I Bought a ROLEX PEPSI GMT Master from the AD (& How you can too)
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- Опубликовано: 15 окт 2024
- So Rolex called me last November and I finally got allocated a Pepsi GMT after 3 years!
I also talk about if all ADs are as crooked & questionable.. are there exceptions?
Are Rolex still worth the hype? Are there other brands to look at?
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Three weeks ago I bought an Explorer II from the Rolex AD at Istanbul airport. The usual exhibition pieces in the window, but I wandered in and asked if they had any watches for sale. They had a handful of mens/ladies Datejusts and the Exp II white dial). I tried it on, had a chat with the sales agent and bought it at list price less tax. Whole process took 30 minutes
@@wisrxbt6889 I think it was 18% sales tax deducted. Datejust, Daydate gold, one GMT steel & gold and a couple of Explorer IIs (black dial and white dial).
@@wisrxbt6889 It was the Rolex AD, with just Rolex over the shop window. I'll see if there's a name on the receipt. It was a steel & gold GMT MII - 126711CHNR
Hey am glad to hear u had a great experience 😊 I got a question tho... Do u think it's the regular occurrence at the Istanbul airport that they have these watches readily available or u think it's like that at most other airports?
Would love to find an explorer II or gmt at the airport
Picked up my GMT Master Leftie today after 2.3 years.... Loving it
Most luxury goods (toys) prices are dropping. Watches, boats, vehicles etc. Only the super rare collectibles stay strong but out of reach for 99% of population. When inferior products become desirable because of influencers, you know the industry is in trouble. You see this currently in the diamond market. Influencers trying to justify and push cheap, lab stones because they know prices are plummeting and they need to keep sales strong.
The positive for the watch market is that all these RolexA/P junkies are being forced to learn about and adapt to older, finer quality pieces and independents that were not relevant years ago. As a historic watch lover who is intrigued by advancements of “time “, there are positives coming. Steer away from companies that think they are to big to fail.
3rd & 4th quarter 2024 will be a great time to buy if you are patient and have cash on hand.
THG really treats their customers (even window shoppers) without any bias. Unlike C, S and even K.
3 years? Rolex makes 1.5million watches…. It doesn’t make sense.
If they receive 3 million orders per year it makes sense
So with all the purchases of other watches, did the total of all them add up near to the Pepsi grey market price?
I don’t believe in looking at it this way
@Watch Jelly But you played the AD's "game" to get the watch that you wanted when you could of got it earlier on the grey market and for less than you spent on all those watches you bought.
Don't get me wrong, I was anti grey market until I realised how seedy a lot of AD's are and how they treat their customers. So now I'm pro grey market cos of this.
Well it wasn’t a game for me.. I didn’t buy anything I didn’t want.. but I know what you mean
Yeh mate I find it hard to believe an AD sold you a Pepsi with a spend history of less than $25k SGD based on those pieces you mentioned (Bvulgari, Wimbledon 36, Tudor & Breitling). I know people that have spent well over $250k and still haven’t been allocated a Pepsi …
That’s definitely more than 25k SGD
Octo was 16-17
Wimbledon 11
BB58 - 4.9
Breitling - 8
JLC reverso 8
Now spend another $200k and you’ll still be waiting.
If your spending 25K or more at the AD to get a Pepsi that’s ridiculous! Buy from the grey market and save yourself the hassle of playing the AD waitlist game!
Diverging out into other brands makes sense but for a lot of people Rolex, AP are store of values as well and can almost guarantee their investments won’t go way south with the right pieces. Unsure about the other brands though what do you think?
Nice vid, I’ll be collecting a gmt Guinness on Wednesday.
