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Good day members, Here’s my honest and transparent review of our very own AP guru and RWG crew member Legend! I’ll keep this a short and to the point as possible. I’ve never been an AP guy and my eye has always been towards Rollie’s and PAM’s until.......BAM! The release of the AP forged carbon and ceramic rep models. I was reluctant to purchase any AP as the price does not match my profession alas we’ve all had or seen this discussion on the forums. I fought the urge for a few years, yes a few years until recently I found out the Noob V4(supposedly the most accurate)was discontinued by the factory and only available for purchase M2M. I found one for sale on RWG and the journey began. Once I received the watch I simply could not take it off my wrist! It was the most comfortable and light watch I’ve ever worn! The stealthy black carbon case with splash of yellow is just plain sexy and screams renaissance man! Then tragedy struck! The deco rotor plate broke☹️ I replaced it but found the screws were stripped from previous owner and the movement was shot![emoji33][emoji37] So my dilemma was to find a forum Watchsmith that would work on AP’s. In comes Legend! After researching all forums I found his specialty was modding APs to gen like status. Contacting Legend was a breeze and communication is very easy, concise, and to the point! He explains in detail very well. Off I ship my watch overseas and the wait begins. Legend evaluated my watch and gave my a complete breakdown estimate of work needed and optional mods. To be completely honest I was surprised by his prices and thought they were on the expensive end but after his explanation and reviewing the going prices of a Legend modded AP FC Diver M2M I realized his work is “Legendary” and as always you get what you pay for! Legend was very honest in his assessment of my watch and what he thought I truly needed and didn’t need. I opted for the case polishing(bring out carbon pattern per gen), Omega datewheel(better font), rebuild of the A2824(dirty and to much oil), screws polished and rethreaded, and pressure testing. Legend takes great pride in his craft and wanted to make sure I was truly satisfied with the final results of my AP FC Diver. My Diver before Legend mod I received my watch back after a little over two weeks from Singapore. Legend does pay return ship and offers a six month movement warranty. All I could say was WHOA!!!! The watch is gorgeous and his rebuilt A2824 runs like a dream! Well over 42 hours power reserve, though I haven’t timed it. After Legend mod! Off into the sunset with my Legend modded AP! So much for the short review! My final take on Legend’s work. He is a master of his craft and takes great pride in his work along with customer satisfaction however be prepared to spend cash but the end result is well worth the price of admission! Enjoy to the max! Blessings, Indy Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

You and me both mate. This place is where it's at my friend.

This forum the user seem more mature and polite and have a life. See more gens here. I know anyone can finance a gen but not multiple gens. Welcome Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using Tapatalk

Wore this last night, first time in a long while. One of those watches you never sell. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Who is bashing? we are all free to do as we please and how and what we find right for us!. You began a thread about "any barefooted walker around here?" And we are all having our say! Relax!!

After last weeks experience, ""N O, NEVER AGAIN !!" I rarely ever walk barefooted unless at the beach or in extreme circumstances where I am forced to. Last week, I went from my front door of the house to the car on the road to pick up our shoe box as we had gone to the pool. I felt like I had stepped on a pebble which I could handle, but after showering I felt as if I had instead stepped on a nail. I kept ignoring it as I thought that I was think about it too much. Come bed time I could not put the palm of my foot flat down. Next morning, I could not walk and had severe swelling under my foot. Went into my clinic and GP sent me directly to hospital. Cutting a long story short,I had the doctor us a scalpel to remove that area removed from under my foot.after a few days of strong antibiotics! Hours later, he came in and showed me that a very fine shard of glass had been trapped there. I am still on strong antibiotics As I write here. Good for you!????Maybe for you, but as far as I am concerned I prefer to live in a civilised world. Why stop at walking in bare feet???? Stop wearing clothes, stop showering, tell the Mrs to stop shaving her legs and armpits, stop washing the dishes and eat out of the same dishes every day. That might also be good for you!!!LOL!!

Yes at certain price point you might as well go gen and most modders know they are are over building but they are striving for perfection. On the other side what are these "gen" vintage Rolex going for 20-25 some 50 K or more and how "gen" are they in some cases . So now if it cost you 3k to build a vintage that is selling for 20 30 k 10% of cost if you buy a good rep for $500 of a 5k watch same same, if you have the pockets no big deal.

Been a while. Here is my new to me 1675 that I acquired from Mike ...The one he claimed he would never sell haha Thanks again Mike! Sead 1675 worked case with PCG , drilled / beveled lugs Clark crystal w/ Clark Bezel Assembly with faded insert Vietnam OCC Dial relumed with matching hands Raffles gmt hand raffles case back with aged caseback decal rep folded oyster Having the pcg and occ dial would make this a rare bird in Vintage Rolex Circles....with this combination it would be of the very early production being build in 1959 to 1960 . I have only seen a handful of "gen " examples online

I think it’s great. It’s been a few weeks now and I still struggle to navigate it. Not to good with my phone but I just join in where I can and like looking at the pieces everyone turns out

Yeah but you're sorta, well, different...

You guys are nuts! LOL But then again everyone has seen my fuschia bathing suit so I can't talk.