MADRED7 Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 Dear members, and here I am again....as you can see from my last post I do have a real strong feeling for the color GREY....my car is grey my clothes are grey, my ....is grey....and so most of my watches have grey dials, grey straps or at least are made of Titanium ....but it is not just grey...there are 127 shades of grey...mouse-grey, stone-grey, dark-grey, charcoal.... So I decided to have my rubberclad re-done...I had the model with thinny-rubber-cover .. so off it went to my dealer overseas. Right before that I requested and asked some dealers if they will be able to source a spare grey dial and rehaut...they messed up the first grey batch of rosegold rubberclads anyway....some said no, some said maybe, one said yes (but only the dial). So I asked my dealer I worked with for 5 years now (we had good and bad times) and he said "I will try". What can I say, after some weeks of waiting and asking over and over again....it finally was ready and shipped home to me. The factory changed the black dial into the slate-grey dial of the rosegold Rubberclad version, added new white hands to match the numbers, installed the correct colored rehaut as well. All in all a great result...I am blown away, I love this watch. I attached the genuine AP rubberstrap to it...makes a big difference in the feel compared to the rep-rubber...ready. And here are 2 crappy pics of it...I am not very good in photography, please excuse. Cheers mates, Theo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exper Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 Wow, very nice ! You must have a very good relationship with your dealer for him to get that arranged for you Damn makes me really want another AP, time to start the hunt I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickey Padge Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 I agree, the result is very good, nice one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormTooper4 Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 Theo that works really well, subtle in its stealthness it kind of Orchard road like. Nicely done ST4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MADRED7 Posted September 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 I told the factory to do some mods and they will have a very nice LE that was launched by AP this May...the GSTAAD CLASSIC ROO ...Titanium case, slat-grey dial, red chrono hands, red cover for start/stop-pusher...mmmh Theo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverworn Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 woow theo this looks awesome!! but i wouldt wear it like it is!! the red hand and the pushers are a little bit too much for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MADRED7 Posted September 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 I agree....I will keep mine simple and smart. Waiting for the next sec@12 to purchase....unfortunately I have to wait untill the end of this year before some new babies will hit the market. Cheers, Theo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chubbchubb Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 Nice watch indeed Theo. Congratulations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackR Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 very nice...i love the look...R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverworn Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 I have to wait untill the end of this year before some new babies will hit the market. Cheers, Theo hmmm some more details?? Pleaaseeeee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fitch Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 Wunderfull ROO Theo! Realle a beauty! Congratz!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donpedro Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 Fantastic looking piece! Wear it in good health mate :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerthat Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 Love the grey!! Be interested to see this same watch on the bracelet too. Great job on this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FxrAndy Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 A very nice watch, grey sounds so boring but in the flesh (photo) that goes so well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indyberetta Posted September 9, 2009 Report Share Posted September 9, 2009 Nice one! What did the dial and hands cost you? That is a great combo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosk Posted September 9, 2009 Report Share Posted September 9, 2009 Very sweet...now use a red sharpie to outline the 8. Damn, I wish the factories would come out with the Orchard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MADRED7 Posted September 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2009 Thanks for all your comments. I cannot tell anything about a price because this was a special customer-dealer-thing....a favour for half-a-decade I stick to the dealer. And it was a real pain with mails back and forth, many misunderstandings and I can assure you, the factories are not easy to deal with....anything they cannot sell in bulks will be rejected! The whole thing was not about paying a good or enormous price....it was more a good-relationsship deal If you look at the gen AP forums you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aanival Posted September 9, 2009 Report Share Posted September 9, 2009 really nice...love the result Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mspeed Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 very nice, i wish AP would update their rubberclad line Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MADRED7 Posted September 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2009 very nice, i wish AP would update their rubberclad line AP had Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverworn Posted September 11, 2009 Report Share Posted September 11, 2009 maybee you send them youre watch as a sample.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MADRED7 Posted September 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2009 maybee you send them youre watch as a sample.. Thats not nessecary...great minds think alike There is more gray and dark colors for last years SIHH and same will happen in 2010. (see the GSTAAD SE, Survivor, BB, Las Vegas, standard new dial series as well...gray!) Cheers Theo P.S.: They should do this one...born in my AP-posessed brain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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