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Nivka's humble collection

Replica01

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Great collection Nivka!

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Very nice collection. Every piece a beauty of it´s own. You could add a Blackbay, a 15202, 15400 or AP Diver, maybe venture into some blue or white dials. A GMT would be nice like the 1675 vintage or Explorer II. Vacheron Overseas or Datejust would be nice too. The thing with dress-watches 4me is that I´m used to have some kind of timing device - so it restricts the practical wear mainly to divers or chronographs (exception made to GMT´s). Anyways, congrats on what You have assembled already :thumbsup:

Thanks mate. I value your opinion as much as anybody on here. Funny you mention the 15400; I picked this up last week:
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I completely agree that a 1675, DJ and a white dial would sit nicely and add some diversity. It's just a question of finding funds and in what order I acquire them.

I think I'll sell the hulk and po chrono as they don't get any wrist time.

I also really want a 16610lv and just picked up a gen blue insert so need another 5 digit to put that on.

I agree that it's useful having a timing function and I also strongly prefer having a date for work too.
 

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Awesome collection Nivka, very informative and great write up, as usual :) Thanks!

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that pam makes me itch to wear my pam 111 again.... i constantly find myself falling out and in love with pams.... like some drunk man in a motel
 

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Nice set there mate, I would suggest a few Tudors perhaps!


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Awesome collection Nivka, very informative and great write up, as usual :) Thanks!

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Thanks mate!

that pam makes me itch to wear my pam 111 again.... i constantly find myself falling out and in love with pams.... like some drunk man in a motel

I'm the same. Love the look of them, but can go a few weeks without wearing one. Then I fall in love again and wear it nonstop for a spell.

Nice set there mate, I would suggest a few Tudors perhaps!

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Fair call. I need a model with the date though i rarely end up wearing it
 

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mate I love the collection... but build a franken! They're so much fun.

Notice I said BUILD a franken. Frankens mean so much more when you buy the parts yourself and have it built rather than just buying a watch whole.
 

Nivka

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mate I love the collection... but build a franken! They're so much fun.

Notice I said BUILD a franken. Frankens mean so much more when you buy the parts yourself and have it built rather than just buying a watch whole.

I'd love to, but it'll have to wait until next year when I've got a bit more income. Any particular suggested models to franken?
 

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@Nivka i usually just wait at m2m and shamelessly beg people to part away their frankens :rofl:

despite that, not looking to add anymore pieces to my collection :) my wrist is happy with the current ones now
 

Nivka

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@Nivka i usually just wait at m2m and shamelessly beg people to part away their frankens :rofl:

despite that, not looking to add anymore pieces to my collection :) my wrist is happy with the current ones now

That'll be me too as soon as I get a proper income next year =)
 

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I'd love to, but it'll have to wait until next year when I've got a bit more income. Any particular suggested models to franken?

A good first franken is the Omega Seamaster 2531.80
Parts are cheaper and more readily available than all the other brands and there's a lot of experts/guides on here
My first franken was a Seamaster
 

Nivka

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A good first franken is the Omega Seamaster 2531.80
Parts are cheaper and more readily available than all the other brands and there's a lot of experts/guides on here
My first franken was a Seamaster

Thank you. The blue would add a bit of colour to my somewhat monochrome collection. I'll have a look at what goes into it
 

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Just came across this thread my friend.
Fantastic collection & great thread too. I love them all! [emoji122][emoji106]

Also,
While we are being honest, I've always though that speedy was Gen. Can't believe it slipped by me. Lol! Great piece!

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Nivka

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Just came across this thread my friend.
Fantastic collection & great thread too. I love them all! [emoji122][emoji106]

Also,
While we are being honest, I've always though that speedy was Gen. Can't believe it slipped by me. Lol! Great piece!

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Haha. Thanks bud. Just the crystal is gen on the FOIS. It's written in the stars I'll have a gen speedy soon enough :)
 

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Nice collection there bro! I'm in melbourne too. I've also got a TC Sub V7. Here's my much worse collection but I am happy with it.
 

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Congratulations on your new acquisition - the AP 15400! Also, many thanks for providing the useful links!

Just a few questions, since this could be my next watch:
- what made you choose SS over RG?
- what made you choose a black dial over the more popular blue dial (especially on SS with steel bracelet)?

- a few things that jumped out, just casually looking at it:
- Dent in bezel at 11 o'clock
- upper plate on dial (the one that says Audemars Piguet) is too wide - space next to words is too big
- lower plate on dial (the one that says Automatic) is too wide - space next to words is too big
and the word "Automatic" sits too low.
- AP logo - is it the photo or did it fall off?

This made me look closely at the watch in the JF vs gen post - same flaws (except the AP logo)
Are those noticeable with the eye (especially the lower sitting word "automatic" or are those micro millimetre flaws?

Regards
 

Nivka

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Congratulations on your new acquisition - the AP 15400! Also, many thanks for providing the useful links!

Just a few questions, since this could be my next watch:
- what made you choose SS over RG?
- what made you choose a black dial over the more popular blue dial (especially on SS with steel bracelet)?

- a few things that jumped out, just casually looking at it:
- Dent in bezel at 11 o'clock
- upper plate on dial (the one that says Audemars Piguet) is too wide - space next to words is too big
- lower plate on dial (the one that says Automatic) is too wide - space next to words is too big
and the word "Automatic" sits too low.
- AP logo - is it the photo or did it fall off?

This made me look closely at the watch in the JF vs gen post - same flaws (except the AP logo)
Are those noticeable with the eye (especially the lower sitting word "automatic" or are those micro millimetre flaws?

Regards

Thanks mate.

I chose SS over rg because I generally avoid plated PM reps. I was very tempted by the blue dial, but thought it would be too similar to my nautilus. In retrospect I could have got blue and would have loved it but the black is great too.

There's no bezel dent and the ap logo is still there: it was just the light
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The other flaws you mentioned don't bother me in the slightest. I appreciate it as a beautiful watch in its own right rather than an exact replica of the gen. I don't think I could tolerate this hobby without that ethos!