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Hello everyone, this is Steve and I'm back. Please do not mind my rambling, and in case some of you have not seen it yet, I will state once again our newest website and email address: Our new website: http://www.theonewatches.ws Our new Email :Service@vip.theonewatch.cc Thought we have Thousands of favorites,And Audemars Piguet must will catch your eyes due to its its noble name and broke out traditional but distinctive looks.hard to prevent falling in love with it. Though in replica market, its sale volume is far less than the rolex hot sell models, its at least on the first echelon of the top replica. Since many friends love him, choosed him and compared him, then how can i ignore him, i will must do this comparasion whatever how busy and tired, i cannot be lazy on it. otherwise you guys will thought i dont love him. Our previous is comparasion, this time i would rather to call it "The Big Melle" Not only are there many contestants, but you guys can also see there are many differents from the above side-by-side comparison picture. so melle will be more suitable. Bear the brunt, the two ace player,ZF and APSF must be invloved. Then we select the IPF and MP,Furthermore,i included the SW dial and Follow up instal it into one of ZF. As the saying goes, when we meet on a narrow road, the brave one wins.lets see Whose royal bloodline is the purest? and who will win and laught at the last after this comparasion. Front dial view Light dial view Natural dial view With gen Side-by-side comparison view In this era of looking at faces, Being good-looking is certainly an advantage, but on the replica, The color of the dial is obviously the top priority . however while the color difference is inevitable and everyone is different, this will become less important instead. Comparatively speaking, ZF, APS and MP will be better, at least they are the blue, and what's your opinion , or while more considerate the dial color, which factory will you prefer? IPF and SW was a little bit Outrageous, IPF is more Purple tint, SW is more black tint We could see the gen dial with the sunburst effect, ZF, APS, IP all not obvious, the MP and SW on this part are more outstanding, their Radial patterns are very strong. Dial details We must to say, for the AP Tapisserite pattern dial, replica market did a good job, Under such a high-definition lens, the factories didnt have obvious defects. its dotted texture on the bottom of the dial and the texture on the checkered surface are all synchronized with Gen. But it seems the small edge on the small checkered surface are more a little bit sleek, and SW is more shape and square, But overall i think on the checkered dial part, APS and MP are better. Minute marker circle view Lets enlarge the pictures, the GEN minute markes circle in the surface shows circular texture, APS and SW processed Synchronizly, other three factories are just Omitted this step, on the white mimeograph scale, In terms of overall shape and fullness, ZF and SW are better on this part. AP logo and markers view IP factory AP logo is more sleek, second is the SW, this actually makes the difference with the gen,and other three factories didnt have this difference, look carefully, ZF edge chamfer are more closer to Gen. Furthermore, IPF sticker scale also have something wrong on its shape, the upper and lower ends are obviously pointed, SW its upper and lower edges are also a bit wider. Other three factorires follow the gen, its shape and length are correct, there is no need to distinguish which one is good and which one is bad, at least i cannot find the differnce. Luminous filling part, except the MP has a certain graininess, other factory are too smooth, and on the color part, MP are also more closer to gen, second is APS and SW, ZF and IPF is more cream white, we could see the GEN is cool white Mimeographed view In terms of comprehensive fullness and regularity, ZF mimeograph process control is the best, second is the APS and MP, IPF is more thin,looks a little bit blur, actually the SW has a good three-dimensional sense, but its word has obvious cracking defects on 6 clock, Maybe it's just an individual quality issue Calendar window view All good on its shape, but under compared, ZF and MP are better, APS a little bit dirty, also maybe just individual case, it doesn't matter, IPF and SW was a little bit Strange, its window frame obvious is black. Lume view I took a look carefully,it seems a little bit difference with the gen lume colors, the GEN green is more brighter, all replica are all a little bit darker blue, this may also be related to light source absorption, but it doesnt matter, it is all green colors, the slightly difference on this part wont make a practical impact. Bezel view Lets looked