Great story and I’m hearing about things like this more now. That’s a good thing. I have a great AD and waited 5 months for an Air King. I love pilot watches and it was worth the wait.
Did not see that coming at all! Congratulation on the submariner date score. It seems 41mm fit you better. Look forward to seeing your cover on both the submariners in your collection. I reckon your friend will regret not picking up that two tone sub very soon. What a missed opportunity!
Thanks Alex! I will for sure make a video on the two piece in the future. I also think the 41mm model fits me better thanks to the more slimmed down case. But I love them both either way! I caught up with my sales associate recently, it seems like he has something ready for my friend this month, I have a very good feeling about it! I will make a video on it soon, I will probably cover my 2nd Rolex purchase in the same video too (teaser) 🫢
That is crazy, I bought my sub date in 2004 in the Bahamas for about 5k US. The wife and I just walked in off the street wearing our swim suits and started browsing over the Rolex watches, the sales person that was assisting us couldn't slap watches on my wrist fast enough, I ended up picking the Sub Mariner Date. The whole process took about an hour and I walked out of the store wearing my new watch. I can't believe you guys go through all of this just for a watch.
I have heard the term "application for approval" a few times now. From my past experience, if they are happy to put your "application" forward, it is likely that you will get the "allocation" 😉
Thanks man! I agree, the slimmer lugs do help people with smaller wrists like myself! The slightly 'busier' dial with the date also helps too~ I love the new Submariner Date!
If waiting is from the day you désire à piece, talk about with an AD to receiving (nearly) the same piece (the same model) it is 5 years. If it's only chatting with an AD inquiry for a model and get it the next day, it's one day. It is still a ver good story thank you for sharing it. Mine is différent but good to, and the best is yet to come.
@@KCTimeShare it was last year in the end of april 22. I went to a Tudor /Rolex AD (also Omega Breitling...) I tried several watches. First Rolex multiple OP DJ GMT 2 Root Beer. I bought à just released Tudor GMT root beer which was my favorite against it's Rolex. Love at first sight. I had à super expérience and à good chat with the ad associate. I came back to pay i had problèmes with my card. The ad associate told me to think about a combinaison for a DJ after i eliminated OP (i hate domed bezel) . The next day i came back to tell him the combination and he said OK to order. I paid 30% and waited à year to have my beautiful DJ 41 steel and yellow gold, smooth bezel, black dial, indexes with diamonds on jubillee. Now that i established myself as a good client i have access to pro Rolex i hope for a sub blue steel and gold next year or à Batman GMT. Last time i was there, i tried à BB GMT opalin BB 58 and the new BB gray on jubillee and à vintage Rolex GMT coke for the pleasure. I did not buy my Tudor to have a Rolex. I think i could buy a DJ being à new customer with safety shoes. No need to have fancy clothing. So i continue my "watch journey" 3 models for now maybe, 4 before Christmas and a second Rolex next year. Is it a fine story ? Ordering à Rolex wearing ugly safety shoes only 4 days only after entering in the shop for the first time.
@@axelr9378 This is a very interesting story, thanks for sharing! I was surprised your AD would take deposit for a Rolex model, the ADs in my area said they couldn't give an 'accurate' estimated time for arrival and therefore would not take deposit to avoid disappointment. Congrats on starting your Rolex journey with a classic, I hope it does get a lot of wrist time whilst you wait for your Sub and GMT! I am on the same boat as you, I didn't buy Tudor to get a Rolex, whilst Tudor is often seen as a 'poor man Rolex', I think Tudor offers something quite different and I love both brands. Enjoy your Tudor Root Beer and Rolex DJ41 until you get the call! Hopefully it will come sooner than you think! 🫡
Thanks for your anwser. Yes my AD asked for a deposit to order the watch. In fact i was never on a waiting list, that will be the same for my next order. Unfortunately you have to wait one year between orders. Rolex gives them à quantity each year so they take deposit order watches and AD never know when they will receive the watch. So no waiting list. Original combinations with multiple metal... Take time to make. Maybe Rolex produces by combination so you have to wait until production comes to your combination. AD told me from 2 months to 1 year. Maybe rotating combination is one per year. Giving quota for each ref to AD allows Rolex to plan production they know how many watches they will sell and ref. They May dedicate à team for each most popular model and à batch to produce for each rotating combination. Avoiding changes in combination May allow to avoid mistakes and adjusting things. Those are just hypothesis. I think it can be useful to know how Rolex produces.
