6 months seems excessive...

Six months does seem excessive.

But keep in mind, Patek Philippe is feeding the Asian market (a market with double digit percentage growth) in order to ascertain a premium market position there.

However, in the United States, the waiting time for the 5711/1A and the 5712/1A are not six months long. I would imagine it to be less than three months long.

When working with the Patek Philippe boutique, it's not necessarily beneficial to work with them by buying small items, it is beneficial if you work with a client manager who is resourceful and will fight for you with his management to make sure his clients are satisfied. Look for young promising individuals who have a passion for the industry and great product knowledge but hopefully don't have too many big clients already. The established older client managers are sometimes overwhelmed, have too many loyal clients that they can't possibly satisfy, and have lost interest in the product and can't keep up with the new technologies.

Good luck Kari! I'm sure you will enjoy this Nautilus very much. I'd consider ordering the cufflinks too so you can make this a formal watch as well...

Delivery times

By: dr.kol : January 24th, 2011-04:30

I placed an order of 5712/1 to a PP Boutique. They indicated that the delivery time is about 6 months. I can wait but what are your experiences of the waiting times of this model plus other Patek models? Best, Kari

Bought one a year ago..

By: Watch4Steve : January 24th, 2011-06:53

and it came in a week!! I couldn't believe it. I would imagine that there is a lot of variability here depending on where you are and how the supply/demand dynamic is behaving at the time. Best of luck to you - it is a piece worth the wait!! Steve

6 months for 5712??!!

By: Hororgasm : January 24th, 2011-10:19

They are crazy. Either that or the AD seeing if you bite. If you do, they will clock an order for you. But if you say, can't wait. My bet is they will suddenly have a cancellation by another customer, and they could procure for you one immediately, but u ...

That was a Patek Philippe Boutique...

By: dr.kol : January 24th, 2011-10:30

and they do not speak about discounts. I have "strategic reasons" to buy from them and in Finland Patek kicked out their only AD and naturally, there is not even one AD of Patek in Estonia. Best, Kari

Got it

By: Hororgasm : January 24th, 2011-10:36

In my city, there are at least 5 running around, from PI and ADs. I shall not be rude and ask what the strategic reasons for buying without discount from the PP boutique, but I understand. Best of luck. Horo

Sub all going well,

By: dr.kol : January 24th, 2011-10:54

I might order one day a watch which is not easy to get... Furthermore, I don't really have any good relations with PP ADs so that I could ask for some rebates. Naturally, I don't like the idea of paying the highest possible price. Best, Kari

They let you wait for a possible price increase soon...

By: COUNT DE MONET : January 24th, 2011-12:02

... is what I can read from this behaviour. As much as the watch is nice: it is not a limited piece or something that you could not get on the grey market. To pay all what is asked is quite tough, it aches even to here this as it is A LOT of money for a w...

This is a very interesting discussion...

By: dr.kol : January 24th, 2011-12:51

You are 100% right. In Patek Boutique they said that the next price increase is in February and it will be around 5% "or something like that". The nice thing is that if I happen to find the watch I want to buy with a cheaper price, I can go for that. I kn...

Its a certain increase....not a possible one...

By: Cool : January 24th, 2011-17:08

10 % in the U.S. Some sites already have the new prices showing on each piece. Feb is the date.

Patek Price increase and shortage of watches

By: jeremyr : January 24th, 2011-19:34

Patek is increasing retail prices but its not an across the board 10% increase. Stainless steel models will get small or no increases at all. Gold and platinum models will be getting anywhere from 7-13%. Some AD already have the price sheets. Patek is sup...

I was told the same

By: rsg : January 24th, 2011-20:47

I was told exactly the same thing by my local AD the other day, check back late February when they would have more in stock.

My experience was somewhat different ...

By: mell0822 : January 24th, 2011-16:06

A few days into 2011, the AD whom I was familiar with informed me they had a 5712/1A to show me if I could go down to have a look within the next couple of days. I was new to PP then and had to check what's this 5712/1A. And I read a lot of posts and comm...

Congratulations!

By: dr.kol : January 24th, 2011-16:12

It seems that in your part of the world these watches are available. In PP's #1 Salon in Geneva they did not even have one piece to show the watch. Perhaps everything is going to SE Asia when europe is in financial crisis... Best, Kari

Another way of looking at it ...

By: mell0822 : January 24th, 2011-20:28

is that though Singapore is small, there are proportionally many more AD and PP boutiques, so more pieces come to this part. I would think it's similar for Hong Kong, or more so.

Indeed fly East

By: Expat : January 25th, 2011-09:45

Go to Bangkok, Singapore... Plenty of PP over there... So many AD's....

Whew! Seems very long

By: Mostel : January 24th, 2011-21:55

Lovely choice, but my AD could probably get that watch much faster... although I haven't asked in a long time... but recently, he had a 5712 and was heavily discounting.... I only mention 'price' to underline the fact that this watch, being harder to sell...

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