Audemars Piguet - Perpetual London | Phillips
  • Manufacturer: Audemars Piguet
    Year: 1999
    Reference No: 25721ST
    Model Name: Royal Oak Offshore "Beast"
    Material: Stainless Steel
    Calibre: Automatic AP Chronograph Calibre 2126
    Bracelet/Strap: Stainless Steel Offshore
    Clasp/Buckle: Stainless Steel Folding Clasp

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    Audemars Piguet

    Swiss • 1881

    A specialist in the manufacture of complications since it was established in 1881, Audemars Piguet never ceases to impress with a rich history of creating bold, even audacious, timepieces underpinned by traditional watchmaking at its finest. This Le Brassus-based Swiss manufacturer is one of only two major manufacturers still owned by the founding family. Since its earliest days, AP is considered a leader in the field of minute repeaters and grande complication pocket and wristwatches. The brand is devoted to preserving the history of watchmaking in the Vallée de Joux, showcased at their superb museum in Le Brassus.

    Today, the brand is best known for its Royal Oak models, a revolutionary luxury sports watch launched in 1972. Other key models include early minute repeating wristwatches, vintage chronograph wristwatches, such as the oversized reference 5020, perpetual calendar watches and the Royal Oak Offshore, first introduced in 1993.

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Ref. 25721ST
There are very few watches that invent a whole new market, the 1972 Royal Oak was one, and then 2 decades on, the Royal Oak Offshore did it again. Massively oversized for its day, and built more like a piece of military equipment than the luxury watches everybody else was making, the Offshore earned its famous nickname. 42mm of stainless steel bolted together around on oversized gasket and fitted to a muscled-up version of the Royal Oak bracelet this set the stage for the bigger watches of the new millenium.

1999

Price £24,000 Ω