I didn't get as lucky as those that have been able to walk in to an AD and find a Rolex sports watch in the case, but I feel I still lucked out.
I bought my first Rolex (white OP39) from an AD while I was visiting Texas in May. Walked in and it was in the case, so I bought it. Living out of state saved me taxes. Thought I lucked out then.
Fast forward to the end of July, I decided to reach out to the same AD with my interest in a no date Sub as I wasn't getting anywhere with my local ADs. I was first told that I can order one by my SA, but it would be 2 months as there were 2 people in front of me. That sounded great compared to the 6 months to a year I have been seeing on the forums, so I submitted my order. After my order was placed, my SA told me there was some confusion and there are actually 10 people in front of me with no specific time frame on when to expect the watch. At this point I figured it would be a 6-10 month wait, but at least I had an order in with Rolex.
Tuesday, I got a message from my SA that the watch was there. It had not even been 3 weeks! Somehow my allocation got bumped to the top of the list. I couldn't have been more surprised. A couple of days later and it got delivered last night.
I bought my first Rolex (white OP39) from an AD while I was visiting Texas in May. Walked in and it was in the case, so I bought it. Living out of state saved me taxes. Thought I lucked out then.
Fast forward to the end of July, I decided to reach out to the same AD with my interest in a no date Sub as I wasn't getting anywhere with my local ADs. I was first told that I can order one by my SA, but it would be 2 months as there were 2 people in front of me. That sounded great compared to the 6 months to a year I have been seeing on the forums, so I submitted my order. After my order was placed, my SA told me there was some confusion and there are actually 10 people in front of me with no specific time frame on when to expect the watch. At this point I figured it would be a 6-10 month wait, but at least I had an order in with Rolex.
Tuesday, I got a message from my SA that the watch was there. It had not even been 3 weeks! Somehow my allocation got bumped to the top of the list. I couldn't have been more surprised. A couple of days later and it got delivered last night.