First AP (advice needed)

[ryan640]

Hi All,

This is my first post here but have been looking around for some time.

I have been looking around at various APs and have always wanted one. This would be my first luxury watch and instead of going toward an Omega, I fell for the royal oak offshore and anything less wouldnt make me happy.

That being said I would like to spend 10K assuming Ill be spending another 2K on getting it serviced and then the insurance. Is it possible to get something in that range? Ive noticed a few rubberclads going for 12K.

I did find one watch I really like ref: 25721TI . OO. 1000TI . 04 but the owner mentioned the chrono hand gets stuck. Should I completely stay away? Assuming I can get it for 14K.

Thanks in advance and apologies for the rambling.

Ryan

[Token74]

Originally Posted by ryan640

Hi All,

This is my first post here but have been looking around for some time.

I have been looking around at various APs and have always wanted one. This would be my first luxury watch and instead of going toward an Omega, I fell for the royal oak offshore and anything less wouldnt make me happy.

That being said I would like to spend 10K assuming Ill be spending another 2K on getting it serviced and then the insurance. Is it possible to get something in that range? Ive noticed a few rubberclads going for 12K.

I did find one watch I really like ref: 25721TI . OO. 1000TI . 04 but the owner mentioned the chrono hand gets stuck. Should I completely stay away? Assuming I can get it for 14K.

Thanks in advance and apologies for the rambling.

Ryan

Assuming you’re going to get it services (first thing is do with any Pre-owned watch) then I probably wouldn’t be too stressed about a hand getting stuck.


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[Burlington]

Reading your post my honest advice would be to wait until you have a bit more to spend and you don’t need to consider the budget for insurance & servicing.

I’m all for buying what you want first time - and AP ROO is absolutely an everyday watch.

But rather than going for the lowest cost entry point, wait a bit longer and target what you really like the most - unless that is the rubberclad ? In which case get it fixed up by AP and it should serve you well.

[Caramba]

Originally Posted by ryan640

Hi All,

This is my first post here but have been looking around for some time.

I have been looking around at various APs and have always wanted one. This would be my first luxury watch and instead of going toward an Omega, I fell for the royal oak offshore and anything less wouldnt make me happy.

That being said I would like to spend 10K assuming Ill be spending another 2K on getting it serviced and then the insurance. Is it possible to get something in that range? Ive noticed a few rubberclads going for 12K.

I did find one watch I really like ref: 25721TI . OO. 1000TI . 04 but the owner mentioned the chrono hand gets stuck. Should I completely stay away? Assuming I can get it for 14K.

Thanks in advance and apologies for the rambling.

Ryan

Buy the seller. Is it a dealer with good reviews and things in order? If not, that’s a red flag. Seeing similar models at Chrono24 for around 20-22k.

If you haven’t done it already, read the guide that is a sticky in this forum. Stick to the recipe there, and you can’t go too wrong.


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