I visited the Lange boutique in Vegas a few months ago and they were very kind. I have no direct purchase history with any other boutique, but have bought all of my Langes on the pre-owned market. They still offered me a platinum Zeitwerk without any wait...
This is true for most standard-production Lange models (but not the Odysseus line and certain other, more complicated pieces). There was some confusion about this in recent years, perhaps because Zeitwerks (and Datographs) were rarely seen in many boutiqu...
It was very confusing! This describes Lange's then-new sales model in 2021, in detail. Many of us were conflating "pre-sale" pieces like the ZW and Datograph (which never required any prior purchase) with "application" pieces like the steel Odysseus Datom...
when i picked up my zeitwerk date last friday the boutique manager told me that the platinum limited edition models were already sold out. well done to get both!