As 2018 will mark the 25th anniversary of the Royal Oak Offshore, Audemars Piguet will commemorate the event with three special Royal Oak Offshore offerings — using a couple more in the pipeline, waiting to be launched at SIHH 2018. Paradoxically, “The Beast” is back, and this re-edition Ref. 26237ST remains very much loyal to the first. It features a 42mm stainless steel case and bracelet plus a blue “Petite Tapisserie” dial. Water-resistance is 100m. The principal differences which we may see between this 2018 version and the first are extremely subtle, namely from the seconds monitor and ‘Swiss Made’ print on the periphery of this dial.Inside that the re-edition Royal Oak Offshore Selfwinding Chronograph defeats the Caliber 3126/3840, exactly the exact same movement used in other modern Royal Oak Offshore chronograph watches. Aside from the moment, needless to say, this motion features chronograph and date complications, a 22k gold strand, beats at 3Hz, also has a power reserve of 50 hours.
You say you want a 44mm-wide Royal Oak but you don’t want a Royal Oak Offshore? Well, one option is to just opt for this Audemars Piguet Watches 2015 Replica Royal Oak Tourbillon Chronograph Openworked. Sure, you need to invest in both the platinum case and skeletonized and decorated chronograph tourbillon movement – but isn’t it worth it? SIHH 2016 sees a few platinum-cased Royal Oak watches, as well as a healthy assortment in gold. In fact, there is but one steel-cased standard Royal Oak for 2016 – and it isn’t budget-priced either. Probably the most
