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New Release: Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Automatic Chronograph Black Ceramic, Available in 2025

A few years ago, I predicted that after a period of brands using more exotic or vibrant hues as the primary colors of luxury timepieces, finally, black-toned watches would debut and feel relatively special. About 20 years ago, an interesting trend emerged in the watch industry, resulting in a large number of "all-black" watches. While it wasn\'t just Jean-Claude Biver\'s Hublot that helped push the black watch trend, his passion and energy inspired many in the industry to focus on black watches. Now, in 2025, I think we\'ve almost reached the stage where all-black watches are becoming popular again, and this extremely high-end all-black ceramic Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Automatic Chronograph 42mm reference 26238CE.OO.13000CE.02 is proof of this. This is one of the 2025 Royal Oak Offshore models that Audemars Piguet has introduced this year, and it is also the first time that Audemars Piguet has paired a modern version of the Royal Oak Offshore with a black ceramic bracelet. high quality replica watches

The Royal Oak Offshore has been a tough guy in the world of high-end watchmaking since the 1990s. It was originally created as a larger, sportier version of the standard Royal Oak, which was 20 years old at the time and originally debuted in the early 1970s. Audemars Piguet experimented with novel design cues and materials with the Royal Oak Offshore series, although that period seems to have ended as the brand is now more focused on style and image. Audemars Piguet first used ceramic as a material for the case components in the Royal Oak Offshore watch, and later the entire case and bracelet were made of ceramic to celebrate the iconic shape of the Royal Oak designed by Gerald Genta. Today, Audemars Piguet has produced the Royal Oak in a variety of ceramic colors, offering as many options as possible within the industrial limitations of the colors that zirconium dioxide can effectively produce. replica Jacob & Co. Epic X Chrono

The problem for Audemars Piguet was that as ceramic and other once-exclusive materials like forged carbon became popular among other companies, they needed new ways to establish themselves as a luxury brand while offering an elite ownership and wearing experience to their customers. Rather than focusing on competing on price, Audemars Piguet pivoted to position itself somewhere between a private club and a jewelry/fashion house, where the price of the merchandise was secondary and what mattered was what type of celebrities and high-powered people would wear their products. As a result, Audemars Piguet focused less on pure experimentation and more on refinement and beauty. Today’s Audemars Piguet watches feel very refined, perfectly recreating classic, iconic forms while allowing the wearer to show off their willingness to splurge on style rather than practicality. Sure, you could spend less money on a black ceramic watch with a black ceramic bracelet, but it wouldn’t be Audemars Piguet, right?

Another interesting detail about this Royal Oak Offshore Automatic Chronograph 42mm is that it continues a trend of some of Audemars Piguet’s watches not having the full brand name printed on the dial, a practice I first noticed when writing about another version of the modern Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Automatic Chronograph 43mm. Audemars Piguet currently produces 42mm and 43mm wide Royal Oak Offshore Chronographs with slightly different movement layouts. Both watches opt to use the more colloquial “AP” logo on the dial instead of the full “Audemars Piguet” name. It looks nice, but I find it odd from a brand consistency perspective. That being said, watch enthusiasts are well aware that people who like Audemars Piguet fall into two camps: those who refer to the brand as “Audemars Piguet” and those who prefer to simply say “AP.” Are these luxury replica watches specifically aimed at the latter?

The 42mm-wide case is water-resistant to 100 meters and is 15.3mm thick. While modern, it echoes some of the original design cues from the first Royal Oak Offshore watches, including the smaller chronograph pushers (originally black rubber coated, not ceramic) and much of the dial layout. However, everything is newer, from the hands to the indices to the movement. The traditional “mega tapiserie” dial design is still handsome, and the overall dial design combines sportiness with traditional elegance. The hands and indices started out in white gold, then were painted black. The dial isn’t exactly “black on black”, with just enough light color to ensure legibility, but this is an “all-black” ceramic watch from Audemars Piguet.

Inside this Royal Oak Offshore Automatic Chronograph replica watches review is the brand’s in-house automatic mechanical chronograph caliber 4404. It’s beautifully finished and designed, and can be seen through the sapphire crystal caseback. The case back is actually mostly black titanium, not ceramic. The calibre 4404 differs from the similar calibre 4401 (43mm wide version of the Royal Oak Offshore) only in the layout of the chronograph subdials. Both movements run at 4Hz and have a power reserve of 70 hours. They indicate the time, date and feature a 12-hour chronograph mechanism.

For those familiar with the history of the Royal Oak Offshore, this watch is a fresh re-creation of an existing popular design. For newcomers to the world of high-end watches, Audemars Piguet may have created a completely new experience, as there has never been a watch like this. Regardless, most watch enthusiasts agree that while there is little new here, Audemars Piguet continues to create very beautiful and desirable men’s sports watch designs that fully meet the standards of a luxury lifestyle. The latter is necessary for the Audemars Piguet brand, given its current sales and marketing strategy. As I said before, you can certainly buy a fine Swiss-made ceramic luxury sports watch on a black ceramic bracelet for less money (a lot less). Although it may not be as exquisite or iconic (i.e. desirable) as the noble Audemars Piguet. I personally had the pleasure of wearing this watch on my wrist and confirmed that Audemars Piguet has indeed made “all-black watches great again.” https://www.reviewluxurystore.com