Hey guys, so I recently received the PPF Nautilus 5711 V4 in the blue dial and I thought I would be cool to do a photo comparison and review with the XF AP Royal Oak Jumbo 15202. These are two watches that have always fascinated me, but that up until recently we didn´t have great quality reps. I am happy to say that we do now! These are two fantastic watches on their own right. I am not going to go into comparing them with their gen versions, as that has been extensively commented upon in their respecting threads. Instead, I would like to describe how they look and wear in normal life.
So on with the pictures:
The dials are very well made. The AP has the petit tappiserie that has a great texture. The print on the dial is crisp and very legible (unlike the JF version), and the hour markers are well centered. The DW is flawaless in my eyes. Two flaws: The hands and hour marker have a different tone of lume, and the blue dial color is nice but sort of flat. The PP Nautilus is a thing of beauty... The light sunburst, the gradient of the blue colored dial make for a georgeous sight everytime you look at it. The hands and hour markers are well centered and in the same tone of lume. The Date display and DW are centered and well-proportioned, with crisp numbers even under a loupe.
The movements are nicely finished on both watches. The AP has a very detailed rotor that is the main display tbh, as the rest of the movement is not really decorated (but that is similar to gen). The PP has a much more detailed movement, as the guys in PPF have improved upon the finishing of their mvnt in their previous versions. The engraving is crisp, well colored, no distortions or misspellings. Both movements look great, and the only way that someone is going to doubt they are real is if they are: A) A watchmaker or B) Have the gen side by side (as seen in this Youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faTFFSsOJ7o).
The AP wears super slim. It is 8.5 mm on my digital calipers. It's light, shinny, and looks stunning. It is by far the watch that gets the most complements in my collection, because even though it is brushed-finished, it has straight facets in every surface so it reflects a lot of light. The one downside is that the crown does stick out a bit, and can bother ur wrist if you bend it a lot. The clasp works very well and is easy to shut close and open.
The PP is also super slim. Also 8.5 mm on my digital calipers. It has a mixed-finished bracelet with polished center links and brushed side links. However it is more discrete than the AP because it has a rounded-finished facets and doesn't reflect the light as much. The case fits very well, and is very comfortable, no hair pinching or brussed wrists. However, the clasp is absolutely-utterly impossible to open! It take the force of your whole hand pulling as hard as you can to open it. Maybe this will become easier to open with some daily wear, but I much prefer the AP clasp. Even with this... out of the two the PP is the more confortable watch to wear everyday IMOH.
So that's it guys! Tell me what you think about these watches! They are both great, totally worth their price and in all honesty I can't see how the gens would be worth the 50,000+USD difference. There is a new watch that I think would be worth including in a review like this, which is the XF VC Overseas 2000V. If anybody has pictures and would like to share it would be appreciated! Hopefully I can include it in the collection in the future. Also, if you know of any other watches with this profile: Slim - SS - Integrated bracelet, please let me know so we can take a look at them
Cheers!
So on with the pictures:
The dials are very well made. The AP has the petit tappiserie that has a great texture. The print on the dial is crisp and very legible (unlike the JF version), and the hour markers are well centered. The DW is flawaless in my eyes. Two flaws: The hands and hour marker have a different tone of lume, and the blue dial color is nice but sort of flat. The PP Nautilus is a thing of beauty... The light sunburst, the gradient of the blue colored dial make for a georgeous sight everytime you look at it. The hands and hour markers are well centered and in the same tone of lume. The Date display and DW are centered and well-proportioned, with crisp numbers even under a loupe.
The movements are nicely finished on both watches. The AP has a very detailed rotor that is the main display tbh, as the rest of the movement is not really decorated (but that is similar to gen). The PP has a much more detailed movement, as the guys in PPF have improved upon the finishing of their mvnt in their previous versions. The engraving is crisp, well colored, no distortions or misspellings. Both movements look great, and the only way that someone is going to doubt they are real is if they are: A) A watchmaker or B) Have the gen side by side (as seen in this Youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faTFFSsOJ7o).
The AP wears super slim. It is 8.5 mm on my digital calipers. It's light, shinny, and looks stunning. It is by far the watch that gets the most complements in my collection, because even though it is brushed-finished, it has straight facets in every surface so it reflects a lot of light. The one downside is that the crown does stick out a bit, and can bother ur wrist if you bend it a lot. The clasp works very well and is easy to shut close and open.
The PP is also super slim. Also 8.5 mm on my digital calipers. It has a mixed-finished bracelet with polished center links and brushed side links. However it is more discrete than the AP because it has a rounded-finished facets and doesn't reflect the light as much. The case fits very well, and is very comfortable, no hair pinching or brussed wrists. However, the clasp is absolutely-utterly impossible to open! It take the force of your whole hand pulling as hard as you can to open it. Maybe this will become easier to open with some daily wear, but I much prefer the AP clasp. Even with this... out of the two the PP is the more confortable watch to wear everyday IMOH.
So that's it guys! Tell me what you think about these watches! They are both great, totally worth their price and in all honesty I can't see how the gens would be worth the 50,000+USD difference. There is a new watch that I think would be worth including in a review like this, which is the XF VC Overseas 2000V. If anybody has pictures and would like to share it would be appreciated! Hopefully I can include it in the collection in the future. Also, if you know of any other watches with this profile: Slim - SS - Integrated bracelet, please let me know so we can take a look at them
Cheers!
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