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My 1st AP! Just picked this up in Vietnam for $120... good deal?


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I just picked up this watch in Vietnam for $120.00 chrono works great and seems like a pretty good rep. I thought it looked really good off the bat but not sure too much about it. I'd like to order some AP bands. Can anyone help me identify this and let me know the flaws and what I can do to mod it?

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Thanks!

David

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If it's quartz, the watch will be silent .. place it to your ear. Can you hear it ticking? Also, the seconds hand and the chrono seconds hand will jerk in 1-second movements on a quartz watch, not sweep smoothly.

I can hear very faint ticking... the chrono ticks 1 click at a time and is not sweeping like a rolex... help?

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Ok, so what you have there is a Quartz movement .. I'm sorry for my mistake earlier, a quartz is not silent but it only ticks 1 time per second, where the mechanical movement ticks either 6 or 8 times a second.

Is this a good rep? Are there better reps I should be looking for? They had many nice looking AP watches and i'm thinking about going to get a couple more. What does this rep usually sell for?

Thanks!

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If you are interested in AP Quartz models, a more fair price is $88 .. street price would probably be more like $50.

http://www.watcheden.com/audemars-piguet-royal-oak-working-chronograph-with-white-dial-i-10097-p-1.html

Don't worry. I was scammed on my first rep purchase too, for $150 for a quartz Bell & Ross .. the one in my photo, below.

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One thing i think you should do is untighten the caseback and refit that sealing, it sticks out a bit right below the crown. An easy fix if you've got the tools.

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