RUBBER-COATED METAL
The emblematic sports watch from the Vallée de Joux watchmaker wraps its gold or steel bezel in a coat of tinted rubber for an even more robust and dynamic look on two models.
As a brawny, modern and sporty version of the emblematic model designed by Gérald Genta (1931-2011) in the 1970s, the Royal Oak Offshore imagined by another designer, Emmanuel Gueit, two decades later continues its adventure through time by embracing all the technical innovations developed by Audemars Piguet. In fact, this summer, the manufacture based in Le Brassus presented a pair of “three-hand” watch references that play with textures and colors, always with the dynamic elegance that characterizes this collection.
Vibrating under the impulse of the caliber 4302, a 4hz automatic movement that delivers a 70-hour power reserve, the largest piece – measuring 43mm in diameter and 14.4mm thick – boasts a steel body whose famous geometric bezel is trimmed with blue rubber and punctuated with silver screws. The Grande Tapisserie motif on the dial is a beautiful smoky-blue hue, matching the grooved bezel and strap, which is crossed by a trio of rhodium-plated hour, minute and seconds hands, while a window at 3 o’clock displays the date in white. With a diameter of 37mm and a height of 12.1mm, the second half of this duo combines the rose gold of its case with the pearl-gray rubber that covers its bezel and composes its bracelet, to frame its guilloché face in ivory-colored checkerboard. Time and calendar indications are provided by the self-winding caliber 5900 (60 hours of stored energy).