at the picture 1, Pay attention to the distance between the bezel and the upper edge of the case , the IPF obviously are too wider, and there is no problem with the other three factories.they have the same distance with the Gen one. Bezel screws View The Gen screws have sunk significantly, top part lower than bezel, factories also synchronize with this part, and relatively,the APS one is most sinking Crystal side view Due to there is a slightly difference in the shooting angle, checked the crystal side view height from the Compared pictures,it will feel some factories a little bit lower, while some a little bit higher, but inn fact,the side height of the crystal is almost the same as Gen, didnt have an obvious height difference. Central Axial View We had saw a lot of axial of rolex one, this is my first time to see a so clear and close view of the Ap Centre Axial , The GEN use a solid central axis, its solid round axial size is relatively large, but all the replicas are not so good, only the ZF had Synchronized the solid center axis,thought the sleeves had a weld marks there, but from whatever its front or side view, the overall shape is already very close to GEN. Calender View Here we didn't talk much on whether the calendar position sit centred or not, after all, asked for a perfect date position is too strict and hard for a replica one, i think it was acceptable only there is no obvious off. Regards for the calendar numbers, IPF Is not full enough, the other three factories do a pretty good job. Crown side view The AP Hexagonal crown shape looks handsome,but a little bit tough and Sting on your fingers when wind， There are no problem on the shapes, And the IPF’S AP logo didnt engraved deep enough, it will look less clear and three-dimensional than other factories. Case side view Case shape are all consistent with the Gen,no obvious defect there, The most intuitive thing is to rely on data to reveal, Let’s look at the data comparison at the end of article.and know who’s case is the most accurate restoration. Endlink view The GEN end link is slightly flexible to move around, ZF has the greatest range of motion,even larger than the GEN, this is a good thing, after all, it will more fits the wrist , The other three factories are similar with each other, all can move but not too much motion. Back base case view Here would explain to all, the screws on the back case are arranged irregularly after tightening, So does the GEN, at the same time, all the screws will lower than the back case, which is the case in all the factories. IPF and MP its engraving was deficiency or not clearly, the main reason is his background texture are not the black color, so the difference is huge compared to Gen. Bracelet and buckle details view The AP bracelet due to its style structure will feel a little bit tough and scratchy on hands while compared to other brand bracelet, The GEN Polished better on the chamfer,but still a little bit scratchy,and the replicas are definitely cannot be at as good as the gen, they will be more scratchy,this is understandable, so its good for everybody knows that, dont thought it was due to the difference batches issue or bad bracelet quality. Movement view Ap Replica market, the Royal Oak 15500 is most popular one, this is due to the replica market has a superclone SA4130, After all with the advantage of the superclone movement, though the model itself not restored perfectly, At least the stability of the movement can be guaranteed,That is why it will be given priority by everyone. ZF, APS, IP all adopt the SA4130, so they are similar on price, ZF and APS was a little bit expensive, After all,on this comparison, IPF its details are nferior to ZF and APS, While the MP takes the affordable policy.in order to control the cost and lower the sell price, it used the A4302 movement( decorated based on the 9015 to copy the gen). Data comparison chart Note: All watches are measured in a clamped state, and there may be errors due to the slight deviation of the position of the caliper. Well, today's post is here, thank you guys for watching. If there are any mistakes, please correct me. If there is anything else I overlooked, you can put it up, and I will try my best to complete it. Welcome to comment and exchange! I will continue to bring you more detailed comparisons between replica watches and GEN’s. And it is also for you to choose the favorite models conveniently. Illustration: Some photos deviate from the real object due to the light source. For details, please refer to the content. The size of the comparison picture is relatively large, you can download it and enlarge it for comparison. Thanks. There is no perfect replica, only the one you prefer. Website: https://www.theonewatches.ws WhatsApp: + 86-17081934955 Wechat: The5711

