First I would like to thank @raymond74 for providing some much needed screws for the AP diver. Second I have some wrist shots!
By: ripper444 : May 24th, 2018-12:07
This is by far one of my favorite watches. I don’t see this one going anywhere anytime soon! I was torn between the newer model or this one and decided the premium wasn’t worth it for a display case back!
You cud be in luck...all those first series AP/PP/Rolex none of them have display backs and are selling at a premium over the newer better iterations. [nt]
By: redcorals : May 24th, 2018-12:25
Raymond probably unscrewed the portholes on some of those yachts for them screws. He is benevolent that way :p Havent heard from him all day today - mabe this wud entice him )
I’m a fan of solid case backs especially if they have nice finshing. The price difference was about 1.5-2k.
By: ripper444 : May 24th, 2018-13:34
So far I have been babying this watch. People told me that AP is fragile even though it feels like a tank... I’ll swim with it soon though as summer is pretty much here!!
I do like the clear caseback but the dial on the new version is stamped whereas the old version, as I understand, was made on those ancient pantograph machines like the ROs. I'm not crazy for a stamped tappiserrie dial which is the only thing that's hanging me up from going for one.