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Interesting observation - AP ROO Date position gap


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I always had the impression, and it has also been discussed on this forum before, that one of the tell tale signs of a REP AP ROO is that the date is too far to the right, and that there is a gap of around 1mm on the GEN between the date and the rehaut, while the REP has no gap at all, until I saw this auction photo on the Bay.....a F series AP ROO Rubberclad;

This is a photo of the GEN (look at the date, it is all the way right close to the rehaut!!)

RubbercladAP1.jpg

RubbercladAP2.jpg

I first thought it might be a rep until I saw the non-aligned crown and pushers, an indication that this is a GEN.

RubbercladAP.jpg

And here are some photos from our REP dealers.....the date is also all the way to the right, next to the rehaut

PCROOAP.jpg

PTROOAP.jpg

And finally here are some photos of a few GENs - see the gap?

RubberCladAPGen.jpg

RubberCladAPGen2.jpg

RubberCladAPGen3.jpg

So it seems, depending on which series, some AP ROOs would feature a gap while some does not.

Not that this little detail bug me but just thought I share this little interesting observation with you all.

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Sorry to disappoint you, but I would say that watch in first 3 pics is NOT gen - probably position of crown and pushers look gen-like because of angle of photo. Look just at size of hour and minute hand tubes on this thing, thickness of print on 6 and 12 subdials, and of course position of date window. AFAIK, all rubberclads still have 2326/2840 movement, so chance is very small that position of datewindow would be significantly different on different series.

regards

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....and further more to stress the fact that the watch on pics #1-3 is rep...look at the poorly made screw-heads on the bezel....do you really beleive that AP will have such a watch pass QC? Look at the cut in the screw....it runs not straight but diagonal :huh:

Anyway, thanks for pinting this out....

Theo

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....and further more to stress the fact that the watch on pics #1-3 is rep...look at the poorly made screw-heads on the bezel....do you really beleive that AP will have such a watch pass QC? Look at the cut in the screw....it runs not straight but diagonal :huh:

Anyway, thanks for pinting this out....

Theo

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I suppose it's GEN, bud they budly mounted the bezel after a not official repair or service.

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