Hi all, Hereby some pictures of my "grail watch". My Audemars Piguet Royal Oak 15400 with blue dial. Enjoy!

So, I can remember joining the rep world and asking the same question everyone asks " What is the best Rolex Sub?" Well, It's been a while since those days and now I'm asking a similar question for a different watch and model, the AP 15400. The AP 15400 has me obsessed. I am considering this one: https://puretime03.com/royal-oak-41mm-15400-ss-jf-11-best-edition-black-dial-on-ss-bracelet-a3120.html# Is this the best 15400 rep yet? any recommendations? Any major flaws? I've read a bunch on here and seen the comparisons but not much since April 2016 on this topic. I see JF is the best, but is this a newer JF? I know that thickness has been an issue, and that kind of bothers me. It reads 10.5 but I'm being told its actually 10, which would be fantastic because the gen is 9.8. Let me know!

This is actually my "grail watch". The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak 15400 black dial.

find this a truly beautiful piece. been thinking about getting it but want to see some wristies first, just got a v6f 15400 but the chrono would be nice esp. as a quartz for a daily beater... so id be more than happy to see some pictures first (non TD)

If making a franken 14790 with gen dial and hands(found)... Which movement to use? A JLC 889 would be nice, but I'm afraid its far too expensive and rare... So i was thinking a 2892 and an EDGE DW! Does that sound reasonable? Are the hands "crimpable" on the movement? BPH should be right for AP cal. 2225 ... right? Also, is the current latest version 14790 case and bracelet "good enough" to make a franken build reasonable? Like the 14790 b/c of the closed caseback.... Gen bracelet, possible? Thanks in advance! Rille

Can somebody point me in the direction of their favorite ROO? It's time to buy one so I just wanna make sure I make the right decision the first time. I want to do as little modding as possible because I'm lazy and impatient. I'm still willing to do it if I have to though. So I want it to look as close to an original as possible right out of the box. This is my favorite that I've dug up so far, but I don't care for the rubber bezel. Looks like a dust and lint magnet to me. http://www.intime.co/product.php?id_product=944

Hi guys, any chance the experts know whether this watch exists/once existed? Been searching through the web but cannot find a trace.... http://www.torobravos2014.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=18_49&product_id=910 Thanks

Hi there, Need 8 screws and nuts for a genuine Royal Oak Lady (cf. exact model attached) ! Many thanks in advance. Julien

Hi guys, so ever since being into watches, Ive always loved the IWCs. The other day though, it hit me. Damn, APs are cool, and Jesus do they look good! Why did I never see that? Now Im here and am about to pull a trigger on an AP ROO. But which one? This one? Or this one? I have never been in contact with AP before, (and yes, I regret it), so I am asking the AP Experts in this forum, the following questions: 1. Which one would you choose? 2. How do they differ (except for the colour and the case material & finish, of course) 3. And which one is closer to the genuine? It seems to me as if the "asymmetry" Ive been reading everywhere is less prominent on the first Black Theme watch than on the second Grey one. As per my questions, you can see that I have no Idea (yet) about APs, so thank you all for helping me!

Hi guys! I'm usually not a huge AP fan, but this really caught my eye. Any ideas where I can find one? Yes, I know it's tacky, but I like it

Does anyone know where I can get a set of rep end links for a Royal Oak 15400? I am dying to get a nice hornback strap on my Royal Oak, but the only option I can find is the AP Straps kit, and I am not shelling out 500.00 bones for end links.

So I understand there are rumors about a better version of the 15400 Royal Oak that fixes the polished rehaut issue and perhaps a better rotor on a Miyota movement that Angus is involved with. Is this new version suppose to be out soon? IMHO, Im happy with the current version and possibly pulling the trigger and modding the rehaut myself. Are there that many issues with the current version that the wait for the new version is worth it? Cheers in advance for any input.

Does anyone know if the leather straps for ROO date at 12 fits, it's dimensions are 28mm at the lug. I love the 41mm size, I have a beautiful black dial in a stainless case, but I would really prefer to get mine out of it's bracelet and onto a croc strap. (I do also have the smaller RO, stainless with a blue dial, on a black strap. I just really have a thing for straps, and much prefer it this way.) Note: I had read somewhere that the strap from the 'city of sails' fantasy series was in fact interchangeable here, and would install (on the RO 41mm). It so happens that I have 2 of those, the City of Sails, and it additionally so happens that one of them is out of commission anyway, a casualty of an ill advised 7750 setting blunder. As I write this, I have my RO Jumbo and my out of commission City of Sails dropped off at the shop of my favorite watch smith, and when time allows later he is going to have a look into the accuracy of this claim for me. I am thinking at current moment though that it will turn out that this is dubious advise, based on something I noticed at the last moment as I was dropping them off. What I noticed was this: the two lugs, or whatever they are called, that extend from the case on each side where the bracelet/ strap attaches, were pretty clearly two different sizes. I went ahead with dropping them off anyway, obviously.... I've got nothing to lose to let him have a look, and there's no B plan (yet) for getting my RO strapped up today. There seems to be precious little chatter to be found on Google regarding swapping a 41mm RO to a strap. However, I'm looking at my ROO date at 12 on it's leather strap, and I'm wondering now if maybe this size is actually exactly what's needed here. The two 'lugs' on each side do seem to be identical in size to those on the RO 15400. This would be an awesome revelation, if it were to turn out to be the case. I know exactly where and how to acquire replacements of these,reasonably priced, even good selection of options, etc.... Is this wishful thinking? Could anyone that has the knowledge and the time be so kind as to set me down the path of enlightenment here? (You know, most preferably the one that has my RO successfully swapped to a strap at the end?). Many thanks, Jesse

