My favorite new Rolex is an AP

[Jsol]

Not gonna lie guys. This bananas market has made other brands very appealing. And the blue Royal Oak has exceeded all expectations. Now my daily. Where are you spending your money if not Rolex ? Cars, other watches, your Roth IRA..etc. :)

[Chewbacca]

Beauty.

So much nicer than the Offshore models.

Congratulations

[tie219]

I wouldn't exactly call a blue Royal Oak free from the "bananas market", but yes, that's a very beautiful watch.

Congrats! Hope to own it one day

[Little machines]

Beautiful watch ! Enjoying life and traveling !

[Pw92676]

Beautiful. Have had similar thoughts and considered going AP. When you start looking elsewhere you realize what a steal some Rolex SS at MSRP lol. Holding off on purchase, putting money away for vacation beach house. Once that’s closed on, will look at watches again.

[dsquared2]

Stunning!!!!!!!!!!

[Albusdabbledore]

Originally Posted by Jsol

Not gonna lie guys. This bananas market has made other brands very appealing. And the blue Royal Oak has exceeded all expectations. Now my daily. Where are you spending your money if not Rolex ? Cars, other watches, your Roth IRA..etc. :)

I also traded the Rolex’s in for ap. I fly to la Friday to sell my day date then adding a pm royal oak chrono to the mix im gonna miss the president band but something tells me not that much


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[Seaswirl]

What a beauty and congrats. The APRO is a stunner, and the bracelet is simply incredible.

[Jsol]

Originally Posted by Albusdabbledore

I also traded the Rolex’s in for ap. I fly to la Friday to sell my day date then adding a pm royal oak chrono to the mix im gonna miss the president band but something tells me not that much


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Post pics after! Love that black dial

[Luther89]

Originally Posted by Jsol

Not gonna lie guys. This bananas market has made other brands very appealing. And the blue Royal Oak has exceeded all expectations. Now my daily. Where are you spending your money if not Rolex ? Cars, other watches, your Roth IRA..etc. :)

Killer watch but this piece epitomises the banana watch market!

[Ravager135]

I'm not so sure the market isn't crazy when it comes to AP as well. Right now most of the professional models from Rolex, Royal Oak models from AP, and Nautilus/Aquanaut models from PP are grossly over-inflated on the secondary market.

[Jsol]

Originally Posted by Luther89

Killer watch but this piece epitomises the banana watch market!

You can get at retail within months tho. Not walk-in easy so you are right about that.

[Luther89]

Originally Posted by Jsol

You can get at retail within months tho. Not walk-in easy so you are right about that.

Can you really get the blue dial 15400 at retail within a few months? I don’t know, I’ve never purchased AP

[faimag]

Other than Rolex, I like VC and JLC. But if I could find a nice 15300 I would certainly jump on it. The 15400/500 are too large for me.

[huncho]

Originally Posted by Jsol

You can get at retail within months tho. Not walk-in easy so you are right about that.

not sure about that...the 15400 and 15500 blue both go for like 10k+ above retail currently. here in nyc you can't even get on a waitlist for a 15450 (any dial color)

[Bizcut1]

Beautiful!


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[Jsol]

Originally Posted by huncho

not sure about that...the 15400 and 15500 blue both go for like 10k+ above retail currently. here in nyc you can't even get on a waitlist for a 15450 (any dial color)

This is a 15450st. Sounds like things are getting tougher for Aps for sure :(

[huncho]

Originally Posted by Jsol

This is a 15450st. Sounds like things are getting tougher for Aps for sure :(

ah, couldn't tell since it was a close up lol. very nice watch and it will be my next (probably silver dial though)

and yeah definitely hard to get any royal oak now

[caveatesq]

Beautiful - My grail watch, but hardly easy to get from AP here in the NYC area.

[Albusdabbledore]

Originally Posted by Jsol

Post pics after! Love that black dial

Will absolutely spam w incomings


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[rominvicta]

It looks nice but I should say it is not my cup of tea! As of me there are certain flaws.

[jaychief]

classy watch!!!

[Cdaddylutz]

What body part is that!!! Elbow??

[justjay82]

That AP RO is a stunner. Congrats!

[drcab]

Love AP 15500ST ! Rolex will be cheap next upcoming recession. Giddyup!

[Collector2019]

15450?

[superpop]

I just do not get the whole AP thing. These watches look like something out of the 70's, and not in a good way. Look is way to retro and not timeless at all. I get that the finishing work is amazing but at the end of the day these are fashion baubles and I can see them being worth next to nothing at some point as they are so different.

[kd845]

timeless classic

[Etschell]

I'm not trying to be annoying but why not post this in the AP subforum?

It doesnt belong here.

[illini675]

Originally Posted by superpop

I just do not get the whole AP thing. These watches look like something out of the 70's, and not in a good way. Look is way to retro and not timeless at all. I get that the finishing work is amazing but at the end of the day these are fashion baubles and I can see them being worth next to nothing at some point as they are so different.

The "watch that saved watches" likely has a bit more long term juice than that, but to each their own.

I love my 114060 and my 116520, and always will. But close minded brand loyalty is not my thing either OP, and there are so many amazing watches out there to experience, enjoy, and make memories with. Loving my newest edition, Royal Oak 15500ST. It will live in harmony right along side my favorite Rolex and other pieces :)