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I was asking the same thing last year, I went for AK06
Apr 25, 2020,04:08 AM
Well... I was more after RRCC01 but after I played with a friend's one. I LOVE it, but it's too classic for me which is not what I want. The reason I want to get an indies is that I don't want to be "safe". After exchanged a few emails with Rexhep, I pulled the trigger late last year and hopefully I can get my watch before Xmas. Here's what contributed to my process
1. Of where I live, there is no dealer for KV, but my AD is able to get the transaction through for Rexhep i.e. from payment to delivery. And for future service, I just need to take it back to local AD then they will take care of it.
2. Ak06 over CC01 (well... first of all, CC01 was all sold out anyway). But I feel AK06 IS the watch they want to make and it's their first in house movement (from recent SJX interview I recall, it sounds like AK06 is last of the kind, they will change case design in the future). Hammer dial is Rexhep's heritage, and I just feel CC01 is what market wants (and no disrespect here, it's a great watch and series too. And it's what really put them on the map and deserves so. I run a business myself and many times I have to do things what market really wants or demands. Nothing wrong with that, after all we all have bills to pay too). Anyway for those reasons I put AK06 before CC01 and other indies too. For KV, I am pretty sure that I can always get one, and it's relatively easy to get one from a preowned market and get a dial later?
3. Price wise, Kari has been very stable over the years I believe. I put down my deposit before Only Watch as I felt the demand would take off and so would prices. This might be the Journe's brass movement (but again, I don't buy watches to invest, I simply didn't want to be priced out like Roger Smith).
4. I got myself a Laine last year, a great guy and price was reasonable. He is very accomodating to all my requests and I got my watch. He did everything as we discussed BUT I feel it's a bit let down, but NOT because of him, but of myself. For the requests/choice I made, it's just hard without having the real watch in front of me. And I felt the same mistake can happen if I go for Kari. I can do everything I want, but I could also mess up everything with my "creativity". For Laine, the price is much more manageable, so it was a great experience overall and I am more financially ok to live with the mistakes I made.
So that's what got me to the conclusion, AK06.
Just out of curiosity, have you confirmed that AK06 is still available? I could be wrong, but my AD said they no longer accept new order due to current volume in pipeline. OR maybe just no more order from my AD?