|
I'm not a fan of AP, but just to make polite conversation, are we really so certain that AP hasn't been innovating?
The Super Sonnerie line is several years old now and still better than Patek's new repeater (PP's is still not water resistant, AP's is to 20m, which is get caught in a heavy rain-proof at the least).
Plus, there is the super duper thin QP.
And a not thin true Grand Complication, rattrapante/QP/Repeater.
Not to mention APRP is responsible for everything cool Richard Mille has ever done (and AP owns 25% of RM). APRP also has done quiet work for other brands who need complication work.
AP isn't shy about being able to service all their watches throughout their history of production. You know who can't do that? Patek. AP likes to point out that there's a non-working complicated pocketwatch in the PP museum that PP can't fix. They asked AP to fix it and AP was like "Sure, but we want 'Serviced by AP' under the card identifying the watch in the museum." Patek refused, so there it sits like a hockey puck.
The argument that AP is only RO and ROO is and always has been bogus, given the wealth of complications AP offers. Rolex only has an Oyster case line and some Cellinis (literally, the brand has technically two lines and that's it).
APs don't keep good time, maybe the new movements will fix that, but they certainly deserve to be a top haute horology big brand with a long history and reputation.
|