You can always find the best offer, the main thing is not to rush
I actually know this guy personally. Crazy watch collector and a really nice guy. Shared so much with me, helping me start my watch collecting journey. Congrats and all the best to your channel! 🎉
Hahaha many thanks bud
Wear that watch every day, and never sell it. July 2023
Congrats! I also got my pepsi from THG as well and yes, overall they are the best in sg in terms of service. And completely agreed with you that one should choose their AD (SA rather) wisely 😊
Congrats!!!!!! Wear it good health mate!
meanwhile in Indonesia my AD was offering me to bundle for about twice the price of the watch to buy the pepsi that they have in stock in the store's safe. the waitlist is just fake. everyone is bastard.
Nice video I enjoyed it. Back in 2005 while on vacation in Singapore I went to the Rolex headquarters to inquire about authorized dealers. A gentleman there gave me a card with a list of all of the AD’s. I went on Orchard Road and the first one I went to had basically every model in stock. I ended up getting a 16710 GMT master. I take it after watching a video that that is no longer the case? You cannot just stroll into an AD in Singapore and buy whatever you want like I did?? Btw I paid $3800 USD out the door !!!
You’re right. My dad also got a 16710 in 04 with even a slight discount as well. Things have drastically changed
What's your thoughts on Vacheron :D
To all rolex sales reps, you are just another salesman
Congratulations, great acquisition. Wear it well.
Congrats man!! Been following you for awhile and I'm genuinely happy you got it :)) Thank you for all the years of content for us to learn from!
Hey thanks so much for keeping up with the channel all this time🤩🤩! If you’re waiting for something I hope you’ll get something great too!!
Congratulations to you, bro! Thanks for sharing this video with us. I fully agree that the services in THG is the best as compared with the rest of ADs in Singapore.
Thank you so much!
Congratulations!! And thanks for the great tips.
Thank you :)
Congratulations Alvin!👏💙
Thank you!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻
3.5 years!
I feel bad for all that have to go on these long wait lists..I started building a relationship with my AD about ten years ago..Always got 20% off on any Steel sports model I wanted. After about 15 Rolexes, I bought the Daytona white face ceramic in 2020 for $12,400 with zero wait (ADs always have models in the back, they will tell you they don't, but they do..for clients like myself.)...sold it 6 months later for $29,000.....Now any new model i want is mine because of my history. I Understand that telling someone to build a relationship sounds like its going to take forever, and it will for the most part, but if you are patient, you will get to join the club.
Yeah. Great that you managed to join the “club” that long ago before the crazy hype started! Good for you!
Can you make a video about the MAD 1?
What would you like to know about the mad 1
Any insight comparing THG with Rolex boutiques?
I have to agree with C and K, they really discriminate and treat you decently only if you’re one of their VIPs
There are no Rolex boutiques per se.. all are ADs.. so you’re really comparing AD to AD herr
Taiwan AD where im from is really nice, except from one place where im at.
I’m in Taiwan as well and had trouble getting the steel sports I wanted at the AD. Any luck on your side?
@@dennischen8887 are you a resident in Taiwan, because they consider that too.
My first Rolex i had to make a certain amount of purchase of Tudor to buy my rolexes, but Taipei is really difficult.
Plus in December, they might have already met they’re sales quota and would not have sold to you, if you have previous purchase history, this month you would have a better chance this month.
Im heading over the Japan to look at some gray market too.
Yes permanent residence. Actually I lived in Tokyo before and was able to get my Rolex sub date in Japan, but that was many years ago. Now I only buy grey market here. Picked up my Pelagos 39 recently for well under AD pricing. Taipei AD did offer me a standard black dial sub date but I already have one. On the waitlist for a Starbucks and Pepsi gmt.
Thanks for the video it is very true need to keep spending at the AD to get that connection, my friend spent over £80k before this Rolex got over hyped these past few years ... He is kinda like a VIP to his AD now only thing he hasn't got yet is the Daytona but all the other sports models he pretty much have 😅
U have some rich friends indeed 😅
I got mine today.... but from gray market 😢 overpaid but still happy
Congrats! Wear it in good health:)
Congratulation bro! I am still wiating 😔
Thank you so much!
