My first was the Ti Montoya.

Picture taken on the Collectors Market.

Sold one year later, after several problems with the rotor and the crown... And a hand which wanted to take some holidays...

Then, I got this COS:

Which was not very comfortable to wear, at least on my wrist.

So, I traded it for my jumbo:

Which brings a smile on my face each time I wear it.

My dream AP watch would be this irrealistic RO Concept, of course:

This is simple, I discovered it just after the Freak, and it made me dream ( still now, by the way ) a lot!

I would also love to get a RO skeleton PC, which I find to be one of the finest PC ever made, in a not conventional case.

But there is a life outside the RO, and a Millenary Starwheel, wuch as this one, would feed my pleasure in an incommensurable way...

Aaah, and a Ding dong watch ,ala Thomas or Pplater, would be a perfect choice, too.

Best,

Nicolas

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What will be or what was your first AP??

By: MichaelC : September 19th, 2012-13:59

Daos started a terrific thread recently on "Dream AP's". Certainly lots of good models in there. It made me wonder, how did current AP fans officially enter into the brand, and for those who plan on their first AP, which one are you thinking of? Mine was ...

there are much more to consider. I remember a certain Metropolis, for example, or an Equation Of Time, which had some big impact on me. Best, Nicolas

Sounding like MTF there...

By: patrick_y : September 19th, 2012-22:35

"Ding dong watch"

Yep. A very discrete watch which hides a pure treasure. A winner.

By: amanico : September 20th, 2012-00:24

My first AP...

By: Emil Wojcik : September 19th, 2012-16:00

...was an 18K dress watch on a gator strap. Automatic caliber 2120. I believe at the time it was from what AP called its "Classic" line. I bought it in the late 1980s after selling a Patek and a couple Vacherons. Unfortunately, that watch is long gone, re...

First AP

By: JEC : September 19th, 2012-16:21

My first AP was the 15300 and it is still one of my favorite watches. I always look forward to strapping it on my wrist. All the best, J. ...

my first AP

By: daytona1712 : September 19th, 2012-19:46

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Something very special about buying your first AP.

By: JerryW : September 19th, 2012-20:55

I think I searched for five years before I found and pulled the trigger to purchase my first AP in 1997. Some things are worth waiting for and wearing a AP is one of those things. RG NICK FALDO RO A few years later my obsession with AP led me to a website...

ROO rubberclad - Barrichello TI/41mm steel - EOT?

By: palmasea : September 19th, 2012-22:16

My first AP was a ROO rubberclad just like yours Michael, with a silver/white dial. I LOVED IT! That watch had no peers in its heyday. Sold that when I got a Barrichello Ti - and I have never found another AP that costs less than a ferrari that I liked as...

Side picture for those buying the new 44 AP's

By: palmasea : September 19th, 2012-22:29

Just thought I would show this picture of my brother-in-law's new 44mm ROO... I love the new 44's, but buyer beware that they fit more like a 46-47mm Panerai. Likewise, the new 41mm RO's feel more like a 42-43mm watch. ...

Such a hard question...

By: patrick_y : September 19th, 2012-22:38

Don't own an AP yet. Been lusting after one for a while now. Still just don't know how the watch fits on my small wrist, but always loved the Royal Oak Jumbo, the Grand Sonnerie Dynamograph, perhaps a minute repeater, and I only like the Millenary in the ...

15300 is my first AP...

By: dxboon : September 20th, 2012-07:42

...and I think you can't go wrong with a Royal Oak. For good, or ill (depending upon your perspective), the Royal Oak (and ROO) has become the signature collection from Audemars Piguet. Cheers, Daos

for me,

By: technik : September 20th, 2012-09:26

this is my first AP which was purchased in the mid last year.. and this one 3 months ago the future... still deciding =D ...

Genta

By: flamenco : September 20th, 2012-17:58

This is it! The one that pushed me over! And the slope got real slippery after that.... ...

My first AP

By: Oboema : September 21st, 2012-05:17

I bought my first AP in 2009, after that only AP: 1. ROO Rubberclad with a steel case and a black dial (sold); 2. ROO Rubberclad with a rosegold case and of course a black dial (sold); 3. ROO Jarno Trulli ltd. with a carbon case and a black dial (still ha...

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