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In Depth Review - AP ROO Diver JF "v9.5"

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I don’t know guys.
I have the ap diver v9.5, it’s my daily beater.
even been to an ap boutique with it, and other boutiques (patek/rolex etc.)
only comment from the staff was how lovely it looks.
many heavy gen collectors saw the watch/ held it in there hands. Only got compliments or other opinions.

As far as I’m concerned this a 100% safe rep, at least for me and my surroundings. But those are just my 2 cents

again don’t want to trigger anyone, that’s just my experience with it so far.

Love it such a great daily beater!
 
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donpepe said:
I don’t know guys.
I have the ap diver v9.5, it’s my daily beater.
even been to an ap boutique with it, and other boutiques (patek/rolex etc.)
only comment from the staff was how lovely it looks.
many heavy gen collectors saw the watch/ held it in there hands. Only got compliments or other opinions.

As far as I’m concerned this a 100% safe rep, at least for me and my surroundings. But those are just my 2 cents

again don’t want to trigger anyone, that’s just my experience with it so far.

Love it such a great daily beater!
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JF v9.5 very far from perfection, I try convenience my self but decided to wait for ZF , JF strange maker in Rep industry .


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Repworld said:
JF v9.5 very far from perfection, I try convenience my self but decided to wait for ZF , JF strange maker in Rep industry .


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None of the AP reps will ever be perfect. But you can get good watches which are believable on the wrists in real life. And please forget about case back engravings. Nobody will see them in public except the owner and the owner already knows better than anyone that his watch is a rep.


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Agree, this happens to be one that JF did pretty well after 10 or so iterations. The ghost lines on inner bezel markings that were seen on one members recent QC suggest that JF has been trying to close the gap on future competitors. It will be interesting to see how ZF tries to improve on "V9.6", and if it can be done without introducing too many more issues.
 
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Repworld Buddy, just for my Information. Is the rep ZF is working on the one with the seethrough case Back? Because if so it will never ever be a super rep.

If they are replicating the 15703 they habe got my attention. Also, will you Think it will be superior to the JF in terms if buildqualitiy. Becaus that is where jf is shining atm i would say.

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Repworld Buddy, just for my Information. Is the rep ZF is working on the one with the seethrough case Back? Because if so it will never ever be a super rep.

If they are replicating the 15703 they habe got my attention. Also, will you Think it will be superior to the JF in terms of buildqualitiy. Becaus that is where jf is shining atm i would say.

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timmywatch said:
Repworld Buddy, just for my Information. Is the rep ZF is working on the one with the seethrough case Back? Because if so it will never ever be a super rep.

If they are replicating the 15703 they habe got my attention. Also, will you Think it will be superior to the JF in terms if buildqualitiy. Becaus that is where jf is shining atm i would say.
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ZF is working on both references according to various posts in the past. The first comparison picture of the dials showed the 15710 - as the dive scale is the same to the 15703 you can't say the it was from a particular reference of both.

Maybe kobe24 can chime in and tell us something about this future release.

Regarding the build quality - it is hard to predict something so subjective without anything as a reference for a judgement. They never build an Offshore before and an assumption about the build quality based on their recently released 15400 wouldn't be accurate as they are different watches of course.

In conclusion you can say that there were minor QC issues on some watches by ZF in the past - which can be fixed most of the time. Otherwise their watches always came out nicely with a beautiful attention to details even though the accuracy in some aspects may not always be perfect - but that is something you can say about any rep and depends on your personal preference or standard.

Let's be patient and see what pictures, comparisons and reviews will tell us before we end up with wild assumptions, predictions and wishes like so often.

To end this comment - it took JF more than 9 attempts to come to the level of finish/quality/gen-likeness that the current V9.5 15703 has got.
And yet there is room for improvement that doesn't require a complete change of the production process that would result in higher costs etc. - just refinements in various aspects.
 
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Both Open and close case back coming from ZF , ZF look great dial compare to genuine , correct thickness, I’m not sure if they print DW same Gen ,cyclops no idea rubber moving like v9.5 not sure !!! , 15703 Not very hard like 15400 toy Replica , I asked Kobe it’s H model DW font it’s JF killer !


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Kobe must give us some pics comparison, rubber case back crowns DW side by side ..


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I just received a like new JF 9.5, upgraded with double AR crystal, after owning a best-at-the-time Noob version several years back (3.5 maybe?).

First impressions are good. Caseback is a non-issue as far as I’m concerned. I will however echo 2 points related to the strap; first, the lug holes are indeed too close to the edges (obviously not noticeable on the wrist but if it’s the kind of thing you’re OCD about, you’ll notice), and second the rubber is way too soft… although for some this may be a plus. It’s comfortable just doesn’t feel as high quality.
 
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hahamen said:
I assume you’re chinese and you understand chinese, but you do know that that guy in the video mentioned the one at the left is not genuine?


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It’s genuine yes


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