cougaree Posted April 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 Mine didn't have these problems. As far as the overall quality goes, I think mine is about 7.5 out of 10. 10 being very high quality. On mine, I wish the minute markers and bracelet can be better finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA2EASY Posted April 17, 2011 Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 I got mine last week. Excellent finish would highly recommend this watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gran Posted April 17, 2011 Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 Thanks for all this useful info Sad to hear your problems with the screws etc stealthy Replica screws can drive you crazy...as it more than once has done for me...but it can be fixed with a big enough hammer according to highflyingclive (below his picture of RWG member Gran doing just that back in 2004) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avensis Posted May 12, 2011 Report Share Posted May 12, 2011 Nice watch! Thanks for sharing cougaree. If I may ask, how did you get the older version second hands w/ the newer case? The newest version on pc (http://www.1-pc8838.com/0000ap00038-royal-jumbo-auto-ssss-white-swiss-28242-p-9303.html) all have strange shaped sec. hands. Perhaps a custom order? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MADRED7 Posted May 12, 2011 Report Share Posted May 12, 2011 ....details, details, details... Theo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avensis Posted May 12, 2011 Report Share Posted May 12, 2011 It's always about the details, you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MADRED7 Posted May 13, 2011 Report Share Posted May 13, 2011 ....I know that....but if something major is wrong with the watch (as it seems to be) I would give the dealer the chance to exchange it. Theo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
permabull Posted June 1, 2011 Report Share Posted June 1, 2011 Thinking of pulling the trigger on one of these, is there an issue with the second hand as mentioned by Avensis above? Looks amazing otherwise... thanks for the great "tear-down" pictures OP! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txcollector Posted June 1, 2011 Report Share Posted June 1, 2011 I must be blind because with mine everything is perfect, hand, dial, case, screws etc. The movement is of course a problem but nothing that can be done. I don't understand the comments on strange hands shape. Mine is the same as the gen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avensis Posted June 2, 2011 Report Share Posted June 2, 2011 I must be blind because with mine everything is perfect, hand, dial, case, screws etc. The movement is of course a problem but nothing that can be done. I don't understand the comments on strange hands shape. Mine is the same as the gen. Where did you get yours? It looks perfect, far too perfect in fact. The gen dial always have 6 tiles from the uppermost bezel area to the audemars piguet labeling. If you see the white examples in this thread you'll notice that they all have 5 tiles, not six. If not for the babeling of the indices which I cannot see quite well in your photos I would have outright called your watch gen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
permabull Posted June 2, 2011 Report Share Posted June 2, 2011 Hmmm well all the dealers' websites have new AP Jumbos with dials that look like this one (TXCollector's)... Avensis - I think you must have been sold the wrong one. And you didn't clarify about the second hand, I don't see a problem with it. Great photos TXCollector, watch looks super elegant! Does it feel comfortable on the wrist? Would be interesting to see it next to a IWC Ingenieur (the Ingy is also a Gerald Genta design as you know). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avensis Posted June 2, 2011 Report Share Posted June 2, 2011 Hmmm well all the dealers' websites have new AP Jumbos with dials that look like this one (TXCollector's)... Avensis - I think you must have been sold the wrong one. And you didn't clarify about the second hand, I don't see a problem with it. Great photos TXCollector, watch looks super elegant! Does it feel comfortable on the wrist? Would be interesting to see it next to a IWC Ingenieur (the Ingy is also a Gerald Genta design as you know). I never bought one, and I am asking exactly because I don't want to buy a wrong one. Anyways, for some reason dealers all have wrong pictures then, because I see different details. For example: This is of course not much of a problem, but the second hands shape is much more apparent: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheaton26 Posted June 2, 2011 Report Share Posted June 2, 2011 i have a blue dialed gen for sale right now if anyone needs specifics for comparison. all the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbjoer Posted June 2, 2011 Report Share Posted June 2, 2011 I never bought one, and I am asking exactly because I don't want to buy a wrong one. Anyways, for some reason dealers all have wrong pictures then, because I see different details There are an awful lot of almost identical, but not quite versions of this watch. Look here: http://www.kronosclub.com/ROC/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avensis Posted June 3, 2011 Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 There are an awful lot of almost identical, but not quite versions of this watch. Look here: http://www.kronosclub.com/ROC/ Well I've been hunting this watch for a while, and all the dealers are referring to this watch as 'jumbo' ultimate which is very wrong designation for this watch. Yes, they are all referring to 15300, not 'jumbo' or some unknown misc. ap royal oak model. If you see the usual cartel dealers the previous non-ultimate jumbo is without question a rep of 15300...Jumbo is 15202, and there is a good rep of this by mbw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txcollector Posted June 3, 2011 Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 ..Jumbo is 15202, and there is a good rep of this by mbw. The screws/bezel are no good on those. And there was an effort to get custom ones made that did not improve them a lot. Your best bet is with the 15300, even with the display caseback. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeSentier Posted March 11, 2012 Report Share Posted March 11, 2012 Gents, Sorry for bringing this old thread up, but may I ask you a question: I am looking for a nice APRO since a long time, did a lot of reading, and found this babay on Josh's site: http://www.1-pc8838.com/0000ap00038-royal-jumbo-auto-ssss-white-swiss-28242-p-9303.html I assume that this is the ultimate version with the improved bezel screws. Could anybody tell me about the dial colour? Is it white or more on the silver side? What do you think about the movement decoration? (apart from the fact that an eta could never look like an ap movt) Do the newer versions all have the silver/gold decorated movements? Many thanks, J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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