I have never seen an original unserviced piece with the AP logo crown

Aug 22, 2019,20:59 PM
 

Personally I believe all left the factory with the plain crown without AP letters. This is merely based on discussions with AP personnel, and all those which I have seen myself. I could be wrong of course!

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AP Service Question for Jumbo Royal Oak Jubilee Model

 
 By: RDSChicago : August 22nd, 2019-16:19
I sent my Jumbo Royal Oak Jubilee (Ref. 14802) to AP in Florida for a full factory service. I received a call today from an AP representative to give me an estimate. They indicated that when they do the full service, they change out the crown and install ... 

I have seen at least few example of original jubilee 14802 with AP logo on the crown

 
 By: Mineral : August 22nd, 2019-20:17
from my understanding, the jubilee RO were made in different batches and they may be fitted with different crown. In addition, I noticed that the Audemars Piguet near 12 o clock is different among the jubilee edition RO. Perhaps other owner of jubilee RO ... 

I have never seen an original unserviced piece with the AP logo crown

 
 By: stabilizer : August 22nd, 2019-20:59
Personally I believe all left the factory with the plain crown without AP letters. This is merely based on discussions with AP personnel, and all those which I have seen myself. I could be wrong of course!

My experience

 
 By: stabilizer : August 22nd, 2019-20:57
I dealt with precisely the same situation 2 years ago with mine, with them. They simply will not give you the old crown back, and will not perform the service without replacing it. Personally I feel that the AP logo crown does not reduce the value and on ... 

Service Process

 
 By: RDSChicago : August 22nd, 2019-21:03
Thank you stabilizer. Would you mind sharing what can go wrong with the AP service process before I give AP the go-ahead with the service?

I doubt it makes much of a diff in desirability of the piece. Original is still an original but with about 1-1.5k pieces out there most of them have to be serviced again within the next ...

 
 By: redcorals : August 23rd, 2019-06:43
...decade. You can do that math of if it really dents any real value out of the piece. What you lose is probably gained by having a authorized serviced piece anyways.