Opportunity To Buy AP ROO Black Themes...Sorta Of

[Syms]

Hey all,

I was presented an opportunity to buy the watch pictured below by a good friend of mine. A friend of his is selling it, along with the rest of his watch collection quick as he's going through a divorce and wants to sell them fast as he probably doesn't want his soon to be ex-wife getting any piece of them.

Anyway, when I first saw a picture of it, I had thought it was a rubber clad (i'm still quite new to AP and have never owned one nor have I ever even had one in my hand.

However, after seeing it in person, i realized that it was not a rubber clad due to it having a black dial with black sub dials. Naturally, it was the rubber bezel and rubber strap that initially made me think it was a rubber clad.

My friend then mentioned that his friend had made a comment about the current owner having purchased it from a reputable Canadian grey market dealer (I did find some threads on TRF with quite a few people commenting on him being a standup seller) who replaced the original bezel (a metal/SS one) with this rubber one.

So off to google I went, trying to figure out what this watch was and I finally figured that this is likely a Black Themes with rubber strap.

Besides this watch having been clearly worn regularly, can anyone confirm for me (at least at first impressions without opening the thing up) whether this watch is what I think it is, the Black Themes? I can take some more pictures from different angles if necessary. I am just not familiar with this watch well enough to know what to look for (other than the cuts on 10 and 8 looking right, and the uneven spacing between subdials being right).

Anything I should look out for on this watch? I have the watch in hand right now but wont have the box and stuff until Saturday or Sunday sometime. I was told it comes with box and papers, the way it was purchased originally from this reputable grey market dealer. (fortunately I have a couple days to do some research on it while the watch is in my posession before I decide if I want it or not. I haven't paid the guy for the watch yet so i'm not at risk of anything at the moment)

Anyways, just looking for some feedback from some more knowledgeable AP enthusiasts. And maybe even some thoughts on what this watch is worth as is (if box and papers are included as promised). Also, what would it cost to replace the rubber bezel with an original SS bezel? And maybe some input on what it would cost to get a full service done on this piece?

I've actually never been on this part of the forum as I have mainly been a big Rolex fan for the longest time. Thanks in advance and hopefully I don't get flamed too much for being a newbie on this.