@@RootBeerGMT the RRP on two-tone has increased quite a lot over the past 1-2 years, with the price hike, I feel like you do get less bang for your buck now...
@@KCTimeShareI think he may be trying to say that the TT sports models are much less over RRP on the gray market (as a percentage) than the all-steel sports models.
That is a tough question! I still think I prefer the non date because of the symmetry, that's why I requested the no date over the date when I first registered for the Submariner. It is also my wedding watch so I have sentimental value attached to it!
@@KCTimeShare I’ve got the silver dial with yellow gold baton markers. All the other colours were more expensive .Especially the so called Tiffany blue. But I like the plain silver dial anyway and was the most I could afford. As was a retirement gif to myself.
Further evidence that the supply/demand imbalance is coming back into alignment. Patience will pay off. For a historic example, an AD in Houston was offering a ridiculously high 'tade in value' for my nasty cheap watch against a Sub that amounted to a 10% discount on the Rolex. No one knows if those days will return, but it is at least possible.
Thanks man! I think between the Submariner and the Submariner Date, I would go for the Submariner because I like the dial symmetry. If you are asking me about my current favourite watch in my collection, it would have to be the latest Rolex I added in my collection last week, oh yes, I got another piece from the same AD shortly after the Submariner Date. I will reveal it in an up-coming video soon (hopefully)!
@@KCTimeShare So the store in your video is in London? I mean London, like no place in the UK, it's like saying you've been to Australia when you only visited Sydney! Try any other city, I have tried 4 cities and they were all the same, and not just around where I live either.
New subscriber here. Loved the insight of your video. I bought a Tudor from an AD and a month later, got offered a 2 tone rose gold datejust Wimbledon. When it came to what I wanted next, I asked for a submariner or an OP41 and was told I have to wait 3 months before I could buy again. After I get either the sub or OP, do you think it is appropriate for me to ask for a gmt/sky dweller? I’m pretty sure I can’t get a daytona yet
Thanks for subscribing and congrats on picking up some new pieces! I think GMT/Sky Dweller would still be hard to achieve as GMT has super high demand and SD is a complicated watch to produce thus supply is usually lower. That said, I have heard many people starting getting their calls recently and are able to pick up Rolex watches from ADs, so it is worth having a conversation with your AD to enquire about these watches. Good luck!
My first Rolex was the submariner no date I went into a AD inquiring of one the sales rep took my name and number called me an hour later to pick up the piece, that’s all no muss no fuss. Perhaps i was lucky.
Because when I registered, it was the discontinued 40mm version, but Rolex has since updated it to a new reference, one in 41mm, and apparently the waitlist gets reset when a new model is rolled out.
lets be real if your friend when checking the grey market price for two tone seen it sold for over retail by a decent margin he would of pulled the trigger
I'm not sure if running a UA-cam channel helps, I for sure didn't mention to my AD that I run a channel. I think it might just be right place, right time! The fact that you have your 60th bday coming up in 12 months means that you just had your 59th birthday. Congrats on getting one year wiser! 🎉🎊🍾
i mean I understand you have to have personal relationship and purchase history with ADs but this is just so not right from Ads side to decent people who has been waiting for their first watch for a time..
@@Tudorguy-zw1ik I heard availability has improved recently, you may get your call sooner than you think. Perhaps it is a good time to check in with your AD now?
Interesting story. Sounds like a lot of Porky Pies but. 😅 There’s no shame in buying second hand on the grey market. It’s wrong Rolex doesn’t want to supply it’s customers, but what are we gonna do? As wrong as it is, taking a watch you know others are waiting for is wrong, if it happened to me I’d have take it. 😊
I have been waiting for many many years but nothing coming my way. As usual they try to push the ugly half gold pieces that they are not able to sell but not offer me the piece of my choice. I most likely will have to abandon my long dream of buying a Rolex given the Mickey mouse games these ADs play
I am really sorry to hear that, I wish you had a better experience. I also have many terrible experiences with many other ADs. I think it really comes down to whether you bond with your sales associate at your AD, in other words ... lucky.
