New AP 26240 with 4401 Super Clone movement is coming

[DerpyOfficer]

The alignment of the indices is one of the aspects of this first batch that are bothering me. Were they easy enough to reposition with just the bezel/xtal removed and dial still attached? What type of tool did you use to twist them without damaging the plating?

I have some soft pegwood tipped watchmaker tweezers that prevented scratching of the indices. And while it was pretty straightforward I wouldn't recommend doing it yourself. It's overall better to remove the dial from the watch for any adjustments. In addition the dial is technically free floating on the movement, and is only held securely down by the octagon bezels inner ring when the case is secured up. So while the bezel is off the dial can move around against the hands potentially.

 

[ExtraExtra]

Yes I definitely think so. The same modification made for the gen to turn one caliber into another can be done for the rep. They are based on the same movement.

This is encouraging. We could likely see ROO superclones sometime this year.

 

[Woundup]

I have some soft pegwood tipped watchmaker tweezers that prevented scratching of the indices. And while it was pretty straightforward I wouldn't recommend doing it yourself. It's overall better to remove the dial from the watch for any adjustments. In addition the dial is technically free floating on the movement, and is only held securely down by the octagon bezels inner ring when the case is secured up. So while the bezel is off the dial can move around against the hands potentially.

Great info - thank you. Good reason to add another tool to the box. I saw a set of delrin tweezers with a variety of tip shapes which should be perfect.

 

[PsychoTee16]

Great info - thank you. Good reason to add another tool to the box. I saw a set of delrin tweezers with a variety of tip shapes which should be perfect.

I would remove the dial and hands.

Remove the indexes and fix them. I don’t see how it would be safe to try and push them around on the dial. Plus you may break the bond and they fall off down the road.

And some of those are secured by two posts, so you can’t move them.

 

[Db9s]

No one has received their blue? and No TD has stocked up on the blue as of yet?

 

[MYHABIT89]

Already flaws https://www.reddit.com/r/RepTime/s/2O8zQ6yPZE

 

[SOLEX]

No one has received their blue? and No TD has stocked up on the blue as of yet?

I am slightly hesitant atm, but dealer did tell me they can get it within 5 days or so if I wanted to pull the trigger

 

[DerpyOfficer]

I would remove the dial and hands.

Remove the indexes and fix them. I don’t see how it would be safe to try and push them around on the dial. Plus you may break the bond and they fall off down the road.

And some of those are secured by two posts, so you can’t move them.

Listen to him not me, me janky, him professional.

 

[TessFR]

Bonne année

 

[Reaps]

Already flaws https://www.reddit.com/r/RepTime/s/2O8zQ6yPZE

Meh not that big of a deal. Epoxy it back on

 

[CutePinkKitty]

MAny thanks... I just try but it seems to need to be forced.. is it easy? do I need to Strat to push by the small hole first? Many thanks again and HNY

You need a hammer and pin for watches..... they are cheap.

 

[CutePinkKitty]

Meh not that big of a deal. Epoxy it back on

So it's like a cap looks like, when people receive theirs, they should just pluck tha caps off the buttons and epoxy it right away...
same with blue locktite the screws.

 

[Tobel]

Not many pics of the stainless steel version. Anyone cares to share?

 

[MYHABIT89]

So it's like a cap looks like, when people receive theirs, they should just pluck tha caps off the buttons and epoxy it right away...
same with blue locktite the screws.

Gotta wait for v3 then lol

 

[Bobson-Dugnutt]

No one has received their blue? and No TD has stocked up on the blue as of yet?

I have been inquiring about the green dial. One TD told me he was expecting to get stock this week (contacted them in mid-december). A different dealer I talked to two days ago told me that the factory is out of stock till after the new year.

 

[LeBron]

First one to get it in hand I believe

I’ll buy if you wanna sell

 

[legend]

I’ll buy if you wanna sell

Maybe you can consider buying the APSF one instead. It’s a lot more price friendly.

 

[CutePinkKitty]

I have been inquiring about the green dial. One TD told me he was expecting to get stock this week (contacted them in mid-december). A different dealer I talked to two days ago told me that the factory is out of stock till after the new year.

They better fix the stupid rotor font and epoxy the button caps better in their next V2 batch after February.

 

[jm_brc_7057]

Bonne année

Buddy this looks great on your wrist! What size is your wrist. Let me guess, 16.5-17cm? It seems perfect to me.
Wear in good health.

 

[beneton]

I asked about the pins to be, as Variato said, better safe than sorry. I didn’t have the watch in hand to actually look so figured I’d ask since he clearly resized the bracelet already. It’s always nice to hear from the community when it comes to new watches.

Once I got home to see the watch in person it is fairly obvious which side to push, but again, more information is generally better!

The rotor isn’t noisy on mine, granted, I’ve only worn it for a few minutes. When I get done with work later I’ll take pictures and report back!

Sharing a view of the pins and the links.
The circumference of my wrist is 16cm, just above the wrist joint bone - I removed all the links from the bracelet to get it fit.
The pins are easy to remove with a tool like Bergeron 7230.