The 41mm case is 11mm thick, admirably thin for a chronograph watch, and is paired with a more traditional green dial with “Grande Tapisserie” pattern. This new Royal Oak Selfwinding Chronograph, a limited edition of 125 pieces, is issued in yellow gold with a matching yellow gold bracelet.

The green and gold Rolex Daytona is hiding under the bed in fear of this monster. Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Selfwinding Chronograph / 41 mm 26331BA.OO.1220BA.02

Of the five watches in the new 2021 Royal Oak collection, this Jumbo “Extra-Thin” is the only model that is not a limited edition. It is impeccably finished, as one would expect from an AP watch, and the skeletonised solid gold rotor affords you a much better view of the movement when off the wrist. The movement, only 3.05mm thick, helps maintain the super thin profile of the watch and provides approximately 40 hours of power reserve. Inside this sporty and slender Royal Oak Jumbo “Extra-Thin” remains the historic Audemars Piguet caliber 2121 developed with JLC.

The 50 metre water-resistant watch also has a screw-down crown, so you can flex the watch at both the beach and in the boardroom. Being an extra-thin model, the case remains a slender 8.1mm thick and will slide like butter beneath a shirt cuff. The logo, hours and minutes hands, and hour indices are all applied in white gold with the hands and indices filled with SuperLuminova®. The dial utilises the familiar Jumbo “Extra-Thin” layout, with the Audemars Piguet branding at 12′ and applied logo at 6′. The stunning smoked sunburst dial emits a brilliant emerald green in its centre that fades to an abyss like black as you reach the outer dial. In the meantime, we are blessed with a 39mm Jumbo “Extra-Thin” cased in platinum with a platinum bracelet – each exquisitely hand finished. However, this new model could very well be the end of an era for the Royal Oak Jumbo, as during our call with the AP Social club to discuss the upcoming novelties, Francois-Henry Bennahmias and Michael Friedman cheekily drew attention to the fact this year marks the 49th anniversary of the watch and that for its 50th next year perhaps some changes are on the horizon. Its design harkens all the way back to the original Royal Oak that Gerald Genta disrupted the industry with in 1972. The Royal Oak “Jumbo” Extra-Thin has always had a special place in the hearts and minds of collectors due to the purity of its dimensions and aesthetic. While all the watches have green dials, Audemars Piguet has done a great job of offering a wide spectrum of case metals – ranging from lightweight titanium all the way to hefty noble platinum.Īudemars Piguet Royal Oak “Jumbo” Extra-Thin / 39 mm 15202PT.OO.1240PT.01

Somewhere Conor McGregor’s #NewWatchAlert spidey sense just started tingling, because this new collection of five watches (four of which are limited editions) has definitively locked in green as the color of 2021. Owners of the various references already make other collectors green with envy, but the new 2021 Royal Oak Collection will make onlookers envy the green. I/trending 16218 INTRODUCING: Audemars Piguet goes all-in on green for the 2021 Royal Oak collection Zach BlassĪudemars Piguet Royal Oak models are among the most coveted watches in the entire world.

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