Congratulations 🎉 envy you . I recently register to THG my wish for the new Daytona , a watch that I have always wanted but I know it is really hard to get especially in my case where I don’t buy that many watch in the past. But seeing your videos gives me some hope perhaps some years or months later I might get my call from THG.
Gotta be patient!!
Congratulations good for you
Im summary- build a spending history with the AD so you can get what you really want. I think the demand is getting lower now as compared last year. AD's start calling again.
The more I look at Daytona's and GMT Master IIs the more I yawn. I had these watches (a total of 7 different Rolex timepieces at one point in my watch collecting journey) and they became just meh for me after a while. I ended up getting rid of everything and now I'm only left with the only Rolex I'll ever need: my day date 40 💯
This is from someone who’s owned one, and that means you belong to a privileged group. So many folks are still waiting to get their first or second piece!
Yeah agreed batmans especially so boring gmts I like are his Pepsi and rootbeers I’ve just sold my blue sub and bought bi metal champagne sky dweller
Yes I love the Ming watch but I’m not to keen on the movement
Congrats
Your watch is nice though!
You are right about the professionalism at THG.Even in Malaysia.Generally all are polite.But the wait is still forever or you just need to buy shitters to build "relationship"for multibrand AD
Hahaha you know not all are shitters(unless you’re referring to 80% of Hublot’s pieces 🤣🤣).. a tonne of nice watch brands out there
@@watchjelly hope you dont happen to own one.Still you buy what you love.Just a suggestion though...you should do a safari hunt for grey market watches in HK(Uptick watches' style)You are in great spot for this.I am SUBSCRIBED!!!
Thankfully I don’t! I actually did a video on HK grey market.. have you seen that? If so, is there specifically something about HK that you’re keen to see?
Completely agree with your thoughts on THG in SG. Got a Tudor BB chrono panda from them earlier this year and will try my luck getting a Rolex SS Sports model from them too.
Hahaa all the best!!
Congrats on your new piece ❤💙
Baller
Hahaha not at all
Love your philosophy. Thanks for sharing your experience. I also really appreciate the honesty.
Thanks glad you enjoyed it!
Really tired of hearing about the Rolex Pepsi. PLEASE talk about some other models.
I think I understand you said you've bought over $10,000 worth of watches you brought people into by jlc which is what 20-30 Grand so you spent Thirty 40,000
Yeah.. those watches I’m genuinely interested in. I I don’t see a problem with that
Congrats to your allocation! THG customer service is very good i agree, i being to almost all the ADs in sg and lucky to find one that really makes me comfortable to start my watch journey with.Majority of the ADs are okay but the "C" has the worst attitude i shud say, the moment i step in,their body language already makes me feel unwelcomed and it happens to all their outlets, they look so annoyed the moment i wana register my interest list, very snobbish attitude as if i am just wasting their time 👎👎
Hahaha yeah.. hopefully they’ll read this and buck up!!
So still must buy other crap to get on the queue?
Yup this is how the system is…
what crap did he buy?
Really amazing story you had to share Alvin! The watch looks fantastic.
I’m just starting on my journey to get a GMT as well so your story resonated with me.
How many acts of sodomy did you let the AD commit on you?
Approximately 30k+ USD Worth.. which is more than enough to rupture yours.. and your mum’s ;)
Why subject yourself to this "building up sales history" crap.. in order to get a Rolex. I am in the camp that gets turned off by the "snobbishness" associated with the brand. Or I see too many Ah Longs, Bookies, real estate agent, with a Submariner or GMT... Why go so far to get something just like the whole bunch of them? Its boring. Get something nice and less common.
Yup… if you watch the last 4-5mins of the video I talked about tastes developing and for people to diverge out into other brands
Dude talked the whole video and barely any watch
Over priced. If you buy one you are a mug.
Holy shit bud, less talk and show the Fukin watch already.