Something seems fishy here. People wait years for these watches, and your magic AD has a hat he can seemingly pull one out of for both you and your friend with no history at all there. Very suspicious.
Pretty silly to have a Submariner Date 41 when you already have the maxi-case Submariner 40mm - especially when both watches are too big for your wrist. It's pretty hilarious that Rolex can't now shift two tone subs. That's what you get when the aftermarket price drops below list, and when Rolex have spent the last four years being stuck up snooty aholes to customers. Karma.
I was allocated a Submariner 124060 by my AD after 3 months from requesting it but that was with a purchase history. I do have to say your video title was a bit click baity though. Stop the BS skip to end nonsense with your video…
These 9 Rolex mistakes changed my life! ➡ ua-cam.com/video/lJ8XROppRF4/v-deo.html
Great story and I’m hearing about things like this more now. That’s a good thing.
I have a great AD and waited 5 months for an Air King. I love pilot watches and it was worth the wait.
Big congrats on picking up your AK! It is a stunning piece. I think 5 months is quite a reasonably wait for the latest AK if you ask me, well done!
Did not see that coming at all! Congratulation on the submariner date score. It seems 41mm fit you better. Look forward to seeing your cover on both the submariners in your collection. I reckon your friend will regret not picking up that two tone sub very soon. What a missed opportunity!
Thanks Alex! I will for sure make a video on the two piece in the future. I also think the 41mm model fits me better thanks to the more slimmed down case. But I love them both either way!
I caught up with my sales associate recently, it seems like he has something ready for my friend this month, I have a very good feeling about it! I will make a video on it soon, I will probably cover my 2nd Rolex purchase in the same video too (teaser) 🫢
A rolesor sub is now being offered to walk in customers. But not the bluesy
I think the Bluesy is more popular, that is why 🤔
Brilliant channel, relaxing and simple vibes.
Just subbed and looking forward to more videos :)
Thank you for the support 💪🏼
Looks great! Love the sub
Thank you!
Thank you KC nice video and great presentation.
Many thanks!
That is crazy, I bought my sub date in 2004 in the Bahamas for about 5k US. The wife and I just walked in off the street wearing our swim suits and started browsing over the Rolex watches, the sales person that was assisting us couldn't slap watches on my wrist fast enough, I ended up picking the Sub Mariner Date. The whole process took about an hour and I walked out of the store wearing my new watch. I can't believe you guys go through all of this just for a watch.
2004 was a very different time compared to 2023 🥲
I love the soothing tones of the root beer two tone. Brilliant color scheme
Yeh, it is definitely one of the more understated looking two tone models!
and this, my friends is why i detest AD's. "application for approval" to the salesman's boss to buy watch. absolutely insane!
I have heard the term "application for approval" a few times now. From my past experience, if they are happy to put your "application" forward, it is likely that you will get the "allocation" 😉
Looks good! The lugs look smaller on the current Sub Date, compared to the previous Sub. I think that makes Sub Date fit better on your wrist.
Thanks man! I agree, the slimmer lugs do help people with smaller wrists like myself! The slightly 'busier' dial with the date also helps too~ I love the new Submariner Date!
I think I have you beat. I just purchased a new Steel Sports Rolex at the AD within minutes of asking for it! Video coming up soon.
@@sc1 Big congrats SC! I'm looking forward to seeing your video!
@@KCTimeShare You did a great job, so I copied the idea from your video 🤫😉
Great video interested story you have a great sale person helpful
Thank you 🙌🏼
Its a matter of right place at the right time. A friend of mine was offered a Royal Oak 15510 a day after he inquired. It does happen…..
Love the RO, congrats to your friend!
my dream piece!!! working very hard to buy me one!!! great video! Thank you very much!
Thank you and I hope you will get yourself one very soon! 💪🏽
The waiting times are less and less, I think we are getting back to the old days soon where you would walk in and buy one
If that's the case then it would be awesome!
