Manufacturer: Audemars Piguet Year: Circa 2000 Reference No: 25770SN.O.0001KE.01 Case No: E17985 Model Name: Royal Oak Offshore End of Days Material: Black PVD-coated stainless steel Calibre: Automatic, 2226/2840, 54 jewels Bracelet/Strap: Black Audemars Piguet fibre strap Clasp/Buckle: Black PVD-coated stainless steel Audemars Piguet buckle Dimensions: 42 mm. bezel width Signed:Case, dial and movement signed, case further engraved 272/500 Accessories: With Audemars Piguet instruction manual, fitted presentation box and outer packaging.
Catalogue Essay
The present Royal Oak is a special edition in collaboration between Audemars Piguet and Arnold Schwarzenegger for his movie End of Days in 1999. The watch is one of the first PVD-coated stainless steel watches ever produced by Audemars Piguet. Further enhanced with striking yellow numerals and hands, the present watch is numbered 272 of a limited production of 500 pieces only.
A 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.