The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak is one of the most recognizable luxury watches on the planet and it also happens to be quite good looking. These two things taken together have helped this more than 45 year old design turn into both an icon and one of the most in-demand pieces of mens jewelry you can find; and as suc [...]

In my time writing about watches, I dont recall any previous moment when Switzerlands Swatch Group sent out a press release related to technical innovation news. Today, the conglomerate of almost 20 timepiece brands including Omega, Breguet, Rado, Tissot, Swatch, Longines, and Hamilton announces the impending debut of Nivachron balance springs a component which i [...]

Even among all the Royal Oaks and haute horology presented by Audemars Piguet for SIHH 2018, one could hardly overlook something as strange, bold, and exotic as the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept Flying Tourbillon GMT. This is not one that grabs headlines for groundbreaking technology or radic [...]

Introduced in 1993, the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore was a bold and divisive watch, so much so that Gerald Genta, who designed the original Royal Oak, reportedly invaded the Audemars Piguet booth when it was unveiled at Basel and shouted that his Royal Oak had been completely destroyed. Later, the first Royal Oak Offshore Diver was introduced in 2010 [...]

The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept Ladies Flying Tourbillon.Audemars Piguet continues to quietly introduce some of the most important ladies watches on the market, a fact that is often overlooked in the shadow of its massively popular Royal Oak mens collection. This year at SIHH, two new watches for ladi [...]

I can say this from extensive experience; the Swiss do tend to?get rather dramatic when they decide they want to have all your attention. In this latest instance this tendency manifested in a black-walled chamber with pitch black tinted windows and dark orange lights, supposedly popular in the interrogation business, along with some piec [...]

SIHH 2018 sees the Royal Oak brand release a ton of new Audemars Piguet watches. We have picked three here before we cover them hands-on: two belong to the highly exclusive Concept range with a new and refreshing ladies piece drizzled with diamonds, and a very dark and aggressive looking mens variant with a mysterious pusher in its side. Along w [...]

Three new models are being added to the Millenary collection at SIHH next month, with smaller cases and more sparkle than ever. The Millenary is one of three collections from Audemars Piguet that contain ladies watches, but essentially, it is the most female-centric of the full collections within the brand. The Royal Oak and the Royal Oak Offshore both have ladies versions [...]

Regardless of whether or not youre into all things that?glitter, it cant be denied that 2017s SIHH trends were punctuated by heaps of the 79th element in yellow, white, and frosty hues. And no one had more to show in this camp than Audemars Piguet, whose Extra-Thin Jumbo Royal Oak (reference 15202) in gold didnt quite steal the spotlight from the sh [...]

The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Tourbillon Chronograph 25th Anniversary and?Royal Oak Offshore Selfwinding Chronograph are three new, pre-SIHH 2018 references that well see in stores next year, when AP is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its Royal Oak Offshore line.When Audemars Piguet unveiled the first Royal Oak Offshore some 25 years [...]

During SIHH 2016, Audemars Piguet released two Royal Oak Frosted Gold watches-a 33mm quartz version and a 37mm automatic one. For those who enjoy some bling in their watches and a larger case size, the brand has a added a 41mm limited edition option, the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Frosted Gold 41mm watch, to the line.Continue reading

The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak is perhaps one of the most well-known watches available today, and unlike other watches of similar fame like the Omega Speedmaster or Rolex Submariner, its basic design also enjoys considerable versatility in terms of complications. From simple time-only variants to more complicated offerings, th [...]

Blink, and you might miss 2017s subtle updates to the Royal Oak Chronograph collection, but to eagle-eyed Audemars Piguet fans, these could be considered significant edits that bring a healthy dose of modernity and maybe just a touch of controversy to the classic spirit of the Swiss watchmakers most popular sport watch-and were not just referring to the sweet [...]

At SIHH 2017, Swiss Audemars Piguet celebrated color which is clearly the focus for these versions of the popular Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Diver 15710ST. The independent brands offerings are light on novelty but rich in hue, and known as the Funky Colour Editions. As such, the company is likely doing what is smart this year as they continue to [...]

If theres one watch that still haunts the collective dreams of the watch lover community since SIHH 2017 its the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar. In ceramic. In the 40-ish years since the Royal Oaks conception, Gerald Gentas avant-garde masterpiece has se [...]

Audemars Piguet has been creating some of the most technically interesting watches in their Royal Oak Concept collection for the past couple of years. Last year, they showed off the Royal Oak Concept Laptimer, a highly complicated chronograph with thre [...]

Since its debut in 1992, the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore has housed all sorts of complications in its virile, sporty case. The pinnacle of these endeavors surely was the $740,000 Grand Complication (hands-on here), but today we are looking at a more typical-for-AP [...]

There are some watches out there that, one might feel, appear to have always been around. The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Diver Chronograph works so well as a natural extension to the Diver collection that, to me, it is certainly such a watch. A couple weeks ago at SIHH 2016, Audemars Piguet finally enhanced th [...]

The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept Supersonnerie utilises an ever more familiar case shape from the Swiss powerhouse and updates the internal workings with something totally new, and totally awesome.?What Audemars Piguet have focused on more than any other aspect of this watch, is the [...]

SIHH 2016-goers were the first to see the?self-proclaimed force of nature of a ladies watch that is the?Audemars Piguet?Diamond Fury.?Its certainly living up to that proclamation, with an impressive 4,635 brilliant-cut diamonds in the case and bracelet, plus another 206 brilliant cut diamonds on the dial alone. Not to mention, this piece is simply?a beauty with its sharp angular des [...]