What do people think about the possibility of a white dial from a 14800 being fitted into a 14790 case? According to this article , itβs βimpossible.β Furthermore, my AP boutique confirmed that the footings on the back of the 14800 dial are different from...
this dial could very well belong to a 14790 (many 14790 can be seen with the exact same dial). But I know very little about Royal Oaks, tbh. What is it exactly that, according to you, belongs exclusively to a 14800 dial and not to a 14790?
Thanks for the reply. Here are the things that I've seen on a 14800 but not on a 14790: 1. The stylized "Audemars Piguet" logo in addition with the "AUTOMATIC" in straight font (14800 have flat top "A"s, whereas 14790s have pointed "A"s). 2. A thicker min...
But it seems easy to find online some 14790st models with the kind of dial you say only belongs to 14800. For example this 14790st with a salmon dial sold with box & papers by Lieblingskapital.de. ...
dealers will say special order and cant be swapped. but well its to sell an cheapish watch for lot of money. never seen a 14790 with salmon dial in any of my original AP marketing/catalogs etc . also the box/papers in that listing definitely not original!...
www.watchbrotherslondon.com "There are unconfirmed rumors of a Salmon dial 14790. After the release of the 14802ST (Salmon Dial) in 1992 for the 20th anniversary of the jumbo 5402ST, rumor has it privileged customers of the Audemars Piguet had the...
www.db1983.com "Salmon dials on the 14790 are a bit of a mystery. Audemars Piguet's heritage department has confirmed a few things for us: Firstly, the 14790 reference was originally delivered with a salmon dial. More importantly, these dials are ...
I am going to guess the 14800s just didn't sell all that well to begin with, let alone the salmon dials. AP made the dials for the 14800 and probably had quite a few spares sitting around being unused. So they pitched it to clients of 14790s as a unique w...