They could be baits or they could be someone who's confident enough they will get them....from ADs, sales or "customers, aka flippers" working together...

Oct 27, 2022,20:28 PM
 

then sell to those who have the big $$ and loves bragging rights on social media.


I know this sounds like serious allegations but we heard those stories so nothing new.

The current allocation games that is going on with many brands really helps secondary market grow, because some people just don't like to wait or bundle with other pieces they don't want.

 

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 By: @lberti : October 27th, 2022-19:59
Some people see at "just another assett class"....

Even the new 5712/1R is there....

 
 By: Clueless_Collector : October 27th, 2022-20:08
just a demonstration of how dark and audacious this current market is, too much money to be made "Poor", "pure" collectors like many of us can only watch and curse.

I wonder if some of these listings are just pranks…

 
 By: ArmisT : October 27th, 2022-20:15
at least in those cases where an insanely high number is listed. In such cases the seller must know that no one will buy, not at this point in the game.

They could be baits or they could be someone who's confident enough they will get them....from ADs, sales or "customers, aka flippers" working together...

 
 By: Clueless_Collector : October 27th, 2022-20:28
then sell to those who have the big $$ and loves bragging rights on social media. I know this sounds like serious allegations but we heard those stories so nothing new. The current allocation games that is going on with many brands really helps secondary ... 

I also think it’s bait. In any case I don’t feel the secondary market is such a big problem.

 
 By: rip9er : October 28th, 2022-05:13
I’d believe there are many more real collectors out there that get the hard to get watches over flippers. Specially since Patek now seems to require specific store endorsements for the hard to get models.

Don’t be surprised if Patek buys this…

 
 By: socal to az : October 27th, 2022-21:03
At our factory trip over the summer, it was made clear that Patek is buying suspicious pieces on the secondary market and having a conversation with the AD as to why this showed up like it did. If it’s a US dealer- they are in serious jeopardy of losing t... 

Hope that mechanism works!

 
 By: LX (Alex) : October 27th, 2022-21:46

As legend says...

 
 By: andrea~ : October 27th, 2022-21:22
...the Nautilus isn't an actual watch, it's a myth perpetrated by the powers that be to keep us loyal to our ADs, governing our primal desires through the secret 26-330 mind control device: nobody knows what it is, the only thing we know is that it now ha... 

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 By: ArmisT : October 27th, 2022-21:56

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 By: Michael Reilly : October 27th, 2022-22:09
So sad. Any of us would love to have that beast, and keep it .

Bonkers price.

 
 By: vitalsigns : October 27th, 2022-23:17
Pretty sure the market-clearing price will be far lower in the next 3-6 months. But I guess this discussion is verboten...

The whole situation is really sad

 
 By: w220 : October 28th, 2022-00:49
I think I’m done with this this hobby, and will take up knitting or basket weaving instead.

Very sad how fast this occurred.

 
 By: BigAppleBill : October 28th, 2022-02:59

Sad 😞

 
 By: Horology75 : November 9th, 2022-08:09