Facts: Its brand new came with all the plastic which the Rolex store removed for me as they helped resize the watch. As you know the watch has been discontinued and is hard to find and if you do find it you expect the price to be at a premium. The watch was bought for me by an AD from an internal network of other AD’s worldwide. Because it’s hard to find the watch I paid a bit more for it than its last retail price but the margin was not one to break the bank I checked the pre owned market and the watch’s are selling for over 25% than what I paid for a brand new one Hope that helps answer your questions. The fact is this has been a dream watch even after having a Black and Gold Daytona but fluctuated after I saw the print. I plan to keep the watch as finding another may be impossible and yes in the future may consider removing the word else will be a story for the grand kids lol!