Audemars Piguet
Pre-SIHH: Audemars Piguet Celebrates 25 Years of the Royal Oak Offshore
Audemars Piguet
Pre-SIHH: Audemars Piguet Celebrates 25 Years of the Royal Oak Offshore
In the same spirit as it did almost 25 years ago, Audemars Piguet unveiled today a re-edition of its 1993 steel Royal Oak Offshore Selfwinding Chronograph, as well as a limited edition Royal Oak Offshore Tourbillon Chronograph in steel and in 18K pink gold to honor a quarter of a century for the iconic collection.
Though inspired by previous Offshore models, which featured a much curvier and open design on the dial, Audemars Piguet decided to go for a more straight-edged, almost fiery aesthetic for this limited edition. The dial features a new and contemporary design, seemingly inspired by modern and conceptual architecture. Sharp and angular bridges (in either stainless steel or pink gold to match the case) are positioned on the dial as if they push against the glass, creating an interesting optical illusion of depth and shadows within the dial. It begs you to take another look, and another, and another…
The Royal Oak Offshore Self-winding Chronograph (Re-edition)
Movement: Selfwinding Caliber 3126/3840; chronograph, hours, minutes, small seconds and date functions; 50-hour power reserve.
Case: Stainless steel with caseback engraved with “Royal Oak Offshore” logo and “Automatic” in the center; blue rubber-clad pushpieces and screw-locked crown; water-resistant to 100m.
Dial: Blue dial with “Petite Tapisserie” pattern; blue counters; white gold applied hour-markers and Royal Oak hands with luminescent coating; blue inner bezel.
Strap: Matching stainless steel bracelet with folding clasp.
Royal Oak Offshore Tourbillon Chronograph 25th Anniversary
Movement: Hand wound Caliber 2947; tourbillon, chronograph, 30-minute counter, seconds counter, hours and minutes functions; 173-hour power reserve.
Case: Available in stainless steel or 18K pink gold, with matching stainless steel or pink gold bezel, black ceramic screw-locked crown and pushers; sandblasted titanium or pink gold pusher guards; water-resistant to 100m.
Dial: Black dial with pink gold or white gold hour-markers with luminescent coating.
Strap: Black rubber.