What movement would you recommend they use?
This is often the biggest limiting factor.
If you look at the 15500 rep, they used the miyota as a replacement. The code 11.59 uses the same cal 4302 in the basic models and cal 4400/4401 in the chrono models. Rep makers have been using replacement movements all these years in replicas, that is not a concern nor a limiting factor. The gen AP ROO movement is the 3126/3840 stacked chrono and it’s been replaced by the A7750 sec@12 movement in the rep ROOs. Same applies for the gen VS rep royal oak chrono models. Gen plates, jewels and decorations are replaced by faux ones in the rep. Transfer gears are used to create the second hand in the correct position.
The Chinese are good at innovating solutions to overcome the natural barriers put up by the watchmakers for the movements, we must concede. So even for the moonphase and perpetual calendar models, they have come up with watered down versions of these models. Laughable, but you can see them all over lol.
On the wrist the functions remain largely the same. The real limit in repping the code 11.59 will be the double curved crystal, the midcase/bezel construction and the lugs. These are very intricate in design and this is one of the few watches which does better when the fine craftsmanship are admired off the wrist, rather than having it appreciated on the wrist, at least for me.
Anyway I agree with what the guys above said: the code 11.59 isn’t aesthetically pleasing at all and it does not have the same appeal as the royal oak and offshores which we’ve come to adore. I am not looking forward to seeing it repped and even the gen wasn’t a watch I kept for more than a week lol.
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