That never bothered me. It's often easy to tell who owns their own business and who does not. The non-owners think watch companies should always be "historically correct" and "true to their roots". I am a capitalist and don't fault any of these companies ...
It's just that I have personal preference towards earlier Offshore. I still like some of the new ones as well! And I also do not think that every watch company should stay historically correct. Each for everyone! Sam
A close achievable model might be the Ref. #26470 perhaps? I might be wrong, I am not SOO into these AP refs. I guess this one is quite more special. BUT, I have looked at my mentioned ref. a few times now, hehe... Thanks for sharing, All best Bent