Congrats 😊 My hubby got the same watch 3 months ago and he waited about 2 weeks. Love sub ❤
Woo 2 weeks wait is amazing. Big congrats to him!
Bought mine yesterday in Amsterdam. Tried my luck and boom. Got one😆
Wicked! Nice one mate! 👏🏼
If waiting is from the day you désire à piece, talk about with an AD to receiving (nearly) the same piece (the same model) it is 5 years.
If it's only chatting with an AD inquiry for a model and get it the next day, it's one day.
It is still a ver good story thank you for sharing it. Mine is différent but good to, and the best is yet to come.
Thanks and I would love to hear your story too, Axel!
@@KCTimeShare it was last year in the end of april 22. I went to a Tudor /Rolex AD (also Omega Breitling...)
I tried several watches. First Rolex multiple OP DJ GMT 2 Root Beer. I bought à just released Tudor GMT root beer which was my favorite against it's Rolex. Love at first sight. I had à super expérience and à good chat with the ad associate.
I came back to pay i had problèmes with my card.
The ad associate told me to think about a combinaison for a DJ after i eliminated OP (i hate domed bezel) . The next day i came back to tell him the combination and he said OK to order. I paid 30% and waited à year to have my beautiful DJ 41 steel and yellow gold, smooth bezel, black dial, indexes with diamonds on jubillee. Now that i established myself as a good client i have access to pro Rolex i hope for a sub blue steel and gold next year or à Batman GMT.
Last time i was there, i tried à BB GMT opalin BB 58 and the new BB gray on jubillee and à vintage Rolex GMT coke for the pleasure.
I did not buy my Tudor to have a Rolex. I think i could buy a DJ being à new customer with safety shoes. No need to have fancy clothing. So i continue my "watch journey" 3 models for now maybe, 4 before Christmas and a second Rolex next year.
Is it a fine story ? Ordering à Rolex wearing ugly safety shoes only 4 days only after entering in the shop for the first time.
@@axelr9378 This is a very interesting story, thanks for sharing! I was surprised your AD would take deposit for a Rolex model, the ADs in my area said they couldn't give an 'accurate' estimated time for arrival and therefore would not take deposit to avoid disappointment. Congrats on starting your Rolex journey with a classic, I hope it does get a lot of wrist time whilst you wait for your Sub and GMT!
I am on the same boat as you, I didn't buy Tudor to get a Rolex, whilst Tudor is often seen as a 'poor man Rolex', I think Tudor offers something quite different and I love both brands. Enjoy your Tudor Root Beer and Rolex DJ41 until you get the call! Hopefully it will come sooner than you think! 🫡
Thanks for your anwser. Yes my AD asked for a deposit to order the watch. In fact i was never on a waiting list, that will be the same for my next order.
Unfortunately you have to wait one year between orders.
Rolex gives them à quantity each year so they take deposit order watches and AD never know when they will receive the watch. So no waiting list.
Original combinations with multiple metal... Take time to make. Maybe Rolex produces by combination so you have to wait until production comes to your combination. AD told me from 2 months to 1 year. Maybe rotating combination is one per year.
Giving quota for each ref to AD allows Rolex to plan production they know how many watches they will sell and ref. They May dedicate à team for each most popular model and à batch to produce for each rotating combination. Avoiding changes in combination May allow to avoid mistakes and adjusting things.
Those are just hypothesis. I think it can be useful to know how Rolex produces.
@@axelr9378 I hope you will get your next watch very soon! 🙌🏻
Precious metal and two done rolex’s are dead right now
Some two tone models are still in high demand if I am not mistaken ~
The two tones are beautiful. You get more for your money.
@@RootBeerGMT the RRP on two-tone has increased quite a lot over the past 1-2 years, with the price hike, I feel like you do get less bang for your buck now...
@@KCTimeShareI think he may be trying to say that the TT sports models are much less over RRP on the gray market (as a percentage) than the all-steel sports models.
Wow. Lucky! Enjoy your new Sub.
Thank you
Congrats ..great choice
Thank you! 🍾
It looks wonderful on your wrist.
Thanks Michael! I'm enjoying it so far 🙌🏻
Awesome experience , great pick up , Very nice watch
Thank you 😄
Your audio is much better!
