PROFESSIONAL WATCHES™ | Live Baselworld 2010 Coverage Begins March 17th: NEW Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshores

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When first created in 1972, the Royal Oak overturned existing fine watchmaking codes and asserted itself as the first high-end sports watch. Twenty years later, the famous octagon was reinterpreted in an extreme sports version that became the Royal Oak Offshore collection - the start of an ongoing success story. The latter is now being enriched with new dials in unusual colours and appears equipped with the exclusive self-winding Calibre 3126/3840.

-New dials
Steel models: silvered with black numerals;
red central chronograph seconds hand,
small seconds index and tachometric scale
Titanium model: anthracite with black
numerals; red central chronograph seconds hand and counter hands

-Exclusive "Mega Tapestry" motif

-Rubber-coated crown and pushpieces

-Octagonal bezel adorned with hexagonal screws

-Strongbox-style case water-resistant to
100 m with antimagnetic protection

-Exclusive self-winding AP Calibre 3126/3840

Technical specifications:

Royal Oak Offshore Chronograph

References
26170ST.OO.1000ST.01
Steel case, stainless
steel bracelet with AP triple-blade folding clasp

26170ST.OO.D101CR.02
Steel case, black
"Hornback" crocodile
leather strap with steel AP folding clasp

26170TI.OO.1000TI.01
Titanium case, titanium bracelet with AP
triple-blade folding clasp

Movement
Exclusive self-winding AP Calibre 3126/3840
Power reserve:
up to 60 hours
Cadence of the balance: 21,600 vibrations per hour
Finishing: all parts
decorated by hand

Cases
Stainless steel or titanium
Diameter: 42 mm
Water-resistance: 100 m
Caseback engraved with the Royal Oak Offshore logo

Dials
Silvered or anthracite with
exclusive "Mega Tapestry" motif
Black numerals

Functions
Hours and minutes
Small seconds
Chronograph with central seconds hand, 30-minute
and 12-hour counters
Tachometer
Date