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Hello,
I just wrote a wall of text but somehow I accidentaly pressed ESC and removed it all. So now I'm writing a bit shorter.
I bought my first rep watch "AP JF V5 15400 (Blue dial)" from puretime
Im happy with the watch overall, its a 450$ copy of a 20-30k$ watch. You cant expect perfection - or - can you?
First of all, whats good with the watch?
- The case, bracelet, clasp, hour markers and hands. They are "close enough" to gen now with the V5. And also the AP logo on the dial is great.
What can be made better? And also, why I think it wont be made better in a long time. Sadly.
The paint job on the dial. Everything is quite bad here except the blue coloring.
1. The white markers are to faint.
2. The "Swiss made" is to faint, especially the "e".
3. The "Audemars Piguet" and "automatic" is to narrow compared to gen. Please see attached picture! (The 2 upper is my rep in different lightning, the 2 lower is gens)
What is strange, is that if you compare this picture with gen: https://puretime.io/media/catalog/pr...9030103-02.jpg
Its actually a little thicker "Audemars Piguet" & "Automatic" text, more like the gen. But not on the QC pictures or the actual watch? I guess the paint job can differ from watch to watch.
What is okay, but still needs some work?
1. The AP logo on the clasp could be even better. Its good enough now but everything can be improved
2. The Rotor engravings!
3. The crystal could be clearer. Dont get me wrong, the crystal its one of the best reps but its not as good as the gen.
So, if the biggest issues is merely paint jobs on the dial, why isnt it being fixed?
Its not a matter of cost or technology. I'll give you a thought. Lets say JF or OMF released a perfectly good dial and a perfectly good copy of a real AP 15400. What would happen?
- Everyone would buy the watch and be happy. And then, no one would buy another watch.
Why? Because everyone already has a perfect watch. Its that simple.
So what do they do instead?
They release 1 or 2 updates per version. Just like the phone companies Iphone, Samsung and Huawei.To keep the customer purchases flowing and make more money.
I'm not here to bash them for it or say that I dont understand them. Becasue I do. But its sad for us customers.
My personal opinion is that I'd rather pay 1000$ for a perfectly good copy than 450$ for a copy that easily could have been better with a little change in the paintings. The paint job is not rocket science.
The OMF factory did a quite good job on the dial paintings minute markers and swiss made (with cheating plate for swiss made). As well as the rotor engravings which seems good. The "Audemars Piguet and Automatic" still to narrow and the rest of the watch, I'd say JF beats them on every part.
SUMMARY:
If JF could paint the minute markers and "Swiss made" better. And make the Audemars Piguet & Automatic thicker.
The watch would be almost perfect.
I hope you liked this post. Its my first Rep watch and First review. But definitely not my last ones!
I just wrote a wall of text but somehow I accidentaly pressed ESC and removed it all. So now I'm writing a bit shorter.
I bought my first rep watch "AP JF V5 15400 (Blue dial)" from puretime
Im happy with the watch overall, its a 450$ copy of a 20-30k$ watch. You cant expect perfection - or - can you?
First of all, whats good with the watch?
- The case, bracelet, clasp, hour markers and hands. They are "close enough" to gen now with the V5. And also the AP logo on the dial is great.
What can be made better? And also, why I think it wont be made better in a long time. Sadly.
The paint job on the dial. Everything is quite bad here except the blue coloring.
1. The white markers are to faint.
2. The "Swiss made" is to faint, especially the "e".
3. The "Audemars Piguet" and "automatic" is to narrow compared to gen. Please see attached picture! (The 2 upper is my rep in different lightning, the 2 lower is gens)
What is strange, is that if you compare this picture with gen: https://puretime.io/media/catalog/pr...9030103-02.jpg
Its actually a little thicker "Audemars Piguet" & "Automatic" text, more like the gen. But not on the QC pictures or the actual watch? I guess the paint job can differ from watch to watch.
What is okay, but still needs some work?
1. The AP logo on the clasp could be even better. Its good enough now but everything can be improved
2. The Rotor engravings!
3. The crystal could be clearer. Dont get me wrong, the crystal its one of the best reps but its not as good as the gen.
So, if the biggest issues is merely paint jobs on the dial, why isnt it being fixed?
Its not a matter of cost or technology. I'll give you a thought. Lets say JF or OMF released a perfectly good dial and a perfectly good copy of a real AP 15400. What would happen?
- Everyone would buy the watch and be happy. And then, no one would buy another watch.
Why? Because everyone already has a perfect watch. Its that simple.
So what do they do instead?
They release 1 or 2 updates per version. Just like the phone companies Iphone, Samsung and Huawei.To keep the customer purchases flowing and make more money.
I'm not here to bash them for it or say that I dont understand them. Becasue I do. But its sad for us customers.
My personal opinion is that I'd rather pay 1000$ for a perfectly good copy than 450$ for a copy that easily could have been better with a little change in the paintings. The paint job is not rocket science.
The OMF factory did a quite good job on the dial paintings minute markers and swiss made (with cheating plate for swiss made). As well as the rotor engravings which seems good. The "Audemars Piguet and Automatic" still to narrow and the rest of the watch, I'd say JF beats them on every part.
SUMMARY:
If JF could paint the minute markers and "Swiss made" better. And make the Audemars Piguet & Automatic thicker.
The watch would be almost perfect.
I hope you liked this post. Its my first Rep watch and First review. But definitely not my last ones!