Jratlanta Posted May 17 #1 Share Posted May 17 My wife would like to purchase a Rolex for our anniversary cruise in January. Has anyone purchased onboard and does the shop stock popular models? Thank you in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Sidney68 Posted May 17 #2 Share Posted May 17 1 hour ago, Jratlanta said: My wife would like to purchase a Rolex for our anniversary cruise in January. Has anyone purchased onboard and does the shop stock popular models? Thank you in advance. Happy to go and have a look later this evening for you. They seem to have a fair few models onboard as well as two other boutiques; Piaget and Cartier also selling watches. Let me know if you are looking for anything in particular and then I can check the price so perhaps you can assess how this aligns to what those at home? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jratlanta Posted May 20 Author #3 Share Posted May 20 Extremely grateful for your offer! We are looking to purchase a stainless Daytona in with either a white or black dial. If neither are offered for sale, we would like to purchase a stainless GMT sub with red and blue bezel (Pepsi nickname) or the black and blue bezel (Batman nickname). Thank you in advance and we so appreciate you sharing your experience on Explora. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ2002 Posted May 20 #4 Share Posted May 20 I was onboard the Vancouver-LA sailing, and someone mentioned that the shop has a quota of how many watches they can sell in a day... something like 2? I didn't confirm, so just FYI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare uktog Posted May 20 #5 Share Posted May 20 And tax is payable when disembarking I read - the ship reports the sales to the authorities so buyer beware etc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parallax Posted May 20 #6 Share Posted May 20 My wife bought a Rolex in December. It was very popular with many passengers. They have watches available and it is a good selection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jratlanta Posted May 20 Author #7 Share Posted May 20 Thanks to all who took time to share your experiences. Very helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jratlanta Posted May 20 Author #8 Share Posted May 20 RJ2002 - Are you referring to a quota of a minimum or maximum number of sales per day set at two watches? Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ2002 Posted May 20 #9 Share Posted May 20 47 minutes ago, Jratlanta said: RJ2002 - Are you referring to a quota of a minimum or maximum number of sales per day set at two watches? Thanks in advance. Yes, that is what I understood from our travel advisor, who was also on our sailing. I am presuming it was communicated during one of the Explora orientation sessions which were held for the numerous TA's onboard. As I said, I didn't follow up since I was not interested in a purchase. Perhaps someone else onboard currently can confirm for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jratlanta Posted May 20 Author #10 Share Posted May 20 Appreciate your quick response. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJANDH Posted May 21 #11 Share Posted May 21 21 hours ago, RJ2002 said: Yes, that is what I understood from our travel advisor, who was also on our sailing. I am presuming it was communicated during one of the Explora orientation sessions which were held for the numerous TA's onboard. As I said, I didn't follow up since I was not interested in a purchase. Perhaps someone else onboard currently can confirm for you. Which was it? Minimum or maximum? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ2002 Posted May 21 #12 Share Posted May 21 (edited) 2 minutes ago, CJANDH said: Which was it? Minimum or maximum? I understood it to be maximum. This was just a passing comment at dinner by our TA, and I had no interest anyway so I didn't pursue. It might very well be related to their inventory onboard, and that they don't want to sell out within the first few days of a sailing. Just speculating. Edited May 21 by RJ2002 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Sidney68 Posted May 23 #13 Share Posted May 23 Hi, I have now taken the opportunity to visit the Rolex store and provide you with a little information which I hope is helpful to you. The store assistant was quick to state that stock availability changes week by week, but at the time of writing based upon your preferences; Daytona - not in stock. Apparently this is a very hard to come by model and as such she did not feel it was likely that they would ever get hold of one of these. If in stock the tax free price (all in Euros) would be 14,800 Pepsi, currently in stock in white gold 42,100 GMT, in stock 11,350 Batman Oyster Bracelet (not currently in stock but they do occasionally have) 11,100 Jubilee Bracelet 11,300 In terms of the tax declaration, when the ship arrives in a disembarkation port at end of its “leg” or journey the ship provides a list of sales made to the authorities. This could affect individuals who have purchased if they are disembarking in the country of their origin and duty applied. i.e if a US citizen had purchased on board and was disembarking in Miami tomorrow. If it were an UK passenger in transit it would be up to that individual to declare (or not) when they reached their own country. I also asked directly about their 2 sales a day policy, she was of the opinion that this had been misunderstood. Whilst she did not want to disclose a number, she did say that there was a limit on the number of watches that would be sold PER PASSENGER. That seems to make more sense to me as I suggest they are trying to control the level of high value, tax free items each person has? I took some photos of some of the items on display but it appears that they hold more that is not out on the shop floor. Sorry they are not good quality! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jratlanta Posted May 23 Author #14 Share Posted May 23 Sidney68, So incredibly kind of you to take time away from your cruise to provide such a detailed response. The clarification on quantity, models and pricing is invaluable. Your photos are greatly appreciated as well. If we're ever on the same cruise, I would like to buy you a bottle of wine (sorry, not a Rolex). Cheers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolls123 Posted Friday at 02:17 AM #15 Share Posted Friday at 02:17 AM On 5/20/2024 at 8:20 AM, uktog said: And tax is payable when disembarking I read - the ship reports the sales to the authorities so buyer beware etc Yes! Hubby bought a Rolex in November and had to pay the taxes at customs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jratlanta Posted Friday at 12:39 PM Author #16 Share Posted Friday at 12:39 PM Dolls- Do you recall the model Rolex your husband purchased? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolls123 Posted Friday at 01:34 PM #17 Share Posted Friday at 01:34 PM 53 minutes ago, Jratlanta said: Dolls- Do you recall the model Rolex your husband purchased? I never ask. I don't want to know how much money he has spent on his watch collection 🙈🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jratlanta Posted Friday at 02:11 PM Author #18 Share Posted Friday at 02:11 PM Understood and quite funny. Thank you for the response. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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