Originally Posted by
clockwatcher
My favourite Daytona is the 16520 Zenith Daytona. They are now £20k. I was on the waiting list for one back in 1998. The retail was £3600 but they were trading at £7000 due to there being the usual waiting list which was quoted at 5 years but was more like 7 years. I missed the boat as it got discontinued before I could get one. I resorted to buying one a few years later at the inflated price. The price now is out of reach of most people and to be honest, very disappointing to see all of the massively over inflated prices.
Watchfinder are not really responsible, yes they are trying to get what they can, but Rolex can roll these and other sports models out to every retailer if they want to. But they dont because they are the limiting supply to create hype, demand and sky high prices. Rolex than can therefore have complete control over the market and raise prices at will.