dr.kol
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Very simple:
I bought in the end of last year RO Perpetual Calendar. Brand new. The watch worked for a very short time and then stopped.
I bought a brand new 15202 from an AP Boutique in January. The watch worked for some 20 days, then stopped. The watch was serviced by AP's own service centre in March. It worked for less than a week and the watch stopped again. They made "wrong diagnose" in the service centre.
So now I have two new Royal Oaks which do not function. In 15202 the reason is obvious: the oscillating weight hardly moves and the watch can be used as a manual winding watch.
After spending some 60k or more and I get two watches which do not show time, I am not very happy owner of AP.
However, I am communicating with AP on regular basis and they even invited me to visit their factory... (lol).
Best, Kari
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Very simple:
I bought in the end of last year RO Perpetual Calendar. Brand new. The watch worked for a very short time and then stopped. I bought a brand new 15202 from an AP Boutique in January. The watch worked for some 20 days, then stopped. The watch was serviced ...
OMG! You know that we are going to have to delete this post, right, since it is not glowing and positive! OMG!
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Thanks Thomas,
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More live picture...
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It is more...
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I have pondered the same question.
And I think it is. Thanks for reminding us of this great Royal Oak M4.