![The Evolution of the Royal Oak Offshore](/md/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/09/68/09680745-e872-481d-a258-0a56cafd719a/roo_26237st-oo-1000st-01_1_closeup_prcmyk.jpg__468x351_q78_crop-smart_subject_location-1286%2C472_subsampling-2_upscale-true.jpg)
Audemars Piguet’s signature Royal Oak Offshore Chronograph given a camouflage colour code facelift.
Having turned 20 last year, Audemars Piguet’s Royal Oak Offshore Chronograph has been getting a few facelifts from the 2012 version that horologists have lauded since its introduction. Now, the latest iteration has been released: the self-winding camouflage chronograph.
It’s a timepiece AP calls “daring” and a reinterpretation of an iconic gentleman’s classic, owing to its contrasting colour and brazen aesthetic.
The 44mm stainless steel watch — a 3mm increase from the 41mm 2017 model — features AP’s signature octagonal bezel in green ceramic, a green ceramic screw locked crown and push-pieces, and a camouflage strap.
It all combines to create a rugged, military aesthetic. One for the man on the go. Or a anyone playing soldiers, or dressing up as Rambo for the weekend — which you never know when it might happen: stag dos focus on all sorts of genres and thematic variations these days.
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It’s an interesting diversion from the classic stainless steel, titanium and platinum and strong navys and blacks that AP usually decorate the Royal Oak in — the blinged-up 18-carat white gold version, notwithstanding — and a diversification of the aesthetics of what has come to be lauded as a contemporary classic with watch collectors and aficionados.
The complications on the new piece include a beige dial with the Mega Tapisserie pattern, brown counters, a brown external zone and white gold applied hour-markers and hands, offering an extra element of pizazz.
The latest iteration also comes with a khaki rubber strap should you want to swap out the standard fabric camo strap it comes with.
The Millenary collection has been given a refresh for 2018 with new ‘second skin’ bracelet straps and an opal dial.
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