Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Chronograph Review

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Royal Oak Offshore by Audemars Piguet in titanium. Automatic w/ chronograph & date.

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Basel, April 1972: at the annual Swiss Watch Show (later renamed BaselWorld), Audemars Piguet  introduced a luxury steel watch with integrated bracelet characterized by a daring and revolutionary design.  After the initial disconcert of the market, the watch - the Royal Oak - become a huge international success and one of the most iconic watches ever.

The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Chronographs considered enormous when the Offshore, the more “masculine” successor to the original, smaller Royal Oak watch, was launched in 1993 — but adds some modern aesthetic touches for today’s luxury-sport-watch aficionado.

The case’s crown, chronograph push-pieces, and push-piece guards have been slightly redesigned and resized; the rubber used for the crown and push-pieces of the earlier “26170” Royal Oak Offshore watches has been replaced in the new “26470” models with black ceramic. The dial’s Arabic numeral hour markers have a more sculpted look, with polished fillet borders; the sub-dials and round date window are also surrounded by polished borders. The new hands are faceted and have a luminescent coating. The colors of the date disks matches those of the dials for greater uniformity.

Of course, the Royal Oak Offshore DNA is still clearly evident: the hexagonal bezel (in satin-brushed and polished steel or rose gold) secured by eight polished steel hexagonal screws; the waffle-like “Mega Tapisserie” pattern on the dial that helps enhance its depth; and the applied Audemars Piguet “AP” initials in white or rose gold directly above a white transfer brand logo on a raised cartouche.


Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore 18k rose gold - https://www.grayandsons.com/w520495-audemars-piguet-offshore-5620.html
Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore 25854st/0/1150st/01 - https://www.grayandsons.com/w517454-audemars-piguet-royal-oak-offshore-25.html
Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Ref AP26400SOOOA002CA01 - https://www.grayandsons.com/w519928-audemars-piguet-offshore-ap26400soooa.html

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