Buying a Panerai Radiomir - deals?

[WP999]

Hi,
I'm going to buy a blue dial Panerai Radiomir and wondered if any of you have any suggestions for buying below RRP? I've read on here that a number of you achieved good percentage reductions by going into ADs and simply asking. Is Paneral a manufacturer that ADs will discount? I've previously bought a Tudor Black Bay Bronze and a Heuer Silverstone from Chrono24 and those purchases were smooth. There are some Radomirs on there that are still lower than UK retail after paying the costs of importing. However, can I do better buying in the UK with a discount?!
Thanks for your advices,
Will

[The Goat]

I got 15% off my Blue Mare from Bucherer in Westfield, just by asking.
I think it's always worth asking if your paying outright.

[WP999]

Excellent, thank you 👍🏻

[jules_s]

Depends on used/NOS/or new tbh - together whether the watch in question is limited edition or sought after

Top end Panerai stuff (Equation of time etc) you'll be lucky to get from an AD let alone a discount. These are generally Panerai outlets only.

New - it depends if there is a list/pre order. 10-15% isn't unusual but if its 1 of 500 etc they may well all have gone already....

I've said previously Panerai quality has fallen off a cliff and I stand by that. That said I had a chat with my AD MD last week and Panerai have acknowledged that issue and their 2025 models seem to be back to 2010 quality - worth noting.

The new/used drop off is still notable though = so look at Blowers/watchfinder (ive used both) if looking at used

[-Cappo-]

As per the usual response - speak to Dominic Hackett.

[JatHanspal]

-Cappo- said:

As per the usual response - speak to Dominic Hackett.

This, speak to Dom in any case. He put me in touch with an AD in London when I got my Luminor, and the price was highly competitive.