Hobnail-on-Hobnail 15509 Audemars Piguet Ultra-Thin
This is not an integrated bracelet watch. It is a watch integrated by its finishing. By that, I mean this example has been…
25572BA ‘The Owl’ Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Day Date
Shortly after the 5402 graced the world with its presence, AP experimented with a few variations on the theme. Out of this early/mid…
14790ST.05 ‘Yves Klein’ Blue Audemars Piguet Royal Oak
We love a Royal Oak around here. However, not all are created equal. In the pantheon of neo-vintage Royal Oaks, a few dials…
Gübelin-Signed 5093BC Audemars Piguet Disco Volante
Unconvential case design is sexy, end of story. I have a vendetta against the endlessly derivative cases and lugs we see in over…
25860ST ‘Kasparov’ Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Chronograph
Given recent world events, the moniker this Royal Oak holds is keenly poignant. Nonetheless, chess grandmaster and political activist Garry Kasparov is proving…
6005BA Audemars Piguet Rectangular Royal Oak
‘The further from home one ventures, the more they know themself.’ This was a shower thought that flew through my mind many years…
VZASC Audemars Piguet Calatrava
Valjoux’s VZ series of calibres has been found under the name of Patek Philippe, Vacheron Constantin, and what we see here: AP. What…
Tropical 5402 C-Series AP Royal Oak
I swore that despite the Royal Oak’s 50th this week I would not join the party. This not because I have anything against…
25865BC AP Royal Oak Grande Complication
There are not many watches which can be said to truly be daily-wearable grand complications. Fewer still which execute this trick so nonchalantly.…
Under-Market-Value Audemars Piguet Quantieme Perpetual 5548
I understand, tagging a 5548 as a value proposition is a bit absurd but hear me out. Any watch, regardless of price level,…
Openworked AP Royal Oak Quantième Perpetual 25829OR
I have heard it said that art may have no other purpose than itself. I find this a useful mnemonic to delineate what…
John Mayer’s Actual AP Royal Oak Offshore ‘Volcano’
If you’ve been paying close attention, legendary horological leader and all around good-guy Eric Wind has been slowly ramping up a public-facing inventory…
Audemars Piguet 25643 Sun-Ray Tourbillon Automatique
Something very interesting was posted to AVW this morning. That is not to say their inventory is not interesting, there is almost always…
Quintessential Modern QP: AP Royal Oak White 25820ST Perpetual
I have been accused once or twice of showing my vintage feed favoritism. This is perhaps fair, I do find myself drawn to…