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Originally Posted by CaptainYooh
Both are good names. AP name is slightly more respectable in the watch snob world, especially because of their movements. I never liked their looks, but that's more of a personal taste/preference. AP makes their own in-house movements. Hublot either uses ETA movements or copies a 7750 movement in-house from their proprietary alloy. Also, both names have a huge price range differential from lower end to the very high end pieces. What's your budget?
Purely from a price perspective, buying in US is better than buying online and buying online is better than buying here. Prices in Calgary on high-end watches are much higher when compared to US prices. Best deals are offered by the wholesellers (shops buying and reselling old new stock from authorized dealers). They usually provide their own warranty, which is kinda useless, so be prepared to service watch here at your own cost. Mind you, authorized dealers give you only one year warranty anyway.
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Actually AP is recognized as one of the top Manufactures in the watch industry and would be my recommendation. Most Hublot's are equipped with the 7750 as was mentioned but they do manufacture their own column wheel chronograph movements now as well. AP's ROOs and Hublot's Big Bang series watches are both the choice of plenty of actors, athletes and rappers. Among the watch snobs, AP will provide you with more cred.