Trying to pick out of these royal oaks. Not sure what flaws each may have. Pls advise based on your expert opinion. Looks wise I prefer the offshore or the ceramic but most important is to get one that isn't obviously a rep and close to gen
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Pls help me decide. I'm new to this
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I don't think you need to be an expert to figure this one out.
Obviously, the only way to 100% avoid getting called out is going gen...
It's the bottom one: The less complications, less fancy materials etc., the better, i.e. closest to gen you'll get, as a general rule of thumb. Now, if an AP RO ceramic 18K rose gold Skeleton moonphase Chronograph with triple doom meter and built-in espresso machine happens to be more gen-like than the plain 3-hand, I stand corrected. I'll let the AP experts decide...
Obviously, the only way to 100% avoid getting called out is going gen...
It's the bottom one: The less complications, less fancy materials etc., the better, i.e. closest to gen you'll get, as a general rule of thumb. Now, if an AP RO ceramic 18K rose gold Skeleton moonphase Chronograph with triple doom meter and built-in espresso machine happens to be more gen-like than the plain 3-hand, I stand corrected. I'll let the AP experts decide...
The 3rd on is pretty sick in person. My coworker has the THB skeleton just like that and it's pretty cool having the movement visible like that. But I would go with the last one. Like the other guy said, less complications the better with these. Especially when a gen is so vastly more expensive than most watches.
In my opinion when it comes to reps that are based off a 100k+ gen (e.g the Royal Oak Skeleton) the biggest tell will be the wearer.
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I don't think you need to be an expert to figure this one out.
Obviously, the only way to 100% avoid getting called out is going gen...
It's the bottom one: The less complications, less fancy materials etc., the better, i.e. closest to gen you'll get, as a general rule of thumb. Now, if an AP RO ceramic 18K rose gold Skeleton moonphase Chronograph with triple doom meter and built-in espresso machine happens to be more gen-like than the plain 3-hand, I stand corrected. I'll let the AP experts decide...
But then again, many here will tell you to not worry too much about gen-closeness and just wear what you enjoy.
Hi-end reps are on a high enough level to not be instant call-out material to the untrained eye. If you happen to run into someone like our legendary resident AP crack, Mr Legend, no rep could survive his keen observational/analytical skills upon close inspection anyway. So why not just wear whatever tickles your fancy and not worry about tells or flaws too much. At least, that's a sentiment you'll quite often hear on RWI.
Decisions are for kids, real man take'em all!Trying to pick out of these royal oaks. Not sure what flaws each may have. Pls advise based on your expert opinion. Looks wise I prefer the offshore or the ceramic but most important is to get one that isn't obviously a rep and close to gen
