The AP questions thread (All the questions you want to ask about AP but were afraid to)

[AlphaProt]

Short for "Acute Pain".

Ass Pain ?

Lol you two.

 

[grillbrill]

What is an AP?

Audemars Piqué?

 

[g00n]

Audemars Piqué?

Someone say Pique?

 

[W47chl0v3r]

Ask AI chat

 

[grillbrill]

Ask AI chat

AI has spoken.

 

[grillbrill]

This would be immensely helpful, thank you and please.

Here are some pics for your reference:

 

[legend]

Here are some pics for your reference:

That’s incredibly helpful of you S.

 

[eBoy]

Audemars Piqué?

That's my favorite brand... Along with Dev Patel Phillipe.

 

[dmxzorq]

How to regulate 4302 movement?
My brother got his rep but it goes +12s/day on witschi 1000 timegrapher.
What should I move to make it slower/faster?

 

[kidcreole]

How do you guys validate gen 15400 dials? I look at the Swiss Made placement. By that crude approach this is fake. The new rep dials these days are very good so I need some better skills. Any tips appreciated.

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[grillbrill]

How to regulate 4302 movement?
My brother got his rep but it goes +12s/day on witschi 1000 timegrapher.
What should I move to make it slower/faster?

I wouldn't touch the watch until I didn't check its accuracy on my brother's wrist.

 

[SuperLory]

are you guys all shinkatsen captains whose life rely on perfect accuracy ? cos 12 secs a day c'mon really..

 

[g00n]

are you guys all shinkatsen captains whose life rely on perfect accuracy ? cos 12 secs a day c'mon really..

Had to google Shinkatsen

 

[grillbrill]

Had to google Shinkatsen

Haha, even "silly" ChatGTP didn't misunderstand

 

[j21]

How do you guys validate gen 15400 dials? I look at the Swiss Made placement. By that crude approach this is fake. The new rep dials these days are very good so I need some better skills. Any tips appreciated.

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This set is genuine, and its sold already

Rep royal oak dials are not very good yet unfortunately
Clean datejust-sub dials are very good, or zf vc 4500 are very good, just quick examples that came to my mind

 

[grillbrill]

How do you guys validate gen 15400 dials? I look at the Swiss Made placement. By that crude approach this is fake. The new rep dials these days are very good so I need some better skills. Any tips appreciated.

Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Selfwinding 15400ST.OO.1220ST.03 | Ref. 15400ST.OO.1220ST.03 Watches on Chrono24

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Be aware because custom rep dials can imitate some (not all, ofc) characteristics of gen counterparts. I'm not an expert but I can advise you to inspect the sunburst, the color dynamics, the tapisserie pattern, the printing quality, the hour markers (eg. their shape and the width of their lume part). The dial color itself can sometimes be misleading due to the photography.

 

[dmxzorq]

are you guys all shinkatsen captains whose life rely on perfect accuracy ? cos 12 secs a day c'mon really..

My 15500 v3 goes +1/day.

+12/days is few minutes / month.
It should be slowed down a little.

 

[Stuzzy]

Can anyone identify this diver? It‘s a beautiful piece and I like it a lot but since it doesn‘t have the serif date wheel (and not a H serial) I guess it might not a JF V9.5 as advertised? Just want to know what exactly I have. Thanks a lot!

Edit: maybe a JF v7? V9? ZF? It seems to have an a-eta inside.

 

[legend]

Can anyone identify this diver? It‘s a beautiful piece and I like it a lot but since it doesn‘t have the serif date wheel (and not a H serial) I guess it might not a JF V9.5 as advertised? Just want to know what exactly I have. Thanks a lot!

Edit: maybe a JF v7? V9? ZF? It seems to have an a-eta inside.

Caseback series on a rep does not matter, it’s arbitrary as you know. I would say a v7 or v9 going by the datewheel. Whichever one it is before the datewheel font was updated to the horrible over-serifed font. The watch just needs the datewheel and dive bezel updated to the v10 or whatever they have now and it’ll be good visually.

 

[SuperLory]

The watch just needs to be sold and replaced with one with the datewheel and dive bezel updated to the v10 or whatever they have now and it’ll be good visually.

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