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Audemars Piguet
Ref. 25854ST.OO.1150ST.01
Royal Oak Offshore
An imposing and impressive highly complicated stainless steel perpetual calendar chronograph wristwatch with moonphases
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- The Offshore was instrumental in defining the trend towards larger luxury sports watches, challenging conventional proportions and paving the way for the oversized watch aesthetic that would dominate the decades that followed.
- While faithfully retaining the defining design codes of the original Royal Oak, including the octagonal bezel, exposed hexagonal screws and integrated bracelet, the Offshore established an entirely new visual language through its increased diameter of 42mm, distinctive rubber pushers, greater depth and more assertive architecture.
- The present model, number 008, adds a perpetual calendar and moonphase indications to the chronograph, creating a new visual language by integrating one of haute horlogerie’s most prestigious complications to the bold and contemporary architecture of the Royal Oak Offshore.
Audemars Piguet
Swiss | 1881A specialist in the manufacture of complications since it was established in 1881, Audemars Piguet never ceases to impress with a rich history of creating bold, even audacious, timepieces underpinned by traditional watchmaking at its finest. This Le Brassus-based Swiss manufacturer is one of only two major manufacturers still owned by the founding family. Since its earliest days, AP is considered a leader in the field of minute repeaters and grande complication pocket and wristwatches. The brand is devoted to preserving the history of watchmaking in the Vallée de Joux, showcased at their superb museum in Le Brassus.
Today, the brand is best known for its Royal Oak models, a revolutionary luxury sports watch launched in 1972. Other key models include early minute repeating wristwatches, vintage chronograph wristwatches, such as the oversized reference 5020, perpetual calendar watches and the Royal Oak Offshore, first introduced in 1993.