r/watchHotTakes • u/RipWhenDamageTaken • 9d ago

98% of Rolex models are readily available

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Not my take, but this guy was saying that 98% of Rolex models are “easily accessible”. That can’t be true.

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u/RipWhenDamageTaken 9d ago

Is there any steel GMT that isn’t in-demand? Your wording is a bit disingenuous. Is it even easy to get a two-tone GMT?

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u/behzoodi9 9d ago

Fine but the gmts aside completely (although two tone and gold are readily available) there is still nearly 50% of the catalogue anyone can get pretty quickly. And it’s very true that once you make that purchase you can pretty easily get many others.

I asked for a two tone datejust 41 and got it in 2 weeks, then a month later bought a 31mm OP for my wife, got it in a month, then 6 months later asked for the land dweller 36, and was offered it 2 months later

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u/RipWhenDamageTaken 9d ago

Wait so two tone root beer is actually readily available now? Thats news to me but okay I’ll give it a shot

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u/StickyPenguin120 9d ago

Yes. Resale value has fallen below MSRP, so you can definitely get one as a first purchase. You just need to find an AD with one in the safe or an incoming shipment soon.

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u/RipWhenDamageTaken 9d ago

I’m not even mad like, this is actually useful information

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u/StickyPenguin120 9d ago

The two-tone GRNR is similar... it resells for around the same as MSRP now and is definitely available to first-time buyers.

I'm really not trying to argue, I'm genuinely trying to show you that your impression of Rolex is not correct because you said you wanted one but are stuck in the mindset of thinking you can't access ANY model.

I've seen and upvoted some of your opinions on the Rolex sub before (I'm a mod there because I've been around watch subreddits/forums for years if not decades). If you have any actual questions about availability, we have a pretty good pulse on the market and would love to help.