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Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Jarno Trulli Chronograph

Swiss watchmakers Audemars Piguet and Hublot have been at each other's throats the last few decades. Although the former dates back about a century before the latter, today both are after the same upscale market of luxury buyers looking for a bold expression on their wrists. A couple of years ago Audemars Piguet pulled its sponsorship from America's Cup, and Hublot didn't miss a beat picking it up in its rival's stead. Audemars came out with a watch to mark 200 year of Mexican independence, so Hublot did the same. Now that Hublot has acquired the license for official Formula One watches, Audemars Piguet has responded with an F1-inspired watch of its own.

Named after Italian racing driver Jarno Trulli – a brand ambassador since 2008 – this latest special edition Royal Oak Offshore features a carbon-fiber case, ceramic bezel and titanium fixtures. Its face includes red luminous hands and markers, hiding the Calibre 3126/3840 automatic 59-jewel movement and affixed to the wrist with a sporty rubber strap. Only 500 examples will be made, launched during this month's Japanese Grand Prix and available exclusively at Audemars Pigeut's Tokyo boutique before being offered in other markets.

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LeBron James Wearing His Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Volcano Watch

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Perhaps LeBron James likes this particular Audemars Piguet Royak Oak Offshore Volcano watch because he prefers an orange trim, or maybe because that is the color of basketballs. Regardless, LeBron is among many professional athletes (among others) who prefer Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore timepieces. The Volcano model is 42m wide in steel, with a black and orange colored dial, with a matching black with orange stitching crocodile strap. Inside it has an in-house made automatic chronograph movement. Retail price for the watch is close to $19,000.

Mr. James was recently spotted wearing his AP Volcano watch on ESPN when making the announcement that he will be leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers in order to join the Miami Heat. This is certainly a great Miami watch.

Ariel Adams publishes the luxury watch reviews site aBlogtoRead.com.

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Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Forged Carbon Watch For 2009

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What interests me is that this watch is not a limited edition. In fact, it appears as though very few non-limited editions watches come out of the house of Audemars Piguet. This is not the first time forged carbon has been used on a watch for Audemars Piguet, who themselves were not the first watch maker to use carbon as a case material for watches. In fact various military spec watches such as Traser have been using carbon watch cases for years. They aren't exactly as fancy looking as the complex-to-make Audemars Piguet forged carbon cases, but they are equally light, and also very strong. What Audemars Piguet has brought to the table is likely their fanatical desire to "make things perfect" - having a carbon case look as though it was milled like metal. The bezel and caseback of the watch are not carbon. The bezel is a brushed and polished ceramic, while the caseback is blackened steel. You have ceramic again used as the strap connector links.

The "non initiated" who aren't watch enthusiasts won't be able to appreciate all that goes into this watch as it appears merely "nice." There are no visual clues that the case is so hard to make in this instance, and you have no idea that inside the watch a brand new Audemars Piguet in-house made caliber 3126/3840 automatic mechanical chronograph movement. The movement even has a solid gold rotor, also hidden from view. Watches like this are meant to impress the owner, and the few people they encounter who are aware of what the watch really is all about. The dial of the watch is Yellow-Jacket chic with the typical "Mega Tapestry" pattern on the dial that most Royal Oak Offshore watches receive. The tachymeter scale on the chapter ring is in yellow with black numerals while the strong looking Arabic hour numerals also enjoy the pleasant yellow hue. The crown and pushers are covered with natural rubber. Last is the sculpted alligator strap with deployment clasp and yellow contrast stitching. Certainly not love at first site for all watch lovers, but I have a feeling a few of you out there are taken by the bold looks of this watch - especially to match your yellow shoes. Price for the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Forged Carbon watch is probably in the $35,000 - $50,000 range.

Ariel Adams publishes the luxury watch review site aBlogtoRead.com.

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Audemars Piguet Adopts A Highway In A Limited Edition Watch

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Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Montauk Highway watch

I've never before seen a luxury timepiece made in honor of a road. Scratch that, there was a Route 66 edition Hamilton watch, but that pales in comparison to the luxury of Audemars Piguet. If there was a luxury-themed road to honor, it would be the Montauk Highway that runs from New York City to the Hamptons in New York. The 100 mile stretch of highway is the popular getaway path for people wanting to enter the decadent lifestyle of the Hamptons. In addition to parties and beachfront properties, the luxury lifestyle of the Hamptons makes it an ideal place for watch lovers. This limited edition of 300 pieces watch is the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Montauk Highway watch.

The steel-cased watch has some unique colorings that include the off-white dial with lots of aquamarine trim against some chocolate brown. The avant garde colors look nice against the handsome classic watch. Inside is an in-house made Audemars Piguet automatic chronograph movement that is in most of the Royal Oak Offshore chronograph watches. The watch comes in a special box for the limited edition also meant to celebrate the famous highway. In opposition to the title of the article, no money (as far as I know) is going to the highway itself, but you get the symbolic connection. The Montauk Highway watch will be available in New York City, Long Island, and Bal Harbour Florida for $20,500.

Ariel Adams publishes the luxury watch review site aBlogtoRead.com.

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Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Limited Editions

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Audemars Piguet is offering two new versions of their Royal Oak Offshore watch. The Royal Oak Offshore Shaquille O'Neal Chronograph is 48 mm in diameter and is done in the white and red colors of the Miami Heat. On the dial the 3 and 2 numerals are inverted and done in red (32 is Shaq's number).– a nod to those who will recognise Shaquille's famous number 32. In the white gold version with a diamond bezel, his number is done in rubies. Three are 960 of the stainless steel version and 96 of the gold watches.

The Royal Oak Offshore Arnold's All-Stars Chronograph has a 48mm pink gold case and is meant to honor Schwarzenegger's Arnold's All Stars afterschool program for middle-school children. It has a special engraved caseback with an Arnold inscription but otherwise it seems fairly standard.

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