Here is something I wrote a while back regarding the latest "complaints" regarding RM. To be honest this has been happening not only with RM, but as a tendency in general.
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I get many questions regarding buying a 004 and I can only recommend it to certain people. Some I rather tell them to go for a 011 instead since not everybody is ready for a 004. Buying these watches should not be measured in terms of "...if you have the money", but rather in terms of "... are you ready for this watch". Nothing wrong with having a big purse yet it is a mistake to buy according to our purse. Big mistake. If until now you had a quartz and just won the lottery... you are NOT ready for a manual Tourbillon!
I still love my RM004v2 and would not trade it for nothing. What I know for certain is that every time it would go for service, if need be, it will return a better watch. How many can say that in the industry?
P.s. Please remove if this infringes Forum rules etc...