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26 June 2020, 10:12 PM | #91 |
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When i picked mine up last week, the boutique didn't say anything about the blue being discontinued. Probably just low on stock as these seem to have gotten a boost in popularity recently and their supply chain most likely would have been impacted by covid
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26 June 2020, 11:51 PM | #95 |
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I read somewhere that the overseas blue dial is the same technique as the fp journe chronometre bleu, which has shot up in value recently as the blue is so hard to produce thus only available in extremely limited quantities as there's quite a lot of scrappage in manufacturing
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27 June 2020, 01:14 AM | #96 |
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Thanks and good luck! Seems from other posts that the situation varies by location - hopefully was just bad luck for me and yours will be with you soon!
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27 June 2020, 01:34 AM | #97 |
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I picked mine up from the London Boutique today. It’s just stunning!
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27 June 2020, 01:49 AM | #98 |
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Isn't that rubber strap so incredibly comfortable? Congrats!!
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27 June 2020, 01:59 AM | #100 |
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The strap is very comfortable!
Yes, the boutique were great. They have me a bottle of champagne, a beach towel (as I mentioned going to the park for lunch) and a travel pouch
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Nice...I got nothing with my tourb!! What the heck lol
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I've been wearing my blue Overseas virtually every day in the last couple of months, and can't say enough good things about it. The simplicity of the dial lay-out and the depth and color of the blue is really insane, not to mention the stunning movement you can see through the case back. I love the couple of Rolexes I have, especially the vintage ones, but this VC is in a different universe of horology.
I've said this before, but guys who have wrists under 7 inches can definitely rock this watch. My wrist is 6.75 and have have no issues at all. Perhaps closer to 6 inches might get a little tricky, and I found the bigger and thicker chronograph version right on the edge of being too big for me. But the three-hand fits perfectly, for what I like, anyway. |
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That looks great man. And yes, I randomly tried it even though I thought it would be too big.
On the discontinued issue/rumour there seems like there is a change albeit not looking like a discontinuation. A friend went in to put in a deposit and was told that they weren’t accepting deposits on the simple blue dial any more. I would think a supply glut, can’t imagine a demand issue in these uncertain times. |
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It’s hard to imagine a supply glut as well. At least a few months ago many ADs were quoting a wait time of several months
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My guess is that they ran out of the blue-dial version for now. Doubt that means they're discontinued, although they did discontinue the brown-dial version, so who knows. I'd bet they just need to catch up with demand because manufacturing was interrupted during the pandemic. I was told by a saleswoman last year at the NYC boutique that the dial on the blue version is made using a unique lacquer technique. Maybe it takes more time to make than the other versions. |
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I was also told they would not put me on a waitlist for a blue dial from the Vegas boutique.
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28 June 2020, 02:53 PM | #112 |
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I think Swish pretty much nails it and apologies for the confusion. I meant to say ‘not’ a supply glut and more a demand issue. I can’t seem to find the not in it lol.
But yea, like swish said a need to catch up to supply after closure and a lot less produced. May also be a dial colour issue though I had no idea FP Journe is a part of that equation. Interesting take. There were rumours that the Chr Bleu was being talked up all around and now we see the follow through of that with crazy premiums. . I am being reassured that my VC will definitely come...fingers crossed. |
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Been told by the boutique that the blue dial is still in production. AD is perhaps not getting the supply they need.
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29 June 2020, 02:19 PM | #114 |
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I wonder why I never did this earlier.
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29 June 2020, 05:27 PM | #115 |
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No, it wasn't Irene
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29 June 2020, 05:29 PM | #116 |
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Thank you!
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29 June 2020, 09:55 PM | #118 |
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Absolutely not man and thank you. Just loving the feel and look. I thought it will always stay on the bracelet. Put on the rubber strap as a test and haven’t taken it off since.
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30 June 2020, 12:56 AM | #119 |
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And would like to thank everyone who advised. Valuable indeed with a lot to learn. I can safely say this reference is a super star!
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Does it make sense to pick this up at retail? Or do they go for considerably cheaper on the grey market?
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