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Hi Keeper. Yoo-hoo it’s me again sir. Will need to remind you to keep out of the sales threads and also to minimize antagonistic comments which make others feel bad. The way I see it, you’re a sharp and acerbic guy and that means that you’re not short in any way in the brains department. I will like to ask you to consider exploring your wit capability more and see if you can use them to make your posts popular and well-liked instead of report-prone ones. Right one every third report I get is about one of your posts. You’re not some dumb troll and I will like to ask you to use your sharpened pencils to draw something funny and meaningful instead of contentious and controversial. Thanks mate! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hi Keeper. Yoo-hoo it’s me again sir. Will need to remind you to keep out of the sales threads and also to minimize antagonistic comments which make others feel bad. The way I see it, you’re a sharp and acerbic guy and that means that you’re not short in any way in the brains department. I will like to ask you to consider exploring your wit capability more and see if you can use them to make your posts popular and well-liked instead of report-prone ones. Right one every third report I get is about one of your posts. You’re not some dumb troll and I will like to ask you to use your sharpened pencils to draw something funny and meaningful instead of contentious and controversial. Thanks mate! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I recently fixed a watch with the same kind of issue. It was an aftermarket crystal and gasket did not seem to want to hold it for long. However, I used UV glue to set the crystal and after the necessary curing it fits perfectly well now without any dislodge.

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@alterego Case in point: This is my AP 15500. And a good and true representation of the Audemars Piguet 15500. Now if I want to ask if it’s the most beautiful watch in the world, I can use this pic and not some defiled version of the watch to get an opinion. The way I see it, YOU owe all of us AP guys (@quetip,[mention=74693]blackboxes[/mention] etc) an apology for posting a throw-away, rep of a canal st rep, deformed Quasimodo of a watch, calling it a “15202” and trying to get an opinion of its aesthetic appeal based on it. If you are showing enough disrespect to the brand and one of its popular Royal Oak models to do that, then you’re either being sarcastic, ignorant or plain antagonistic, none of which deserves any form of courtesy. Do not push your luck further. This can either end here and now or you can go on to make a bigger fool of yourself. If you had posted a breitling I would not have cared less. But don’t insult the brand by posting an ugly cheap rep and using it to represent the 15202. #disrespectful Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

And the well respected member of this community is hereby telling you that this comment has no place on this thread. Cease and desist immediately or take a time out. If you have a problem, feel free to PM me directly. Else, do not air your grievance on every thread, especially when you have no real reason to feel aggrieved in the first place. Stop here and now.

No, I have said nothing wrong and I will NOT apologize. It is you who misconstrued my comments. Firstly, your title asked if the watch in the subject was the most beautiful watch ever made. And then you posted a pic of a cheap and poorly made rep to represent the watch. It is like asking if Paris is the most beautiful city ever and then presenting a drawing of the city made by a normal 5 year old. You could have picked a much better picture to back up the beautiful watch picture implied in your title, but you chose to use your own pic to represent a beautiful watch. I am an AP guy, and I know my APs. The watch in your pic has no business being a 15202, much less being beautiful in any sense of the word. This is not about trying to pass off a replica as a gen, but rather, simply considering and discussing if the 15202 a beautiful watch. I consider the 15202 a very beautiful watch, but the watch in your pic is a poor replica of the 15202 and it looks cheap. I will call it as I see it and I will not apologize. Do some research and you will find there are much better representations of the 15202 replica. Being truthful does not equate to being arrogant. If you cannot agree, then learn not to post pics of cheap, cringe-worthy reps and use them to represent a watch model and then ask if it is the most beautiful watch ever made. Your topic will not even make sense and create confusion as to whether you are referring to the genuine watch or the watch in your picture.

I have the replacement movement. If you want it you can PM me. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Lol, no sir. I did not mean that. The watch you had chosen for the pictorial representation simply was a canal street replica of the 15202. I did not mean to insult your photography or your phone. The 15202 is beautiful I agree, but that picture was not a reasonable depiction of the watch in question.

The A4130 clone movement, is, IMHO, the singular best thing which happened to the hobby since it started. The movement is amazing, and just needs a full movement service/regulation to make reliable and precise. This will be my personal recommendation D.

Look out for the thickness of the case. It is 5 phonebooks thick vs gen. lol

I like the watch AJ and the work done to it too! Wear it well, I think it is the only one of its kind in the hobby.

No, I mean I agree with the fact that the AP 15202 is beautiful. I was just saying that the picture is a poor representation of what the watch should look like. Below is a 15202 and I think it is beautiful and also how the watch should be pictorially represented.

That is a good choice as the first rep. In fact, it is a model which I will only buy the rep of, if given a choice. Yes the gen possesses some subtle advantages over the rep for the HBBB but not enough to justify the spending of the extras over.

that is supposedly the 15202 but you need a better pictorial representation when calling it the most beautiful watch ever made lol. That watch in the pic and beautiful have nothing to do with each other.

@Jordanf1 mate, I believe you own a gen 312 or something.

I thought we agreed on goldfishes. lol

Thanks for the heads up @thegrail The offending member’s posts have been moderated for now. We do not tolerate posts which are made just for the purpose of trolling or for the sole purpose creating a negative/disruptive atmosphere.

Gen on left.

well 2 things: 1. Usually they call this type of guy a rep-friendly "watchsmith" or "modder" 2. I do not know anyone in France but I know of @SSTEEL in Finland. He can help you. Just send him a PM.

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Good news for you he’s EU based. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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Thank you kindly for sharing. I will go read up on details of the scam.

Agree, but for the hobby, and most of the models, I will definitely recommend @SMP_lover over gen, given the overall fitment, price and of course quality. The gen straps are nice, but prone to tearing around the edges at the lug end. I had replaced 2 sets of gen straps (mounted on my gens) with SMP_lover's ones. His straps are good enough for gen APs. So I do not see a problem fitting them on anything else you can find in the hobby.