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AP 15202 ZF - New Release?

jkrw247

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How could this be a new release? Hasn't ZF always made the 15202?
 

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Guys, anyone knows the difference between V1 and V2 zf 15202? Is it just the movement decorations?
 

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I feel like its the same song and dance with ZF...APSF comes out the the models and clone movements and a bit after, there is a "ZF" release of the same models. Whats the deal with ZF?
 

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I feel like its the same song and dance with ZF...APSF comes out the the models and clone movements and a bit after, there is a "ZF" release of the same models. Whats the deal with ZF?
You mixed up 15202 with 15450.
 
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When APS releases their own 15202, then we can expect ZF to give us a new version.
With the recent stealth updates to the 15450, 15400 and 15500 dials, my hope is a 15202 with no pizza hands and a updated dial. Bonus if they figure out a instant date without making it thicker.
 
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With the recent stealth updates to the 15450, 15400 and 15500 dials, my hope is a 15202 with no pizza hands and a updated dial. Bonus if they figure out a instant date without making it thicker.
Then they have to use another movement. The 9015´s canon pinion is maybe too thick for a proper hand base.
The 15202 is very thin, so I guess it´s not that easy to develop a proper "new" movement. Otherwise APS or ZF would have offered such a solution already. It's not as if they don't recognize the problem. It's just that they simply don't have a suitable solution.
 
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Then they have to use another movement. The 9015´s canon pinion is too thick for a proper hand base.
The 15202 is very thin, so I guess it´s not that easy to develop a proper "new" movement. Otherwise APS or ZF would have offered such a solution already. It's not as if they don't recognize the problem. It's just that they simply don't have a suitable solution.
But XF had the same Miyota based movement and hand base was noticeably thinner, I mean it still was thicker than gen but looked so much better than ZFs massive Italian pie bonanza.