Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Chronograph Blue Camouflage

We make no secret that for us, this brand is one of our most beloved, and we always approach every piece we manage to find with a sense of thrill and hidden excitement. For us (and probably for many other people), the Royal Oak is the most iconic model of Audemars Piguet, and the reasons for this are countless. Beginning its journey in the 70s, thanks to the deft hand of Gérald Genta, this series has undergone numerous iterations, but a few things have never changed – the octagonal case, the "waffle" dial, the design of the lugs, and so on. In 2005, the Brand decided to respond to the modern trend for oversized cases and released the new series of 42-millimeter chronographs, which also received their now-cult nicknames – Panda, Safari, Navy, Silver Themes, and Black Themes. In 2011, following the trend for larger cases and sizes, the brand presented the AP ROO 26400 at SIHH. This model automatically became highly sought-after by all enthusiasts of the brand and allowed the manufacturer to permanently establish this case in its range, where it remains to this day. In 2018, a special model was launched – and with its, to put it mildly, "different design," it polarized opinion among the brand's enthusiasts, but became highly sought-after and consequently valuable. The model was produced for only one year, immediately received the nickname “Combat” or “Camouflage,” and achieved great market success - thanks to this, a few years later the brand launched two new limited Camouflage models – green and blue, and the one presented today is precisely such a model. The differences compared to the standard versions of the steel AP 44 are several and all visible to the naked eye – blue ceramic on the bezel, crown, and pushers, the blue color of the dial, and of course, the camouflage strap. As most of you probably know, in the first versions of its Offshore chronographs AP used caliber 2226/2840, which was the case up to and including 2007, when this cult movement was replaced by the new in-house 3126/3840 – a modular chronograph based on the 3120 with a Dubois Depraz chronograph module – operating at the usual AP frequency of 21,600 vibrations, with 365 parts, 59 jewels, over 50 hours of power reserve, and to emphasize the noble origin of the movement, the balance is crafted from 22-karat gold.