Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Audemars Piguet's Next - New Offshore Chronograph

In recent years, Audemars Piguet has made more frequent innovations. The Royal Oak 15500, the new formal 1159 series, and the all-ceramic perpetual calendar with complex watches all caused a great "shock". This year, Audemars Piguet’s focus is on the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore replica watches, launching 3 new offshore chronographs. They are:

The new offshore chronograph is 44mm. The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Chronograph has two main sizes, one is 42 and the other is 44. This year, the new 26405 is 44mm. In previous years, the 42mm offshore chronograph was very popular. The 42mm size is relatively small and more suitable for Chinese people. In the past two years, the center of gravity of the offshore chronograph began to tilt toward 44mm, like the relatively hot "green camouflage" offshore chronograph 26400 in the previous paragraph, which is also 44mm.

The new offshore chronograph is a ceramic case. This year's new 3 Royal Oak Offshore Chronograph 26405 are all ceramic cases. And the common 26470 and 26400 on the market are steel shells. So this year's new offshore chronograph 26405 will have a higher public price. The two new models of 26405 are black ceramic shells, of which green and blue are ceramic rings (green circle, blue circle), and the gold model is 18K rose gold circle. Audemars Piguet Royal Oak has always been famous for drawing. The new 26405 ceramic case and ceramic or rose gold bezel have been finely drawn on a large area, and the effect is very good. The edges of the case and bezel are polished. The crown and timing buttons of the watch are also ceramic.

The new offshore chronograph has a change in the dial. The biggest change in the dial of the new offshore chronograph 26405 this year is the use of digital time scales, which is a major feature of the new model. In the past, for offshore timekeeping, the 42mm 26470 used digital time scales, and the 44mm 26400 used bar time scales. In this way, 42 mm and 44 mm are distinguished. This year's new 26405 is 44mm, but uses a digital time scale. The surface of the disk has a "smoky" effect, the color of the center of the disk is lighter, the color of the surroundings becomes darker, and the edge of the disk becomes black. The small dials at 6, 9, and 12 o'clock, the time counters at 6 o'clock and 9 o'clock are rhodium-plated silver, and the small seconds at 12 o'clock are black. The dial of the watch is still Audemars Piguet’s iconic "waffle" pattern, and the calendar window with a small magnifying glass is at 3 o'clock.

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