Good morning all,
I hope you are all keeping well and safe.
I have started my posting with you on the wrong foot and I hope you would forgive my rudeness. The fact is that I am a relatively old member who was away from the forum for a while and was very excited about my latest accomplishment which I wanted to share with you. I have started my post by asking you about the model of the AP displayed and whether it was fake. In fact, I already knew it was the famous 5402 that has seen better days. OR IS IT ? in fact this is fake...
Modified by yours truly, it was the 140$ Royal oak 15202 with blue dial and quartz movement.
I have noticed :
1. The casing is slim
2. No second hand
3. Covered Back
So I purchased one from Sead and modified it as follows:
1. Printed new date dial font on my computer by redrawing the Arabic numeral fonts (Black on White) then glued it on the old dial wheel.
2. Removed the gloss from the dial and removed the wording Audemars Piguet (Since the font is updated)
3. Made the dial look old by using yogurt (yes heard me well) as the bacteria over 10 days will eat out the essence of steel
4. Separated the AP logo and then got the two letterings closer together
5. Removed AP logo from the crown
6. As the serial number on the back was 166 I scratched the number 1 to look like the letter A (as in A series) and I got A66
7. Changed the buckle to a simple single fold and had all wordings engraved on it then fabricated the clasp cover with Audemars Piguet on it
8. I have washed the entire thing with strong chemicals and had it turn for a while with ceramic grails
9. Separated all the langs of the bracelet with steel separators (with heat) to make it look tired and saggy
10. Scratched the entire thing (must have overdone it) to make it look heavily worn and distract the eye from any obvious mistakes.
I have been wearing the watch for a while now and only a few who know what 5402 is believed it was genuine and those who dont blamed me for keeping this old trash and advised me to buy the new 15400. Obviously,
my intention is not to fool people but this one managed to do the trick. I wore it modestly and those who appreciate the 5402 are modest in nature.