Thanks! I did end up buying a new mic!
What do you like more the sub no date or the sub date ?
That is a tough question! I still think I prefer the non date because of the symmetry, that's why I requested the no date over the date when I first registered for the Submariner. It is also my wedding watch so I have sentimental value attached to it!
Waited 18 months for a OP41 couldn’t wait any longer .Bought grey market 1k over list
1K over list isn't too bad I supposed. Which dial did you go for?
@@KCTimeShare I’ve got the silver dial with yellow gold baton markers. All the other colours were more expensive .Especially the so called Tiffany blue. But I like the plain silver dial anyway and was the most I could afford. As was a retirement gif to myself.
It is a wonderful piece! Congratulations and enjoy your retirement!
@@KCTimeShare Thank you
I got my Rolex the same day in 2017 they only had 1
Further evidence that the supply/demand imbalance is coming back into alignment. Patience will pay off. For a historic example, an AD in Houston was offering a ridiculously high 'tade in value' for my nasty cheap watch against a Sub that amounted to a 10% discount on the Rolex. No one knows if those days will return, but it is at least possible.
Let's check back in a few years time and we will find out 😉
Fantastic video! If you could keep only one watch which one would it be?
Thanks man! I think between the Submariner and the Submariner Date, I would go for the Submariner because I like the dial symmetry.
If you are asking me about my current favourite watch in my collection, it would have to be the latest Rolex I added in my collection last week, oh yes, I got another piece from the same AD shortly after the Submariner Date. I will reveal it in an up-coming video soon (hopefully)!
I walked into my local AD today and they didn’t have one watch they could sell, only display models.
That is a shame, perhaps better luck next time 💪🏽
@@KCTimeShare Seems to be the story in most places, I'm not entirely sure which country you are in but try and walk into a UK AD and buy a Rolex.
I'm based in UK actually, London to be exact.
@@KCTimeShare So the store in your video is in London? I mean London, like no place in the UK, it's like saying you've been to Australia when you only visited Sydney! Try any other city, I have tried 4 cities and they were all the same, and not just around where I live either.
New subscriber here. Loved the insight of your video.
I bought a Tudor from an AD and a month later, got offered a 2 tone rose gold datejust Wimbledon. When it came to what I wanted next, I asked for a submariner or an OP41 and was told I have to wait 3 months before I could buy again. After I get either the sub or OP, do you think it is appropriate for me to ask for a gmt/sky dweller? I’m pretty sure I can’t get a daytona yet
Thanks for subscribing and congrats on picking up some new pieces! I think GMT/Sky Dweller would still be hard to achieve as GMT has super high demand and SD is a complicated watch to produce thus supply is usually lower. That said, I have heard many people starting getting their calls recently and are able to pick up Rolex watches from ADs, so it is worth having a conversation with your AD to enquire about these watches. Good luck!
Wow KC.❤ i am still on the waitlist.
For which model?
Wow where are you? Omega and Swatch is all sold where i am for months
Ah Hong Kong
I’m bases in London actually 🏴
@@KCTimeShare London is so lucky
Where are you based?
It’s getting easier to get Rolex recently.
I have the same feeling to be honest!
I bought two other Rolex watches and waited 10 months before I got the call for Starbucks I wanted
Congrats on picking up the Starbucks! It is an awesome piece!
Man these games they play rekindle my lack of interest in buying a Rolex. Ridiculous.
Long time! Good to hear from you again and I hope all is well on your side! 😀
You waited for just one day!!
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Supply is up
Oh it does look like it, doesn’t it!
My first Rolex was the submariner no date I went into a AD inquiring of one the sales rep took my name and number called me an hour later to pick up the piece, that’s all no muss no fuss. Perhaps i was lucky.
Omg that's amazing! One hour wait is unheard of! 🎊
Had this happen today also
Why not two tones? I love Gold.
I think people who like gold would want a full gold piece, otherwise full steel. Not as many people like something in between 🤔
Simply the best watch in the world.
One of the best I’d say! 👍🏻
Why your waiting list for Submariner was cancel?
