Non-Offshore Royal Oak's

[flilow06]

I can't seem to find reps of pretty much any of the non-offshore AP RO's. I'd really like to find one of these:

Or this:

Or even this:

Are the movements too difficult to rep on all of these?

[fitipaldi]

sorry bad news, you'll never find them.

Edited March 17, 2010 by fitipaldi

[flilow06]

sorry bad news, you'll never find them.

Looks like a basic RO Date Auto it is. I ran a search but didn't find much info on these either.

The reps I'm seeing sold by the usual suspects look pretty good. Any feedback on something like this: AP RO Date

Edited March 17, 2010 by flilow06

[swdivad]

In the beginning, I think there was the blue dial model... not sure if it was a royal oak or offshore, but I haven't seen them for over a year now

[ubiquitous]

Finding a nice classic Royal Oak is difficult these days. Most of the current offerings are not great; case shape isn't quite right, poor bracelet transition, etc. etc. Back a few years ago, there were some fantastic TW based classic Royal Oaks; nice thin case with correct shape/taper, perfect transition into the bracelet... Sadly, those pieces are long gone.

This is one such example:

Took me several years to track one of these down again; I had a few back when these were readily available on the market place, but foolishly sold them. Now that I have one again, I find that I rarely ever wear it. But it's nice to have in the collection none the less And it's definitely a keeper!

Comparison to gen:

[flilow06]

Back a few years ago, there were some fantastic TW based classic Royal Oaks; nice thin case with correct shape/taper, perfect transition into the bracelet... Sadly, those pieces are long gone.

This is one such example:

Wow, that is an awesome piece. Any more info on it that might help me begin the hunt of tracking one down? The hunt is the fun part of course...

[FxrAndy]

Ubi let me know if you ever want to part with that one