Furthermore, a successor for the 15300 has been announced already as
well, same goes for the Royal Oak Chronograph edition (26300 becomes
26320). In these cases, the case diameter grew from 39mm to 41mm and the wording on the dial has been blown up as well. Not sure whether this is something I like.
Anyway, let's keep it at 15300 versus 15202. The picture above clearly
shows the 15202, former edition, with framed date aperture, AP logo at
12 o'clock and Arabic numerals for the minute markers.
This is the version that is still relatively easy to get, where the
models before the 15202 and the successor of the pictured 15202 are
either hard to get or very expensive. Or just both. The version above will set you back approximately 9500 EUR. The 15300 (below) can be had for less, starting at approximately 7500 EUR (used Chrono24.com to do a price look-up).
Our friends at The Prodigal Guide did an interesting write-up. Both editors of The Prodigal Guide are planning to purchase either a 15202, 15300 or 26120 (Dual Time) in the next 12 months.
We've have to talk them out of the Dual Time of course, and narrow
their short-list down to the Jumbo and the 15300. Give them a helping
hand by replying to their article ' A tale of three Royal Oaks: the Audemars Piguet challenge '.
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