Because when I registered, it was the discontinued 40mm version, but Rolex has since updated it to a new reference, one in 41mm, and apparently the waitlist gets reset when a new model is rolled out.
lets be real if your friend when checking the grey market price for two tone seen it sold for over retail by a decent margin he would of pulled the trigger
My friend doesn’t want to flip, he just wanted to get the steel model for daily wear 😇
I have my 60th birthday coming up in 12 months, my AD tells me there’s no chance of getting a sub by then, perhaps I need a UA-cam channel?
I'm not sure if running a UA-cam channel helps, I for sure didn't mention to my AD that I run a channel. I think it might just be right place, right time!
The fact that you have your 60th bday coming up in 12 months means that you just had your 59th birthday. Congrats on getting one year wiser! 🎉🎊🍾
You definitely have the wrong AD depending on where you are in the world. A sub for your 60th in 12 months time is easily doable for most ADs.
It’s been two years and I’m still waiting for a Pepsi
Sounds like a Bond villain.. 😮
Battersea power station!!
I can tell you are a Londoner!
i mean I understand you have to have personal relationship and purchase history with ADs but this is just so not right from Ads side to decent people who has been waiting for their first watch for a time..
I don't disagree with you, it is a shame that it works this way at least for the time being ...
Which store pls?
It is a large chain in the UK, store is in London!
Hey man can you introduce me to the sales associate 😊
Out of interest, where about are you based?
@@KCTimeShare London
@@Tudorguy-zw1ik I heard availability has improved recently, you may get your call sooner than you think. Perhaps it is a good time to check in with your AD now?
I got offered a Dj the other day no wait
Nice one! Which configuration is it and did you take it?!
Must be nice to just take 2 sec to decide to buy or not.
Sometimes in life, we gotta make a quick decision 😇
Interesting story. Sounds like a lot of Porky Pies but. 😅 There’s no shame in buying second hand on the grey market. It’s wrong Rolex doesn’t want to supply it’s customers, but what are we gonna do? As wrong as it is, taking a watch you know others are waiting for is wrong, if it happened to me I’d have take it. 😊
I would not say no to a Submariner Date! 👻
Let’s be friends😂
🍾🙌🏼😆
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Thank you!
You wouldn't get the watch if you didn' buy a Rolex from him 5 years ago. So, you waited 5 years.
That is a very fair point. 5 years is a long wait ...
It has no date
Love the symmetry of the no date~
I have been waiting for many many years but nothing coming my way. As usual they try to push the ugly half gold pieces that they are not able to sell but not offer me the piece of my choice. I most likely will have to abandon my long dream of buying a Rolex given the Mickey mouse games these ADs play
I am really sorry to hear that, I wish you had a better experience. I also have many terrible experiences with many other ADs. I think it really comes down to whether you bond with your sales associate at your AD, in other words ... lucky.
Still waiting over 3 years false promises
Under the current market conditions, I hope you will be able to get hold of one very soon!
Its strange how Rolex manipulates its customers.
It is more the ADs, not Rolex directly I believe 🤔
do you need a new friend? i would gladly be your new best friend
It is always great to have a new friend! 😉
I would prefer Tudor as which is more lower profile and modernized watch to wear.
That’s also why I also love my Tudors!
Something seems fishy here. People wait years for these watches, and your magic AD has a hat he can seemingly pull one out of for both you and your friend with no history at all there. Very suspicious.
I think right place, right time, and that I got on well with the SA.
Blah blah blah
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Pretty silly to have a Submariner Date 41 when you already have the maxi-case Submariner 40mm - especially when both watches are too big for your wrist. It's pretty hilarious that Rolex can't now shift two tone subs. That's what you get when the aftermarket price drops below list, and when Rolex have spent the last four years being stuck up snooty aholes to customers. Karma.
It is a shame that the availability has been so terrible in the last couple of years. I can hope that the situation can improve in the future!
Why is it silly about the man purchasing what he wanted with his own money it’s a good thing you aren’t in charge of his finances.
I was allocated a Submariner 124060 by my AD after 3 months from requesting it but that was with a purchase history.
I do have to say your video title was a bit click baity though. Stop the BS skip to end nonsense with your video…
Congrats on your pick up and thanks for your feedback!