Guys, if you have been around reps for a while, you can see the trend. Last summer, most reps were selling in the $250 range with clone movements and in the $300's with "swiss" movements and A7750's. Prices have skyrocketed. Look at the V6 Nautilus for example. Last year at this time it was selling for $368 with a selllita movement, now selling the same watch with a sellita movement is selling for close to $500 and they are selling the watch with a generic rotor and clone movement for $368. Obviously, the market is changing. Welcome to the new reality of repdom. :thinking:
With respect to Angus' 15400, I think $438 might be a fair price that many people will pay if the quality and accuracy is there (and I hope it will be). That said, I would personally have a hard timepaying $438 for the Angus Version based on the video and samples we have seen--not when you can buy the BP version from from Ryan for $368 and a couple of other TD's are probably going to offer it for $358.
As you can probably guess, I am pretty passionate about the Royal Oak. I held off on the BP Ultimate 15300, because the rotor bothered me and BP's first 15400 was a hot mess. I am very happy with my BP 15400. The BP 15400 may have a few flaws here and there, but the flaws are relatively minor IMO and it looks and feels like an expensive watch. Put it this way, if I were in a meeting sitting across from someone in a conference room and he was wearing a suit and my BP 15400, there is no way I could tell that it was a rep and I would like to think I know a little about this watch. For me, the BP 15400 was money well spent--but if something even better came along and was in the same price range, I might consider an upgrade.
Anyway, I am wearing the BP 15400 today, so here's a wristy: