karleone]

Originally Posted by jb335

The watch should still be fully stickered, so it won’t get any scratches on the bezel. Not sure what you saw .


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The bezel is never stickered!

[Calatrava r]

Originally Posted by karleone

Really? There are definitely a list of people from which the AD will pick to give the call. I have already seen tried full pm Daytona at ADs where the polished bezel already has hairline scratches. If a watch doesn’t sell, stays in the window and being tried by potential buyers I get that. But such a hot piece where there are a hundreds of people waiting to get the call - why take the risk of scratching it by making it available to try by other people?

The AD is close to OP and wanted to share the watches with him. I also tried on the exact same model Daytona at the AD. It was neat and no big deal otherwise.
People try on expensive watches every day.

[jb335]

Originally Posted by karleone

The bezel is never stickered!

Really? I didn’t know that. I have bought a couple new Daytonas from an AD too and never noticed. That seems odd they would not sticker the bezel.


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[karleone]

There is a bezel protector but I never saw a watch at an AD with the bezel protector on

[KatGirl]

Originally Posted by karleone

There is a bezel protector but I never saw a watch at an AD with the bezel protector on

This! That’s why it bothered me…..

Kat


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[jb335]

Originally Posted by karleone

There is a bezel protector but I never saw a watch at an AD with the bezel protector on

Oh, of course. The bezel protector instead of a sticker. Makes more sense now. I never thought that through.

And yeah, they never leave the bezel protector on when displayed or trying on.


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[msmax]

Having to touch that amazing timepiece would be a wow experience for you.

[twinfo]

This pictures are great, thank you OP

[waterking]

Originally Posted by Old Geezer

I have no idea if they're allocated or not. They were simply brought out and shown to me. I thought the forum might enjoy the pics, that's all. No ulterior motives. I won't bother next time I see something cool.

OG...pay no attention to those that use the forum to correct what they see are faults in human nature. As a matter of fact, you got a chance to try on some amazing pieces and then did one helluva job taking pics of both. I am lucky enough to own a YG Green Dial Daytona and have never been able to take a pic that shows the dial as well as you did. Thanks again.

[SpiritSoul]

Originally Posted by Harry-57

That's why watches have stickers.

I thought you need to retain the stickers to keep the value of the watch at an over inflated level.

Do stickers with previous customers wrist/arm/God knows where from hairs attached increase or decrease the resell value?

Jokes aside....a brand new watch that has been allocated should really be handled by the allocated buyer first.

[Podmornica]

Originally Posted by Auric Goldfinger

Kind of an odd thread imo.

It’s like posting someone’s sold car on the dealer floor with you in it fondling everything.

Exactly.