Boutique vs grey market: how did you buy your Lange?
Curious how people here ended up purchasing their pieces, at retail or grey market.
I'm in the process of deciding on a Lange and the retail vs grey spread is significant enough that it's hard to ignore. My preference is to buy new, and I want to see the watch in person before committing so online or Chrono24 is off the table regardless, and I'd rather not deal with the hassle of returning something if there's an issue.
The grey market is obviously attractive on price, but in practice I'm finding that because Lange sits in a niche that isn't as hype driven as PP or AP, demand is relatively modest and production volumes are low so a lot of grey dealers simply don't carry the references I'm looking at. Which pushes me back toward the boutique anyway.
So I'm wondering, did most of you go through an authorised dealer/boutique, or did you buy grey (online or in-person)?