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All of the above...
Jul 24, 2021,06:22 AM
It's a simple answer to this simple question. You have to be deemed worthy. Either the authorized dealer has already received a lot of business from you or they expect to receive a lot of business from you. That's it. And yes, of course if you're a known reseller, no Authorized dealer is going to risk their reputation that they don't really know what their end consumer is doing... Patek Philippe expects their authorized dealers to act as their agent/business partner and they expect their business partner to know the end user client. When a watch gets quickly resold, that means that the dealer doesn't really know where that watch is going or who that watch is going to.
There's really no rocket science to this. And it seems like you already know the answer. Perhaps you're looking for a more complex answer, but nope, your initial observation was correct. There really isn't much more to it.
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Who qualifies green 5711?
By: LPcanon : July 24th, 2021-05:29
So we’ve seen lots of fire on recent Antiquorum auction. Sounds like GP received green 5711 from his mom, but this is quite an exception. So I was curious. What is general criteria for qualification for allocation of green 5711? 10 PP watches? No resell h...
Thank you!
By: LPcanon : July 24th, 2021-08:17
I am a Patek enthusiast in Japan. Yes it is very competitive and hard to obtain any RoyalOaks Daytonas and Nautiluses here as well.
All of the above...
By: patrick_y : July 24th, 2021-06:22
It's a simple answer to this simple question. You have to be deemed worthy. Either the authorized dealer has already received a lot of business from you or they expect to receive a lot of business from you. That's it. And yes, of course if you're a known ...
Thanks a lot
By: LPcanon : July 24th, 2021-08:19
Your answer very much cleared up my mind. He has to be a perfect client, I understood.
Minute repeaters
By: socal to az : July 24th, 2021-06:37
My AD got 2 green 5711. I would say I’m a very good customer. Perpetual calendar good. However- a perpetual calendar is not as good of a customer as a minute repeater.
Wow
By: LPcanon : July 24th, 2021-08:20
Minute repeater equals 3 perpetual calendars so to speak?? Such a long way to Rome..
Money talks
By: socal to az : July 24th, 2021-22:03
I have a very good rapport with my AD. Have been invited to Geneva, New York etc. I asked about the 5711 green. He looked me in the eye and said- what am I supposed to do? Say no you can’t have a watch to the guy that spent 1.5 million with me last year??...
1.5 million and still not enough
By: LPcanon : July 26th, 2021-00:43
Oogh, such a pain. I agree, another shining toy might be coming. As Mr. Stern mentioned as “another bomb”, and JZ on Instagram said red dial.. who knows???
Thanks a bunch
By: LPcanon : July 24th, 2021-11:40
Got it. Some say the piece was upgraded to an allocation piece, but who knows🤷♂️
Aha!
By: LPcanon : July 24th, 2021-12:43
Unobtainable either way, but thank you 🤦♂️
I have applied for the green nautilus!
By: Saz : July 24th, 2021-21:49
I am a good customer ( one watch from PP per year at least) My AD received only one that was allocated to a friend and I was really happy for him. The AD told me that he got 10 requests that were sent to PP in Geneva and they replied with one name… I star...
Ha!
By: LPcanon : July 26th, 2021-00:44
I got it. I wonder this potential allocation upgrade is worldwide or not.
Generational loyal clients
By: LJC : July 24th, 2021-13:53
A friend of mine was allocated a piece. The family has been collecting PP with the AD for three generations.
THREE Generations!
By: LPcanon : July 24th, 2021-14:05
Wow I have to get married and make kids first.. Thank you for valuable advice!
T-stamped
By: Patekfinity : July 24th, 2021-16:44
Yes..they are stamped with the Tiffany stamp. But very very few…
Allocation or not?
By: JBB : July 24th, 2021-23:30
FabR says it's not an "allocation piece". Saz implies it is. I couldn't get one. I have some friends who are major collectors who didn't either (different dealers). For what it's worth, Sylvester Stallone and Mark Wahlberg both got the diamond green Nauti...