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Happy to have been selected. Don’t love that I am required to pay the watch in full. That is a ridiculous ask, I could understand a 20% down payment. But nearly 12k for possibly 6-months. There is much more I can do with that money in the mean time.
Thoughts? Buy it or wait for secondary prices to tank in 1-3 years?
TBH I like the black dial better
This letter reads like a scam, no?
I’d wait
How are these even on backorder? The price is very high.
In essence you’re foregoing a few ‘00$ of time value of money. It’s annoying, but if you want the watch and can afford it in the sense that you do not need that money, why not?
Not something to get overly worked up about I’ld say: these are their conditions, either you accept them or you don’t, not much more to it.
Shortly after the official announcement in March my local boutique (Miami) contacted me and asked if I was interested in reserving a piece. They wanted 100% pre-payment and said they didn't even expect 'demo units' to arrive until June and 'hoped' they could fulfill pre-orders in 2023. Much like you, I was not willing to give them $12K+ with no ability to even handle the watch in person for months and no guaranteed delivery window. My client advisor was sympathetic but simply said "this is what we require". Ultimately I ended up going with a Laureato (an amazing watch). Zero regrets.
Coincidently this afternoon my client advisor texted me that he had a black dial available for immediate purchase. I declined. Something tells me this "years long waiting list, impossible to get, 100% pre-payment bs" is pure fantasy. I expressed initial interest once at launch, declined to pre-order and never contacted my client advisor again about it and yet I was offered the watch unprompted.
Yeah idk, the watch looks cool but i think it has the same movement as the iwc mark xx and my mark xx ends up being almost 3 minutes fast after 3-4 days. My speedmaster and chronomaster original dont go past a minute in that same time frame. Id wait til prices drop in the secondary market