I've been to the NY Boutique at least 3 times so far, filled out a client card, and have been invited to zero events. I usually call ahead and make an appointment and stop by when I'm in NY in between appointments for their espresso and chat about watches. I pretty much have zero expectations of being allocated a watch in the near future. But, if one did come upon my short list I would buy it. In the meantime still hunting for other watches