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Follow up Survey: Which Royal Oak would you choose … (I am posting it here to hear the opinion of non AP fans as well)
Friends,
Yesterday I posted some questions on which Royal Oak would you choose.
Today, some extra info provided, a nicer picture of the 5402 with the Logo down Series A as opposed to the prior Series D logo up posted.
Please vote again here and let see if some of the extra info and pics makes a difference or not.
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If you had the choice of either the:
1. 5402 - 39 mm
1. 5402 - 39 mm
- Series A. 1,000 of these ever made. And these were the first batch of Royal Oaks from Gerald Genta himself in 1972. Extremely rare. 7.3 mm thick.The originals. Solid caseback.
2. 15202 - 39 mm
- Generation 2. These were made about 25 years after the first royal oak was released. Said to be the most "true" to the original 5402 and also using the JLC 2121 movement. Slightly thicker at about 8.1 mm or so. Discontinued in 2022. only a few thousand made.(I'm not going to get into a massive discourse between Gen1 vs Gen 2 and such. Just take it at face value and see which one you would choose.
3. 15500 - 41 mm
- Current production. Thicker and bigger. 41 mm and 10.5 cm thickness.
To add to your collection. Which would you choose?
You can only choose one of the three choices. No long stories or long questions etc. Just choose one of the three please. I would like to keep this simple and get some "natural" answers from a variety of folks.
Assumptions:
• All prices exactly the same.
• All full set.
• All in NOS condition.
• You are not allowed to resell the watch ever.
Thank you.
Best,
Marc
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Follow up Survey: Which Royal Oak would you choose … (I am posting it here to hear the opinion of non AP fans as well)
Friends, Yesterday I posted some questions on which Royal Oak would you choose. Today, some extra info provided, a nicer picture of the 5402 with the Logo down Series A as opposed to the prior Series D logo up posted. Please vote again here and let see if...
an off topic question if i may:
marc_personal singapore_marc both you? just wondering
15202, because it has a better bracelet and clasp than the 5402.
And I do like the movement in the 15202 much more than the movement in the 15500. Why would you ask this strange question though? As this is not a likely plausible scenario anyone would encounter? OR perhaps the more likely scenario is that one person own...
I'm asking because ...
I would like to see how much does provenance, heritage and rarity come into play for folks in their choices of what to add to their collection. The first survey was without any information about the heritage and provenance and rarity. I also want to see h...
You'll get a lot of different answers. None of them right nor wrong.
Some will want to keep the historically significant vintage model. Some will want to keep the pragmatically best model. And probably very few will want to get the 15500 - that one will get the least votes.
Results of Survey 2
Survey 2 Thanks to all who responded Results: 1. 5402-39 mm 5 votes 2. 15202-39 mm 6 votes 3. 15500-41 mm 3 votes
Results of Survey2
Survey 2 Thanks to all who responded Results: 1. 5402-39 mm 5 votes 2. 15202-39 mm 6 votes 3. 15500-41 mm 3 votes