Audemars Piguet has added a full palette of colors to its most sporty and robust model, the Royal Oak Offshore Selfwinding Chronograph, over the last few years. This year, the manufacture introduces a trio of new colorful references, in black ceramic cases, whose “Mega Tapisserie” dials feature a subtle variation from previous versions: new Arabic hour numerals in place of the traditional baton indexes.

Ref. 26405CE.OO.A030CA.01

The dial colors match those of the bezel, crown and pushers.

The 44-mm cases of the three new timepieces are all in brushed black ceramic, with glareproof sapphire crystals in the front and back. For the iconic octagonal Royal Oak bezels, two of the models use colored ceramic, either smoked blue or smoked green; the same material, in the same color, is used for the chronograph push-pieces and the screw-locked crown, with the addition of titanium push-piece guards. The third model has a smoked gray dial and a bezel and push-piece guards made of 18k rose gold, while the push-pieces and the crown are in black ceramic.
Ref. 26405CE.OOA056CA.01

The dials, all enhanced with the waffle-textured pattern that Audemars Piguet calls “Mega Tapisserie” all feature prominent applied Arabic numerals, made of either white gold or rose gold, at eight of the hour positions; rhodium-toned subdials for the small seconds and chronograph totalizers; a round date window at 3 o’clock; and luminous-coated hands in the classical ...