Even more alarming from a watch enthusiast standpoint is if this “deal” is being offered by an official boutique, rather than a rogue AD...But while you are requesting an opinion, you already seem to agree with this practice. You even mention a pretty big term in the boutique’s defense, “guaranteed”...Have you at least received something in writing that “guarantees” you are getting the Odysseus after a year and a half? What’s the written deal in the event ALS can’t deliver? Then are you stuck with a Saxonia moonphase that even an official boutique seems to despise, or can you somehow return it?