Launched in 1972, the Royal Oak was the world’s first stainless steel luxury sports watch with a fully integrated bracelet. Designed overnight in response to an urgent request for an ‘unprecedented steel watch’, it was at the same time the most expensive stainless steel watch ever made. In 1992 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Royal Oak model, Audemars Piguet introduced the Royal Oak Offshore line. The brand sought to update the iconic Royal Oak with a sporty, more masculine aesthetic. The new Offshore featured a chronograph and calendar mechanism, along with a prominent rubber gasket sandwiched between the bezel and case, and therban – a type of rubber - coated chronograph pushers and screw down crown.

The famed actor Arnold Schwarzenegger has long been associated Audemars Piguet since he wore a Royal Oak Offshore black and yellow prototype model in the 1999 thriller “End of Days”, which was sold by Phillips Watches in New York in June 2022. The brand launched a limited edition model of 500 “End of Days” timepieces in 1999 in honour of this collaboration. In 2011, Audemars Piguet released the Royal Oak Offshore “The Legacy” in an oversized 48mm diameter case made from black ceramic and titanium with pink gold accents. The dial featured the trademark 'Méga Tapisserie' pattern and was set with pink gold numerals and hands. The case back was engraved “Arnold Schwarzenegger The Legacy”, and the model was originally sold to raise funds for Schwarzenegger’s charitable foundation “After School All-Stars”.

The present model is number 139 of 1500 examples and offered in excellent overall condition.