APSF 15500 modded to 15510 50th Anniversary Dial and Rotor

[alvinado]

Mods done

1) APSF watch

2) re-bevelled for thicker beveling

3) rebrush to a finer grit

4) recessed bezel screw

5) DP blue anniversary dial

6) DP anniversary rotor

 

[alvinado]

Will post more photos along the way

 

[alvinado]

They have all these dials now

And the rotor

 

[dashindark]

Is it only me or the squares do look smaller than it should be?

 

[alvinado]

Edit: changed my mind about tappersierie being smaller then gen

I think these are the best in the market. Earlier there was a post on the MPF 15510 (Miyota) where members say the dial is spot on. However, those dials don't fit the 15500 cases and the date position is slightly off given that the base movement is Miyota.

It is way better than the APSF stock dials

Edit: I changed my mind about the square being smaller. Here is a gen 15510 for comparison . On the AP website it shows bigger squares , however looking through gen photos I realised the square are like 15400 rather the the 15500.

You make your own judgement.

 

[alvinado]

2 more I found on Chrono24

 

[QueTip]

the squares do look smaller than it should be?

They do.

 

[Ac1013]

This is the best on matket now. The only down side is that 15510 have different bracelet. It goes from thick to thin. Unlike the 15500. And they still dont have a CNC bracelet out for this yet

 

[VenzoGames]

Earlier there was a post on the MPF 15510 (Miyota) where members say the dial is spot on. However, those dials don't fit the 15500 cases and the date position is slightly off given that the base movement is Miyota.

Didn't he manage to retrofit the MPF dial on the 15500? It did seem to fit.

 

[VenzoGames]

Where can I source the DP dial & rotor? I can't seem to be able to source the MPF one...

A modder told me 500$ for DP. Seems a little hefty considering you can find meteorite with real meteorite at the same price. I might be missing something though.

 

[alvinado]

I am sure legend can source you one. Price direct from China is 300 USD. Modders will charge you more simply because they know the source of where to get it

 

[tinitonsi]

That’s an awesome build, my friend, enjoy it

 

[Fettekatze]

They do.

Yeah the tapisserie squares on these DP dials look considerably smaller than gen. Here's a compilation of real-life gen pics from chrono24:



Tapisserie on my MPF + ZF V2 swap:



To me, the DP dial squares look the most similar to the ZF 15400 (shown with completely matte ZF 15500 V1):



Correct, the MPF dial with the Miyota will not fit the ZF 15500 V3 case with clone movement, but considering the biggest flaw is the thicker bracelet, the movement inaccuracies (invisible when worn) are the least of my concerns. My dial is also seems more reddish-brown and sun-burstier than gen.

Theonewatches was the only dealer able to source the MPF watch. They're also the only site with the watches actually listed. Hont, Miro, and watch-vs were unable to get me the MPF watch. I did not bother asking for just the dial. In total it cost me a lot of wechat messages, more labor than expected, and about $40 in total shipping fees as I was luckily able to flip the remnant watch for the MPF list price.

Someone on reddit said they were planning on doing the same MPF swap as me with a blue dial. Maybe I'll check up in a couple weeks to see if QC came in. QC took 3 weeks for me. So far the only other MPF I've seen real evidence of is the green dial. The only real media of the blue dial I've found is the grainy youtube video.

 

[dashindark]

that whole DP thing is a ripoff

 

[Fettekatze]

Here's a comparison of all existing rep blue 15510 dials. Here's how I'd personally rank them:

Color (hardest to tell based on images/video):
1) DP (although on the dial-only images it looks too dark and overly saturated)
2) MPF (slightly too purple? hard to tell as this is the only real life shot of the blue dial)
3) ZF (too bright, blue overly saturated)

Tapisserie:
1) MPF
2) ZF (too small)
3) DP (way too small)

Sunburst/texture:
1) DP/MPF tie (a bit too much gloss, too much sunburst)
3) ZF (has that heavy plastic look that all ZFs have)

IMO ZF is by far the worst of the bunch. No improvement from their 15500 blue which has the same color/texture flaws. No rep seems to be able to replicate that anodized aluminum metallic finish that the gen has.