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Has anyone seen this!? I've been dying for one of these and I didn't think they would make one with a great looking rotor. I hope they made it with super rep quality.... If they did "take my money!" What do you guys think?

A pic to show my point

Here's the thing about the 15300 and 15400 though... There is no way the display caseback will ever look remotely right.... Unfortunately that bugs me quite a bit because the 15300 and 15400 rotor is probably the most beautiful and DISCUSSED rotor I've seen in a while. Now if its the closed back I'd pick it up... But only if the finish is like the diver... You know... Super rep-esque finish.... On a side note, if they ever pull off an amazing rotor and accurate caseback on the 15300/15400.... I'd drop cash on that immediately...

Perhaps Edge could persuade the guys in charge to make a royal oak super rep .... You know... Since edge single-handedly created the diver market. Just a classic thin royal oak with no display back... So i assume the 36mm

They do a lot of Bvlgari and Cartier and even Tiffany... I think AP accessories are too low key that they don't even know it exists... I mean I didnt find out until I browsed their entire news website.

Hey guys! I was just browsing on the AP website and found this. Is this repped? I figure Ken would be the guy if it was... Its the Royal Oak Offshore Pendant

Priceless!

Daytona, that to me looks like one of the best alignment of the markers and the dial I've seen in a while. The cyclops looks correct to me. Its only blue on certain angles and it doesn't look like the early v3. It's a difficult rep to tell in general. You need to know what to look for such as the font of the inner bezel. Outside of that, its pretty dang hard to tell. Yours is as good as it gets when it comes to a V3/3.5 diver. Hold on to it dearly!

Looks good. Its definitely a great rep. Only thing I can pick out is the incabloc, which should be curved but thats a job for a modder, not a qc problem.

Got mine last week... Its simply amazing. I know what everyone means when they say pics doesn't do it justice. The dial is perfect... There's enough detail for you to appreciate the design such as the dial pattern but not so much where its crazy. But the really amazing thing is your wrist just disappears when you look at it... It takes all your attention and you think you're looking at a picture online which is amazing. You know that feeling... Hmm I wonder if I can pull it off? You dont get that anymore.... Your hand disappears like a wall in an art gallery and the diver is the mona lisa.

I have had issues with my V3 diver fogging up in the cold... But it disappears quickly when i get into a warm room. It's actually trapped moist air in the watch and the watch itself is actually waterproof in a cup of water. You just need to get the humid air out and seal it in dry air conditions. In your case it's probably different. That amount of moisture typically appears when water have entered. Bell&ross BR01 reps can be a bit finnicky because of how they are actually sealed.... The watch itself opens from the front and has a square cover. It only has 4 screws to hold it down and the pressure point is nowhere near the o ring. This makes it very likely to have gaps where there is a lack of pressure holding down the gasket causing potential leak areas. I'd suggest trying alternative O rings... Perhaps slightly more robust ones or different sized ones. Or tighten the sh&@ out of it.... But that would tear your screws up probably noticably. Good luck!

So I did get the diver which is still on the way... Naturally I kept on looking at pictures online and I started to fall down the rabbit hole deeper and deeper.... I never paid much attention to APs previously but the more you look at it in scrutiny, the more I think its perfect! I mean the shape, the pattern on the dial. The simple elegance to it... I got the Hublot classic fusion before and it was one of my favorite watch before selling most of my collection to fund for the diver and some other stuff. Seeing that the RO classic looks alot like the classic fusion but better, I'm looking at the most perfect rep of the simple RO classic.

Who sells the 14790? I cant seem to find the 36mm ver

Hi there! So the diver's a super rep and the safari is pretty dang close so... Is there a flawless or nearly flawless rep of the classic AP Royal oak? I love the diver and all but I'm a big fan of formal & dressy watches. Breguet and vacheron constantin are my brands of choice... But now with my new found obsession with APs. I'd love to get a royal oak as thin as they really are on leather...

Same reason I got it could not pass up a flawless (nearly) ap rep myself... The wait is killing me though... No updates on EMS for 5 days... Damn you christmas!!!

If I'm not mistaken, according to Edgematuc's gen v rep review even the gen has a blue hue on certain angles... So be aware of that. I think the only reason the first few V3s were criticized was because it was way too blue??

This is through angus I take it? I bought a V3 from Toro (still shipping) and the qc pic doesnt look like it has a blue cyclops. I think the new batch in general should be good...

Well it looks like at least a V3. I cant get a good enough look on the cyclops to be able to tell if the AR is fixed

Toro does

<3 thanks for the vid! Makes you appreciate what's beating on your wrist even more

Sorry to hear that buddy... But have hope its still probably the christmas backlog

Welp that sucks.... so what exactly do you do if it does get seized? Do you just ignore anything and everything about it or what?

What did you have to do to get it to 5 ATM? Was it already waterproof stock?

Did you guys had to do anything to make it waterproof or is it already waterproof from the TD?

I think if you follow this forum and make an informed decision on your first rep you will be pleasantly surprised. Imho people have very low expectations of reps if you are relatively new to this hobby. I feel that most people's idea of a rep is the canal st type of garbage. After that comes the pursuit of perfection with mods and the slightest imperfection being unacceptable (like a speck of dust under the s of swiss made, Curse you mr dust!)