New Submariner

[Lancerevo]

Can a brand new Submarier be bought for £5000?

[HarrySmash]

The current list price for the non date Submariner is £5,000 - so if you can find one then yes.

[CMJ]

One in the window of David Robinson Liverpool on Friday afternoon

[Lancerevo]

I want the date so looking for discount or an import.

[Perec]

Lancerevo said:

Can a brand new Submarier be bought for £5000?

Drop Dom H an email. I would think he could do something, depending upon scarcity at the moment. Unless things have changed discounts on subs can be obtained but it needs to be the right retailer on the right day.

[Lancerevo]

I have tried a few authorised dealers and they really are not interested at all, my old faithful dealer which I have bought 3 previous offered me £100 off but they have now got a new name. Very disappointed.
Dom has one but a little more than I am willing to spend at the moment.

[Perec]

Lancerevo said:

Dom has one but a little more than I am willing to spend at the moment.

Dom is usually pretty competitive, so maybe you don't have the budget right now.

Of course you could try finding an AD with one immediately prior to month end and hope he's got a monthly target to hit. But my experience of our local AD is that as soon as a Sub appears in the window it disappears again.

If I were you I would buy one on interest free credit for a couple of years and use some creative man maths to tell yourself that you've made a killing on the cash, which in man maths terms equates to £1000 off list.

[GoBig]

There was a SS Sub Date in Goldsmiths Torquay last Thursday.

[HarrySmash]

Lancerevo said:

I have tried a few authorised dealers and they really are not interested at all, my old faithful dealer which I have bought 3 previous offered me £100 off but they have now got a new name. Very disappointed.
Dom has one but a little more than I am willing to spend at the moment.

This doesn't bode well if I'm looking to buy the new Submariner LV at a discount to list price.

[Lancerevo]

I have been to Goldsmith Torquay but they won't even give me the £100 off. Lol.

I am not clever enough to work out the maths to see how I would get £1000 off list with 0%

[Perec]

Lancerevo said:

I have been to Goldsmith Torquay but they won't even give me the £100 off. Lol.

I am not clever enough to work out the maths to see how I would get £1000 off list with 0%

What is the retail on a Sub C date?

[Lancerevo]

I have been to Goldsmith Torquay but they won't even give me the £100 off. Lol.

I am not clever enough to work out the maths to see how I would get £1000 off list with 0%

[Perec]

Lancerevo said:

I have been to Goldsmith Torquay but they won't even give me the £100 off. Lol.

I am not clever enough to work out the maths to see how I would get £1000 off list with 0%

Yes we've done that one. What's list on a Sub C date?

[HarrySmash]

£5,700 for the black face/ dial, £6,050 for the green.

[Perec]

HarrySmash said:

£5,700 for the black face/ dial, £6,050 for the green.

So he's looking for 12% off? I'm not going to say it's impossible, but probably optimistic in light of the apparent demand for the watch.

[JAGS]

How about Jersey?

Call the AD over there (there is only one out there).
Place a deposit over the phone.
Fly out there a few weeks or a month later to collect (they say the avg wait is about 3-5 weeks).
Fly back same day with watch (or make a mini holiday out of it).

Rolex Sub Ceramic Date yours for £4750 + £70 flight and £30 on taxis to and from the airport.
You get 5% GST refunded if you are flying to/from Jersey. Price above includes that.

Quids in!
(last time I checked for price was about 10 days ago)

There is the risk of getting pulled when arriving back.
Post the box/papers to yourself from Jersey perhaps?

[bobbybee]

JAGS said:

How about Jersey?

Call the AD over there (there is only one out there).
Place a deposit over the phone.
Fly out there a few weeks or a month later to collect (they say the avg wait is about 3-5 weeks).
Fly back same day with watch (or make a mini holiday out of it).

Rolex Sub Ceramic Date yours for £4750 + £70 flight and £30 on taxis to and from the airport.
You get 5% GST refunded if you are flying to/from Jersey. Price above includes that.

Quids in!
(last time I checked for price was about 10 days ago)

There is the risk of getting pulled when arriving back.
Post the box/papers to yourself from Jersey perhaps?

Not that you're condoning tax evasion or anything

[JAGS]

No sir, never.

[andy tims]

Perec said:

HarrySmash said:

£5,700 for the black face/ dial, £6,050 for the green.

So he's looking for 12% off? I'm not going to say it's impossible, but probably optimistic in light of the apparent demand for the watch.

Rolex AD's are NOT going to discount an in demand sports model.

Dom can get probably you an EU watch at a discount, but best bet is to buy pre-owned, especially as the older models have the more elegant case.

[Perec]

andy tims said:

Perec said:

HarrySmash said:

£5,700 for the black face/ dial, £6,050 for the green.

So he's looking for 12% off? I'm not going to say it's impossible, but probably optimistic in light of the apparent demand for the watch.

Rolex AD's are NOT going to discount an in demand sports model.

Dom can get probably you an EU watch at a discount, but best bet is to buy pre-owned, especially as the older models have the more elegant case.

I was going to add that my £5k would be spent on a pre-ceramic rather than a C.