After reading all the replies, and thank you all for reading my post

, I got to agree that RLX is targeting their existing customer base and not increase that base putting money in customer acquisition but keeping the brand more exclusive.
Got to say I was pissed about this, for 20 years I’ve this watch in mind, didn’t pick it when I had the opportunity in the past and was going to let another chance to buy the dam thing. So was lunching with a friend that is a “wale” for this AD, that actually doesn’t own a RLX. We were talking about watches like true addicts and told him about my experience with the AD. After the lunch I got a call from the AD, from the boss it self, inviting me to chat and allow him to explain why this moved from years to weeks. (I know, it wasn’t from me being a customer but because of the wale).
They received many pieces last December. So they start contacting their older RLX customers. In the meanwhile I jump in asking for the Explorer I and Sub. We agreed that the lang “waiting list” must be replaced by “we have units in the inventory but we are waiting for customer X to take a decision or just we have it here”. The we have it here isn’t applicable yet because the waiting list exists and they are trying to answer the demand but it’s not normalized yet but will be (his words). I bought a Tudor BB58 in 2022 and that made me a customer for the AD, and after a left my contact they check that and contacted me. Meanwhile, a customer decided not to acquire the Sub and so they thought let’s call him to check both.
A got to agree with what SDREW1976 wrote, we spend money in a product, it can be cars, watches, jewels and others, from a dealer and by doing the purchase we are creating a business relation between seller and buyer. This is good for existing customers but for new customers is bad.
After around 1h talking and after a valid explanation or at least reasonable (that we might agree or not) , the AD asked me if things got clear and if I was still interested to purchase the watch.
So I gave a thought on this and the explanation sounds reasonable, I bought the dam thing, finally! I wasn’t let this one getting away. So I closed a 20 year’s waiting.
And still got some goodies
