Audemars Piguet's New Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar Is Crazy Smurf Blue

The eye-catching hues enliven the watch's 41mm case and matching bracelet. AUDEMARS PIGUET ROYAL OAK PERPETUAL CALENDAR 26579CS.OO.1225CS.01

The world's most famous sports watch is getting ready for its blue period.

Since its debut in 1972, the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak has been released in a dazzling ceramic case. The Swiss watchmaker has now launched the first Royal Oak perpetual calendar made entirely of vibrant blue ceramic.

The new model – Ref. 26579CS – features a Smurf-like hue on its 41mm case and matching bracelet. The iconic Royal Oak Grand Crepe dial is also available in this colour, with day, date, month, moon phase and leap year indicators. Even the inner borders are highlighted with shadows. To create a sense of contrast, the applied hour-markers and hands in 18-carat white gold are highlighted with a luminous coating, which is clearly visible.

According to the watchmaker, to achieve the electric blue hue, zirconia powder (modified to obtain a blue pigmentation after baking) is mixed with a "binder component", which is then converted into a ceramic through a machining process . These components reach their final color once sintered at temperatures in excess of 1,400 degrees Celsius.

Artisans at Le Brassus also hand finish each ceramic component in the same way as precious metals. This means that AP's signature satin brushed and polished chamfers have been carefully handcrafted to enhance the "light and shadow" of the blue Royal Oak timepiece's ceramic and overall design.replica watches luxury

Inside, this new creation carries the ultra-thin self-winding Caliber 5134 common to all current Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar watches. Even in leap years, the movement automatically takes into account the number of days in the month while displaying the current date correctly. As long as it was wound regularly, manual adjustments were not required until the crazy year of 2100 to stay in line with the Gregorian calendar. Launched in 2015, the movement includes a 22-carat gold skeleton rotor. The decorations that adorn the Calibre, such as circular graining and brushed sunburst, can be seen from the case back.

Timeless and Traditional AP Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar Review

What makes the Royal Oak such a sought-after classic today?

Expectations are always high when a brand like Audemars Piguet releases something new this January, such as the unveiling of the gold version of Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Perpetual Calendars.

Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar Review
It started in 1972 with the launch of the first of many Audemars Piguet replica Royal Oak watches. It was the first luxury watch made of stainless steel, machined, polished and decorated like precious metals.

Such innovations have opened up avenues for Audemars Piguet to explore a variety of other materials, whether traditional gold watches or completely unconventional materials such as platinum, carbon, bronze, rubber, ceramic, titanium, highly rust-resistant tantalum, and even cobalt-based Alloys such as Aract.

While Audemars Piguet has developed a knack for throwing curveballs over the years with the materials used in Royal Oak watches, this release returns to tradition with a timeless precious metal. gold.

This Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar (ref. 26574ba.oo.1220ba.01) .

As is most common with AP Royal Oak fake men watch, the blue dial of this Audemars Piguet Royal Oak watch features a large lattice pattern with the famous "Waffle Dial", a color that complements the 18kt yellow gold case and bracelet very beautiful.

The subdial shows the date, day of the week, month, moon phase at 6 o'clock and leap year at noon, an innovation first introduced on a wristwatch by Audemars Piguet in 1955. At the heart of this watch is the new 5134 machine core, it can hold power for 40 hours and beat at 19'800 vph. One of the most anticipated men's gold watches of the year.

In addition to being a very complex piece of machinery and craftsmanship, the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak is also a sports watch favored by those who do not want to wear the same watch with their neighbors and friends.

The AP Royal Oak is a watch that loves the wearer and doesn’t want to be a cliché. With all the details considered, the better question is how did the AP Royal Oak watch not become the classic it is today? replica Breitling Navitimer 1