AP Royal Oak 15400 Gen vs. Rep (Miyota) Comparison

[CrazyOCD.RepWearer]

+Rep points for you. Great thread! Thank you so much for putting this together. This would have been extremely helpful when I was picking up my 15400 Miyota.

 

[electick]

Awesome review.. really informative on the grande tapisserie between gen & rep!!

 

[ashu2289]

wow...great review n comparison mate
hope you enjoy your 15400 just as much as we enjoyed this review!!!

 

[thedoover]

Im not an AP guy, but I dont pass up a quality side-by-side review when one comes up and this is quality. The points about the hour markers, hands and bezel screws were my takeaways for spotting a gen v rep.

Great work.

 

[gashers82]

I'm really happy all you guys are enjoying this thread. And a special thank you to everyone that have given me rep points.

 

[schumi]

Great write up
This should be a sticky

 

[jasonbaylee]

1st of all, kudos to klockis & gashers for these great researches & hard works, let alone the precious time!

2 thumbs Up!!!

Great effort, bro
Thx for sharing.... Fingers crossed for the next 15400 from JF.
One thing I'm pretty sure, the quality will be Gen-spec and the bezel's screws issues will finally be fixed

+1000,000


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[adamweby]

great review. hoping we can get a updated rep soon. fingers crossed for a j12 version.

 

[air228]

Awesome review... The bezel screws really bothering me now...

 

[gashers82]

Awesome review... The bezel screws really bothering me now... ??

Haha, sorry about that buddy

 

[DreambreaX]

question:

Which one is more accurate,. the black miyota or silver miyota?

 

[Daisbuys]

Great review mate, just awesome!

if anyone is now finding their annoying bezel screws an irritation please feel free to sell me yours....especially if your in the UK

 

[watch_freak]

I also didn't like the quality of the bezel & some of the original screws so I ordered extra bezels and screws hoping they have better fit and appearance.

 

[ALTL]

Excellent review and comparison. I bought my 15400 white dial and a twin for my wife based on Klockis reviews and couldn't be happier. I visited an AD and checked out the 15400 with the grey dial, the only one they had, and had doubts about buying the white one. After receiving my rep I can say it looks stunning in white. Visited the AD again, without my rep of course, and got to check out the white dial version. I must say that without doing a side by side comparison I can't tell the difference, may be my eyesight is not that good... IMHO it is an excellent rep. If anything I find the lume weak. I have a PAM 089 rep and it's OEM lume is fantastic. Again thanks for your review and for helping us newbies make informed choices in buying.

 

[danielv2000]

Well done. From across the table, no one can tell it's a rep.

 

[Jem93]

Great comparison, i will recive the same in a few days, but i have a question: is it possible to make custom Bezel Screws???? i think the only real defect are the ?Bezel Screws...

 

[gashers82]

Great comparison, i will recive the same in a few days, but i have a question: is it possible to make custom Bezel Screws???? i think the only real defect are the ?Bezel Screws...

Anything is possible. Mikey over on RG created titanium H screws for the Hublot Big Bang and others have created countless other custom parts.

As well as getting the correct design, you need to take in to consideration finding someone to manufacture them and the Quantity required for reasonable costing

 

[Garuda]

look like the holes for the bezel screws is too large so even if you remake the bezel screws it will look badly fit. if you make the screws large to fit the cut out then its easy to tell the screws are bigger than gen

 

[gashers82]

Yes the holes are bigger. I think it was slaughterer62 who talked about sanding/polishing the existing screws flat. Even that would give a better finish (in my opinion), instead of the slightly curved edges.

 

[jd01449]

Fantastic review!