Quite fancied splashing out on a Rolex Submariner for Xmas
Just rang a local supplier and told there is a three to five year waiting list!
John Harvey Jones would be spinning, but explains the healthy pre owned prices.
I haven't read the entire thread but I do hope that someone has told you that you should call a few dealers and ask them to put you on a waiting list for a SS Sub, date or non-date.
They will wax lyrical about wait lists on all sports models but a good friend did the above and within three months, he had a call from an approved Rolex dealer saying they had just received a Sub and would he like it. No premium, just a new watch from a Rolex AD.