AP, ALS, FPJ: Next Watch Purchase Comparison
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AP, ALS, FPJ: Next Watch Purchase Comparison

By Jorge116.039 · Aug 25, 2013 · 27 replies
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Jorge116.039 initiates a discussion to help narrow down his next luxury watch purchase, presenting a diverse selection from Audemars Piguet, A. Lange & Söhne, and F.P. Journe. This article synthesizes community feedback on these high-complication timepieces, offering insights into their aesthetic appeal, functional utility, and collector value.

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Planning my next purchase hopefully by December/January and since my choices are so different I thought to start bugging WUS members early. 

Choice 1 AP Perpetual or AP equation of time




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I really like the look of both but don't know yet if the 17k difference is worth it or not. In any event the main reason of this one is the look of Rose gold with a Perpetual Calendar and is an AP of course.

Choice 2: ALS timezone white gold




Beautiful ALS dial with nice complication. And to my eyes the only ALS off center dial that it is balanced thanks to the complication. And is manual.

Choice 3 FPJ Octa Perpetuelle 




Innovative leap year indication, easy corrections for the perpetual calendar from a unique brand. Another plus is that the brand is new to my collection.

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JerryW
Aug 25, 2013
Go with your first choice.

I did not even want to look at the ones below. The RO EOT is a great combination. Hope to see one this week while visiting the boutique in NYC. Actually they are all stunning, I am just partial to AP. I have a RO Perpetual and a JA Equation of Time and really like both very much. Good luck with your selection. Best, JerryW

JO
Jorge116.039
Aug 26, 2013
Beautiful watches Jerry

Let me ask you this, which one of the 2 AP's has more wrist time? JA or RO ?

JE
JerryW
Aug 26, 2013
My favorite is the Royal Oak.

My Jumbo gets the most wrist time and the PC is second. I tend to wear the JA when I wear a suit and I do my best to not wear a suit. Best, JerryW

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ED209
Aug 26, 2013
Another vote for the AP RO PC [nt]

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amanico
Aug 25, 2013
AP RO PC. But may I suggest you to have an eye on the skeleton version?

From a beautiful Watch, to an exceptional Watch... Best, Nicolas.

JO
Jorge116.039
Aug 26, 2013
Thanks Nicolas

That APRO perpetual looks beautiful ! This is a hard choice, I think I need to visit an AP AD. I bought my AP 15300 over the phone from a dealer in Florida, without seeing the watch 1st!

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