BLRO is reportedly discontinued as of today!

[JacksonStone]

Originally Posted by Sprta

Letters and now emails but no one has seen anything. Pure rumor.

Not all rumors are wrong. The SD4K discontinuation was a rumor too. Until it wasn't. The BLRO reports are following the same pattern. Nothing is certain until it's official, but every piece of information I've seen on this matter makes sense and adds up. I have yet to see a reason to doubt it.

Contrast that with The Letter, where there is a ton of conflicting information regarding the production and supply of sports models, and no one really knows what's up. It's a totally different situation compared to this one, and isn't a fair comparison.

[HogwldFLTR]

Click on the Rolex site; it stands front and center when clicking on the GMTs. I seriously doubt they've discontinued it.

[JacksonStone]

Originally Posted by HogwldFLTR

Click on the Rolex site; it stands front and center when clicking on the GMTs. I seriously doubt they've discontinued it.

There is still stock at dealers. It makes sense they would continue to show it, even if they're no longer making or shipping it.

Does anyone know how long it took Rolex to remove the SD4K from their website last year after ADs were reporting they could no longer order it? Was it even before Basel?

[Bigblu10]

Originally Posted by HogwldFLTR

Click on the Rolex site; it stands front and center when clicking on the GMTs. I seriously doubt they've discontinued it.

Very easy to delete it from the website. Maybe that is coming soon. As far as sales the watch is a dog. BLNR probably outsells it 100:1

[ronricks]

Originally Posted by GMT Aviator

Hold onto those Pepsi 16710's.

If you thought they were expensive now......wait until tomorrow!

There are hundreds of thousands of them. If anything we were told the reason they were going up was because the Pepsi was now only available in gold. That watch has now been discontinued because it was a slow seller. Should have the opposite effect on the 16710’s now.

[Joemck]

Originally Posted by Bigblu10

Very easy to delete it from the website. Maybe that is coming soon. As far as sales the watch is a dog. BLNR probably outsells it 100:1

Might become an expensive dog( the one on the right).

[One Ping Only]

Interesting. I can believe it.

Thanks Jon!

[DoctorA]

If it’s to be replaced by a ss Pepsi then I’m all for it!!

[WJGESQ]

Originally Posted by Switch

The coke fanatics are probably salivating by now.

Indeed. The time has come.

[AK797]

Originally Posted by jonnyz1245

SD4K weeks before it was taken off the website. Same scenario , told not to take any more orders from customers. Same as today.

Cheers, not taking new orders does bode this way.

Could be good news for owners if it is gone, depending on what they release in its place, if anything.

[MoosicPa]

Originally Posted by DoctorA

If it’s to be replaced by a ss Pepsi then I’m all for it!!

If Rolex does that, then the WG version will further lose value on the secondary market. Why pay in the mid $20k for a used WG Pepsi when I can get a SS version new from an AD for under $10K.

[Fabrice M]

I have read something similar recently...

[train-time]

Time will tell, but as all matters Rolex, I will wait to see if it's really true.

[Duey]

The New PM GMT (could happen at Basel)

[JacksonStone]

Originally Posted by Duey

The New PM GMT (could happen at Basel)

Can you link to where you found that?

[Sprta]

Originally Posted by jonnyz1245

I would say that 5 different ADs saying you can’t order one might be an indication of it being more than a rumor.


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Five out of how many ADs? Hearsay and rumor until someone produces an email, letter etc.
Some get a letter, info from some rep, emsils etc. etc. But nothing we can see

[rebel_1]

I don’t remember the year Rolex discontinued the DDII, but I do remember it was very abrupt.

[Giangos]

Originally Posted by MoosicPa

If Rolex does that, then the WG version will further lose value on the secondary market. Why pay in the mid $20k for a used WG Pepsi when I can get a SS version new from an AD for under $10K.

And when do you think you'd be able to get one at msrp from an AD? 2 years? 5?




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[crown1081]

The BLRO wasn't exactly flying off the shelves.

[GolfJunkie]

Originally Posted by Giangos

And when do you think you'd be able to get one at msrp from an AD? 2 years? 5?




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Already told my guy to put me on the list. Second in line

[bdex75]

Originally Posted by Giangos

And when do you think you'd be able to get one at msrp from an AD? 2 years? 5?




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My AD has had one in the case every time I am in there. Until they discontinue them. Won’t be able to keep in stock!!


Edit: you meant a SS Pepsi I believe. So yes, probably 10 years and gray market will be $15,000 for years. Like SS Daytona.


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[GB-man]

Believable

[Raza_actual]

Originally Posted by JacksonStone

I don't see it as justification. He's passing along information he finds out as he discovers it. More data means a better idea of what's happening.

You're right, though: the skeptics will not be convinced.

Um, how many goats do I have to sacrifice to get them to make a steel Coke bezel and sell it to me? I'm on board now.

[Raza_actual]

Originally Posted by jonnyz1245

Its 38K. That might be a deterrent

Yeah. I, for one, won't spend a penny more the $37,999.99 on a watch. That's my absolute limit. And I imagine that's the limit for most people, really.

[Reddy_Kilowatt]

Originally Posted by MoosicPa

If Rolex does that, then the WG version will further lose value on the secondary market. Why pay in the mid $20k for a used WG Pepsi when I can get a SS version new from an AD for under $10K.

This is kind of funny.

[joroz001]

The GMT the first watch to get the updated bulkier case, and that transition started with the PM models. Maybe they with just release a tweaked version with a slimmer case and begin a case upgrade cycle.

Got the idea from this blogger speculating on the release of a new sub with a slimmer case:
https://monochrome-watches.com/rolex...-watches-2018/

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[dera]

Originally Posted by MoosicPa

If Rolex does that, then the WG version will further lose value on the secondary market. Why pay in the mid $20k for a used WG Pepsi when I can get a SS version new from an AD for under $10K.

The SS version will initially be $30k when the grey dealers get their hands on them.
Discontinuing the WG in front of releasing the SS will only make grey resellers happy. If there's a PM version available, it limits the extent of the grey market ripoff factor.

[Ticknaway]

For what it’s worth Govberg has reported they have been told the watch will no longer be shipped, so maybe it’s true. We shall see.

[Dusko.Popov]

Originally Posted by jonnyz1245

SD4K weeks before it was taken off the website. Same scenario , told not to take any more orders from customers. Same as today.

A lot earlier than that. My ad told me in late November, 2016. I posted about it in December, 2016. Other posters began mentioning too in December. Those are all on record.

Despite that, people still think that ads know nothing in advance, only Rolex knows their plans prior to Basel, and no rumors can be true.

It's such a myopic pov, but people stick to it dogmatically in this forum.

Anyway op, I didn't hear the same rumor but who knows ...

[Dusko.Popov]

Originally Posted by Dirt

Agreed.
It all depends upon their policy in this regard.
Rolex may hold the view that as long as there's potentially stock out here in dealers, it's a legitimate course of action to keep it on their website.
It's not like they are compelled to remove it within a short but undefined period of time after the last example of a model has the card swiped at point of sale.

Further.
History has repeatedly shown that Rolex don't necessarily update their website as a matter of very high priority.
As an example. Where on the website does it show all the dial options for the Skydweller?

Rolex kept the discontinued 16610lv on their website until a month or two after Basel, 2010. I know for a fact it was still listed two weeks after Basel concurrently with the 116610lv. Others may recall that too. And they were still at dealers nib early into 2011.

True story.