Help identify this royal oak

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Sent the watch for service with AP on Saturday (so just 4 days ago) and just got the estimate back much faster than I expected. It is a 14486 per the estimate document.

The watchmaker analysis says:

“Third party intervention - caseback screws damaged. Scratches on the bridges and oscillating weight.”

Anyway, the damage is not so bad, $1350 total consisting of $989 for complete maintenance service and then $379 for “refinishing of the case and bracelet, best possible”.

Seems like a no brainer especially if they can restore the watch appearance and angles of the bezel at least to a certain extent.

Any contrary thoughts?
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Evitzee
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Reasonable cost to get it back to a good, more aesthetic condition.

Post some pics when you get it back, it will be like night and day.
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propervinyl
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N Noahsi
He said a basic service assuming nothing needed to be replaced was $890 but that it’s impossible to say without sending it in. Down the road maybe I will.

Continuing to wear it without a service will guarantee a high repair bill down the road.

Send it in now if you intend to wear it, or only wear it sparingly until you do.
 
rkman11
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These two-tone Royal Oaks being posted lately are killing me! Beautiful watch! And $1300 all in to rock that beauty on your wrist for years to come is an amazing deal. Best of luck with the service, and enjoy wearing that stunning piece!
 
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Just got the watch back. You guys were spot on, it came back looking pristine! Pictures attached. The before and after is seriously night and day. I don’t know how they did it but AP did an amazing job. The watch is running beautifully and it looks awesome .. the few minor scuffs that remain are visible in the pictures but nearly impossible to see when its on the wrist.

A few pictures on its own and on the wrist - whadya think?

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rkman11
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Looks AMAZING! Incredible family heirloom and just an incredible watch! Wear in the best of good health.
 
MikiJ
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As we all hopefully have learned: "You get what you pay for" and you got that much and more 😀
 
Walrus
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Very nice job very nice precise machining seems like money well spent. Not saying it wasn’t a good amount of money but I would have expected it to be much more
 
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LiquidSolid LiquidSolid
hi, that's a nice honest AP by the OP.

Here is my take on it. After the 4100 came the 4486, which turned into the 14486, then 14700, followed by the 14790.

My guess is this is a late 4100 or 4486 (not 14790). Here is a pic of my 4486, which is less than 50 case numbers later than the OPs.

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Beautiful watch!
 
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Excellent job done on the case! Looks like new.
 
Draven
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Just when I convinced myself I don't really like AP watches I see this. Love it, absolute stunner, well done!
 
Evitzee
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AP After Sales Service is the best in my experience. They can do amazing things in correcting other people's goof ups on the Royal Oak case. It's always hard to believe when you get a properly refinished RO back. Compared to your original pics it is hard to believe.
 
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Thanks for all the comments. It really is like night and day! The properly finished watch looks amazing with all of the fine details and finishing on the case and bezel which really stand out on the smaller sized cases. I’m surprised they don’t still offer a watch of this size .. as much as the new ones are great and have a real presence there is something lost in the detailing as it doesn’t look quite as special on the bigger case.
 
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