The outsanding weaving pattern that forms the square and lozenge motif of “Grand Tapisserie” is decoratively engraved in a remarkable way thanks to machines that are half a century old. This highly intricate guillochage captures the light and accentuates the timepiece's geometric relief. I really wonder how the rep industry are able nowadays to replicate this so accurately !!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0uW37FnCLM The brass dial is engraved by a burin (a precision metalwork chisel) that reproduces the motif on a disc attached to the machine, like a pantograph. A pointer rotates across the disc from the periphery to the centre. The system is combined with a tool that forms the little lozenges between the squares,” explains engineer Nicholas Prost, who heads the decorative engraving project. The process takes between 20 and 50 minutes, depending on the dial's diameter. It's a delicate operation. A mere skip is all it takes to damage the piece as the slightest impact is as visible as dust on a mirror. As the 'piquetage' gets closer to the circle's centre, the rhythm gets faster and hails the birth of a brand new dial, ready to be sent out for the finishing processes. Since the birth of Royal Oak in 1972, the guillochage work had been exclusively subcontracted to a dial-work artisan. In order to produce this element in the workshop, the horology brand recovered 40 year old machines in Canada and the United States. The machines were then completely overhauled and improved over the period of a year before they took their place in the manufacturing process 3 years ago. Impressive ! @ all the lucky Royal Oak Rep owners (esspecially the new 15400) Please, feel free to share your expercience .... Enjoy your day ! Xel

I wanted to get a few shots posted today of my new 15300. I would like to take a few more nice pics, to try and show the real beauty of this watch. When I have the time I will send a few more views, showing the crystal, the depth of the screws in the bezel, the sapphire backed movement, a side profile etc. But from the few pics I have here, you will get the idea. I am very happy with this watch and it's quality. For the money, you can't go wrong IMO. It keeps great time, smooth second hand, not choppy at all, and the dial for the most part is right on. I especially like the fact that it is the correct case dimension @ 40.5 x 9.5cm. It wears extremely well on my smallish 6.75 wrist, with no apprecialble overhang etc. When removing extra links, I have been able to modify the fit perfectly on my wrist. From previous posts on the older version of this watch I read that a number of people had reversed the bracelet because the back side in fact seemed smoother and less striated than the front. I tried that, and found that there was in a fact a benefit to to this. The back of the bracelet IS smoother than the front, and by making the conversion from back to front, it makes the watch LOOK and FEEL better. I spent sometime with a Cape Cod polishing cloth and a bit of sewing machine oil on the hinges, and it softened, polished and made the feel of the bracelet more 'buttery'. A very nice feel. I noticed too, that the sides of the bracelet are more polished than past bracelets, so more like the gen bracelet, which seems to have a higher or better polished surface than the top of the links. I recommend trying the bracelet 'flip' with your new Royal Oak. The clasp itself functions perfectly, and the AP engraving is spot on. One of the things I noticed on the previous version of the 15300 was the crystal. Seemed to me that it slightly protruded from the top of the bezel. On the newer version of this watch the crystal is flush mounted and looks correct to the gen IMO. Some have suggested that perhaps the crystal needs a good AR to better show of the 'depth' of the dial. No AR works for me. Another issue in the past versions was the AP logo at 12. I have read that it is incorrect to the gen because of a slight split between the A and the P. In doing my due diligence on the 15300 I have seen a number of gen photos showing the AP logo to have variations depending on the exact model. So to me the slight seperation is not a huge tell in comparing the gen to the rep. In fact I kinda like the look better with the slight split, rather than having the A butt up to the P. FWIW. Additionally, I like the look of the AP logo at 12, rather than the new 15400 RO which has the original look of the dual batons at 12, similar to the original 15202, but then...that's just me. The lume, (I will try and get pictures) is very well done, very clean and crisp. Makes a big difference on a sport style watch IMO. The last rep I purchased was the AP Diver. These two AP reps, the RO and Diver, are very well done. I highly recommend them. I will try and post a few more pictures later, but for those of you that have been on the fence concerning this watch, regardless of dial color, I highly recommend it. I purchased this watch from Josh, and I highly recommend his product, and service. His delivery method is the best. I received this watch in 5 working days. Not like the old days of worrying as to whether you would ever in fact receive a watch, much less how long it would take. Thanks for looking.

Dear All, I just had some time to play this morning so I decided to play with my AP RO 15400, the newly released 41mm version. As I got a GREY dialed piece (me love grey) and I knew it is fantasy anyway, I wanted to get rid of that bloody glas caseback....at least make the inacurate movement not THAT visible. I found some foil that works in the copy-machine, designed a new logo on my notebook, had it print out on that foil, cut it down to fit the inner side of the glasback....unscrewed the back, placed the "decal" inside (no glue needed) and VOILA, a new star was born. Now I have a SPECIAL EDITION AP RO 01/01 named GREY ... the caseback says No.0001 anyway, so that fits the bill. Let me know what you think..... Dr. Theo