New publication: Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Self -Winden Chronograph Watch in Black Ceramic for 2025

A few years ago, I predicted that after a time of brands that offer exotic or spirited colors as basic colors for luxury watches, a black clock would finally debut and feel comparatively special. About 20 years ago, an interesting trend in the watch industry led to a large amount of “all -black” things that were published. While it not only promoted Jean-Claude Bivers Hublot for the Black-on-Black watch trend, its fervor and energy inspired a large part of the industry to concentrate on black-colored watches. Now, in 2025, I think that we almost feel popular at the point of the all-black watches Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore self -win Chronograph 42 mm Reference 26238CE.OO.13000CE.02 is proof of this. This is one of the new 2025 Royal Oak offshore watches of Audemars Piguet This year Audemars Piguet paired a black ceramic bracelet for the first time with a modern version of the Royal Oak Offshore.

Since the 1990s, the Royal Oak Offshore has been a Macho basic food of the high-end clock world. It was originally created as a larger, sportier version of the Standard Royal Oak, which was about 20 years old at that time and originally debuted in the early 1970s. Audemars Piguet used the Royal Oak Offshore collection to experiment with new design information and materials, although this period apparently ends with the brand, which now focuses more on fashion and image. Ceramic as a material for case components was used for the first time in a Royal Oak Offshore by Audemars Piguet, and later the iconic form of Gerald Genta's Royal Oak-Form celebrated in ceramics. Today Audemars Piguet generated the Royal Oak in a variety of ceramic colors and offers as many options as possible within the industrial restrictions of the colors in which zirconium dioxide can be effectively generated.

The problem of Audemars Piguets was that ceramics and other once exclusive materials (such as forged carbon) became popular with other companies, they needed new opportunities to assert themselves as a luxury brand while offering their customers an elite ownership and support experience. Instead of concentrating on the price competition, Audemars Piguet turned as a brand and positioned itself somewhere between a private club and a jewelry/fashion house in which the price of their goods was of secondary importance to see the types of famous and powerful people, that carried their products. . Audemar's Piguet concentrated less on pure experiments and more on refinement and beauty. Today's Audemar's Piguet watches feel extremely polished and offer a beautiful reproduction of a classic iconic form and enable its wearers that they are pleasantly pretending in contrast to practicality. Of course you can spend less to get a black ceramic clock for a suitable black ceramic bracelet, but it's not Audemar's pig, isn't it?

Another interesting detail of this Royal Oak offshore self -wind chronograph 42mm o'clock is that it continues the trend for some Audemars Piguet clocks not to have the complete brand name on the dial. A practice that I found for the first time when writing about another version of the modern Audemars, Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Chronograph 43 mm. Audemars Piguet is currently 42 mm and 43 mm wide royal oak offshore chronograph with slightly different movement layouts. Both opt for a more colloquial “AP” logo on the dial instead of the full name “Audemars Piguet”. It looks pleasant enough, although from the point of view of branding consistency I find it more strange. This means that lovers of lovers out there are aware that the people who like Audemars Piguet fall into two camps: those who call the brand as “Audemars Piguet”, and those who prefer it to simply “ap” to say, simply say “ap.” Are these watches strictly determined for this latter?

The 42 mm wide housing is water -resistant at 100 m and 15.3 mm thick. While it is modern, it reflects some of the original design information from the first Royal Oak offshore watches, including the smaller chronograph -pusher (originally black rubber and in contrast to ceramics) and a large part of the dial layout. Everything from the hands and the hour markings to movement is new. The traditional Mega tapiserie face design is still good -looking, and the overall face design combines sportiness with traditional elegance. The hands and hour markings begin as white gold and are then coated black. The dial is not quite “black on black” with just enough lighter colors for readability, but this is an “all black” ceramic clock by Audemars Piguet.

In this version of the Royal Oak Offshore Selfwinding Chronograph, the 4404 caliber caliber of the brand 4404 is located. It is very pretty in decoration and design and visible through a sapphire crystal case. The back of the housing is actually largely black -colored titanium compared to ceramic. The 4404 movement differs from the similar 4401 movement (which is located in the 43 mm wide version of the Royal Oak Offshore) only with regard to the layout of the chronograph subdials. Both movements work at 4Hz with 70 hours of electricity reserve. They indicate the time, the date and have a 12-hour chronograph mechanism.

For those who are familiar with the history of the Royal Oak Opshore, this watch is a new recreation of an existing and popular design. Perhaps for beginners of the high-end clock world, Audemars Piguet can create a fresh experience that such a watch has never been available. In any case, most watch lovers can agree that Audemars Piguet gives little new, but continues to produce a very pretty and satisfactory sports guard design for men that fits completely into a luxurious section of lifestyle. This part is required for the Audemars Piguet brand in view of your current sales and marketing strategy. As I said, you can certainly get a fine Swiss luxury sports guard for less money (much less money) in ceramics on a black ceramic bracelet. Although it may not be nearly as sophisticated or iconic (i.e. desirable) like what the noble Audemars Piguet can offer. I am personally excited to get this watch on the wrist and to determine that Audemars Piguet actually did “everything black watches great” again. Price for the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Selfwinding Chronograph 42mm Reference 26238CE.OO.13000CE.02 Is $ 86,900 USD. Find out more at The Audemars Piguet website.