Audemars Royal Oak Dual Time

The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Dual Time watch is a stunning luxury timepiece that offers an excellent timezone complication for travelers. This timepiece is the newest member of the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak watch collection, and demonstrates the impeccable craftsmanship and extraordinary design that made the original Royal Oak watch such an icon.

The heart of this Audemars Piguet timepiece is the selfwinding AP 2329/2846 Caliber. This movement, based upon a modified Jaeger LeCoultre 889 Caliber, offers a subdial that indicates hours and minutes in a second timezone; a 24 hour indicator with day/night sectors makes it easy to tell whether the time in this display is AM or PM. Additionally, this movement also supports a pointer-type date display, and a power-reserve indicator whose scale indicates the degree of tension in the mainspring.

The dedicated watchmakers at Audemars Piguet have enriched this fine movement with an array of fine decorations, including Cotes de Geneve and perlage on the bridges and plates; all sharp edges have been patiently chamfered using the technique of anglage. The central winding rotor, which also shows off a Cotes de Geneve pattern, features a 21K gold segment on its outer edge to add mass and thus improve winding efficiency. Since 1972, the Royal Oak watch has come to epitomize the genre of sports elegance, with its flawless, complex finish, and unique octagonal bezel and integrated bracelet.

The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Dual Time watch carries on this proud tradition, with a slightly thicker bracelet and case than the original model, as well as a new triple deployant clasp with a two-part release system. Unchanged, however, is the extraordinary Royal Oak design, with its multitude of bracelet and bezel facets which require extensive hand finishing; particularly delightful to the eye and the touch are the contrasts between brushed and polished surfaces.

This complex surface finishing finds an ideal contrast in the dial, which offers the exquisite "Grand Tapisserie" pattern, and white gold hands and hour markers which have been painstakingly beveled and polished. The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Dual Time watch is presented in stainless steel with a silver, blue, or black dial; it is also available in 18K rose or yellow gold. These 18K gold watches have a silver or black dial and a crocodile strap that joins securely to the wrist with an elegant shaped 18K gold deployant clasp.