Must be due to the weak $$. I'm personally about to pull the plug on my order after waiting 4 months for a simple calatrava 6000g. I was willing to take it the first time, but if the watch does not show up before May 1 I think I'm done.
The increase in pateks list prices over the last 3 years have been significantly greater than the devaluation of the dollar. Obviously, the weak dollar does not help, but the dollar has slipped 20% in the last 5years (since jan 04), and the costs of patek...