15707CE Discontinue?

[kelvin619]

Anyone heard of the Black Ceramic 15707 being discontinued?

[arnage]

if that is the case, they didn't make very many of them.. !

[Submarino]

Originally Posted by kelvin619

Anyone heard of the Black Ceramic 15707 being discontinued?

Yes. Same thing with the FC.

[singe89]

would love to know how many FC and ceramic divers were made.

[arnage]

there was a thread somewhere in the archive where the Tokyo AP boutique confirmed production plan of approximately 350 units for the ceramic diver. I suppose it's difficult to say for sure what the total population run is, as there's no incremental indexing on the back of APs, the way panerai does it..

i think the run for the ceramic diver (SIHH 2013 piece) was shorter than that of the FC diver. also, the ceramic diver was supposedly boutique only. either way, production for both was probably very limited in nature.

ok - just found the link:
http://www.rolexforums.com/showthrea...=328334&page=2

[redsubby]

Originally Posted by Submarino

Yes. Same thing with the FC.

Was this confirmed?
When I got mine few months ago, the boutique wouldn't say it's discontinued.

[arnage]

probably have to get someone like howard (boa2) on tz to confirm..

[Audemars Piguet]

AP Milan Boutique just got one last week, so it is a false news.

[arnage]

i have a friend who was at the Milan boutique less than a month back, and they did have a ceramic diver at the time. the question should be whether manufacture of the ceramic diver is still ongoing, or if it has ceased. AP could have existing inventory that they're still sending out to ADs - that isn't indicative of whether the reference has truly been discontinued.

[Audemars Piguet]

I said they just got it, not that they have it.

[Audemars Piguet]

Only rumors, if the discontinue of the carbon have some sustained ideas, the ceramic have no sense to get discontinued.

[arnage]

Originally Posted by Audemars Piguet

I said they just got it, not that they have it.

you realize the fact that the AD just recently received the watch has no reflection on current manufacture?

I'm not attempting to propagate any rumor - it would be nice to find out for certain what the answer is. It is as much hearsay to state that "they have not discontinued production of the ceramic diver" (on the basis of the Milan AD receiving one recently) as it is to state "they've discontinued production of the ceramic diver."

[lapince]

Originally Posted by Audemars Piguet

AP Milan Boutique just got one last week, so it is a false news.

Of course it's false news, it's a really cool watch and I don't think they have any problems selling, it would be stupid to stop production...

[redsubby]

Originally Posted by lapince

Of course it's false news, it's a really cool watch and I don't think they have any problems selling, it would be stupid to stop production...

Selling good does not equal to continuous production.
Look at Patek.

[arnage]

Originally Posted by redsubby

Selling good does not equal to continuous production.
Look at Patek.

thanks - finally someone else seems to understand the distinction between selling what's left in inventory vs. actively continuing manufacture