2024 The End Of Rolex Waitlists?

[Music] hey guys welcome back to another episode of Federico talks watches today I'm once again answering some of your questions such as is this the year that weight lists for Rolex disappear from ads and should you trade this tutor for this Rolex all that and more in today's episode now of course before we get started customary wristwatch check today I'm wearing a Lord algen that my um employee Allan found for me he found it at a um flea market kind of thing and I saw it and I decided to keep it for myself of course giving him a cut and also guys uh you may have noticed I've been gone for a little bit why is that well I just wanted to let you know I had a little bit of a family emergency unexpected and I had to to go back home uh to to see my parents in Madrid um so I've been gone for eight or nine days it really was unexpected delr was fine obviously we've got staff here but the videos were lacking I just want to apologize for that unfortunately sometimes you got to do what you got to do but yeah guys let's get into the questions but of course not before shouting out a few of the new watches that just hit Del watch we got a Rolex 22650 Explorer 2 black dial 2022 in the best condition you'll find under $10,000 we got a pretty rare pek Philip ellipse yellow gold with the beautiful blue dial and a custom strap made by my good friend Aaron bespoke what a dress watch this is and extremely rare Grand Seiko sbgr 77 antimagnetic model made only for the Japanese market now in my office and available to you guys in the states for a grand SEO collector this is a really special piece all that and way more at Delray watch.com the best place for a watchgeek to buy a watch Link in the description below anyway guys you know the drill these are the questions you asked me on my Instagram account at Federico talks watch few times a month a Q&A picture pops up you can ask your question there when I get enough questions I take the picture down please do not DM me I do not check them we start with T-man making moves and he said hey fed what's your favorite cigar brand and what watch would you wear as you smoke well I actually really like cigars I used to work in the cigar industry before the watch industry but if I could smoke anything my smoke of choice would be a a cute Cuban partagas uh D number four not something super special but one that I love and if I want to go non-cuban I would go with any Maduro Nicaraguan in a rusto size too many to pick and while smoking I'd be wearing my H Moser of choice that's how I would roll Jia 003 what's your fluency level for the languages you speak so obviously I'm fluent in English I'm fluent in Spanish I'm pretty fluent in Italian though it is getting a little rustier as I speak it less and I'm not fluent um but I do speak a basic level of modern Greek uh as well Alexander hater is there a is this the year the most Rolexes will be available at ads without the wait list if so is that good or bad so this is an interesting question and and it's multifaceted uh it's all based on my opinion now this is definitely the year that Rolexes get easier to get but the dealers are not going to make it super easy for you regardless because even though there's going to be way more Supply and a little less demand the illusion of exclusivity is important so while I think you'll get the phone call for the sub or whatever a lot faster than you would a year or two ago I still think they're going to make you play games and even though they might have it in the back they're going to make you wait date just and Ops are going to be a lot easier Sports models you're still going to wait a bit even though they're probably in stock anyway downstairs no one wants to go from a 2-year waiting list to having it available in the boutique right away they have to maintain the illusion now I don't agree with this business model I'm sure you guys don't agree with this business model and a lot of you might be like fed you don't know what you're talking about of course they're going to be hard to get yeah no no I mean yes they will be but it's not because they're physically unavailable it's because they're playing the game but regardless of the game or no game it is going to be less of a wait time this year I'm 99% sure the watchos should I trade a tutor sub from the 90s Plus for some cash for an early 9s Rolex Sub interesting question so it depends what tutor sub and how much cash without knowing those two things I'm just going to assume it's a standard tutor sub from the 90s and it's a fair deal in cash yes I would trade it uh just based on the movement uh you're going to have the Rolex 3135 movement which is better than the standard etas that tutor used back in those days yes you could argue the tutor sub is more scarce but a Rolex is a Rolex and if it's a fair deal and you can afford it then I would say get that Rolex on that wrist above the tutor in my opinion jmg1 123 fed what are your thoughts on buying the OG original Universal genev polar rouer a good watch to purchase yes an excellent watch to purchase one of the first or maybe even the first microor movement some very handsome models uh an overall sturdy movement though uh it's likely going to need service and not just watchmaker can service it but once you get past that hurdle I think it's a fantastic watch Universal genev has a ton of History the movement is super interesting uh a lot of pull routers are large enough to be worn uh by most men in in today's kind of watch collecting circles and I I really like it I think the pull router was massively undervalued you used to be able to get them for under a, bucks four or five years ago that's not going to happen anymore today but I do think they're still massively under valued anyway guys that's it for me today I'm very happy to be back thanks so much for you guys for sticking around please give this video a thumbs up if you enjoyed it really does help don't forget to subscribe so you don't miss any more content and of course I'll catch you in the next one take care

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Length: 7min 18sec (438 seconds)

Published: Mon Feb 19 2024