As a data point, I put an order for one at the end of March.

I’ve got a long purchase history with my AD, and there are 9 people in front of me right now. My AD says they get 3-4 per year from Patek. Perhaps some of the people in front of me will cancel, change their mind, or have already received the watch from another AD they also put their name with, but it looks like it will be approximately 2 years before I get the call. This is in the US. Perhaps your friend will get lucky, but I tend to doubt it. This watch is becoming very hard to get. Tiffany in NY closed their order book on this one because it’s 5 years out based on the number of watches they get. They said 5164 is catching up with it, too.

Of course, your friend could always pay an expedite tax by paying above retail from a grey market dealer who has one on hand. Best of luck in your search.

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Patek Philippe 5167A-001

By: Tyo : May 23rd, 2018-07:04

Hello, One of my friends fell literally in love with this watch, he called many official AD and since he isn't a Patek Customer, I think his chance is close to nothing. The waiting list is getting really crazy about this model. He should make an important...

Congrats Tyo on your friend's career advancement, and also on his taste..

By: FabR : May 23rd, 2018-07:21

This beauty currently retails for 17,470 euros (MRSP) in Italy, which includes a 22% IVA. Good luck in seizing it, he won't regret it one second!😁

I was looking for a different stainless steel Patek, the discontinued 5960/1A-010 and had really no luck with ADs. I was thinking the gray market was going to be my only option. And then I called one AD in my neighboring state and I got lucky that the per...

we are keeping our fingers crossed [nt]

By: Tyo : May 23rd, 2018-10:10

my advice to your friend to buy it from the greys now when the sales is slower, the chances are very good that this model will be avaliable on double MSRP at the grey morket soon. [nt]

By: Passionata_george : May 23rd, 2018-09:59

I'll tell him [nt]

By: Tyo : May 23rd, 2018-10:10

Another thing to consider is that by the time one comes in (a few years) the probability that Patek will have raised prices is also pretty high maybe even more than once.

By: BMR : May 23rd, 2018-12:02

They could do what they did with the 5711 this past year even, which was a 20% increase. I’d say if he wants one quickly and you can find a grey dealer that will sell you one at around +20% above retail, he might be smart to jump on it. I will confess I h...

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