Audemars Piguet is launching a new limited edition of 300 pieces of the Royal Oak Offshore Diver, with a 42 mm case made of 18-carat white gold, combined with a black ceramic bezel and crowns. The bezel, as is customary for the Royal Oak collection, is secured by eight screws through the caseback, which are screwed into eight white gold hexagonal-head nuts. The crown at 10 o'clock, screwed down like the winding and regulating crown at 3 o'clock, is used to adjust the unidirectional rotating flange, useful for calculating dive times. The black guilloché-engraved dial with a "Méga Tapisserie" motif features luminescent geometric baton hands and hour markers in a beige colour, as do the hour markers on the flange. The date window opens at 3 o'clock. The watch is powered by the in-house calibre 4308 (launched in March by Audemars Piguet, 32 mm in diameter, 5.20 mm thick, 28,800 vibrations per hour, 234 components, 32 jewels, 60-hour power reserve), a self-winding mechanical movement, beautifully finished and with a blackened 18-carat rose gold skeleton oscillating weight. Water-resistant to a pressure of 10 atmospheres and with an interchangeable black rubber strap combined with an 18-carat white gold pin buckle (a second strap in beige calfskin is included in the package), this new Royal Oak Offshore Limited Edition will initially be sold exclusively in Japan (for the month of September), before being available internationally from October.
Price59,300 euro.
