I’ve never been the biggest fan of the Royal Oak Offshore, probably because I didn’t come up in the era where they were “hot.” The Offshore Diver in “khaki” was one of the few exceptions. Funny enough, they brought this new 43mm Offshore out on a tray to tease me, and maybe that did a little extra to convince me, but this new Offshore with a rubber bezel is kind of cool. The 43mm by 14.4mm case is a bit big, and since it’s not a diver, the watch only has 100m of water resistance. But making it a non-diver, non-chronograph ROO makes it kind of uncommon. The smoked blue dial has the new generation Méga Tapisserie pattern, rhodium-toned gold applied hour-markers, Royal Oak hands with luminescent material, and a blue inner bezel (which does not rotate since, again, it’s not the diver). The exterior rubber blue bezel is reminiscent of the Royal Oak Offshore Rubberclad ref. 25940 launched in 2002, the first watch to use rubber anywhere but the bracelet, and it’s fun to see it come back http://www.chrono4usale.com/.
Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Selfwinding 43mm with Rubber Bezel, Ref. 15605SK; 43mm diameter by 14.4mm thick stainless steel case, with 100m water resistance. Smoked blue dial with new generation Méga Tapisserie pattern, rhodium-toned gold applied hour-markers, and Royal Oak hands with luminescent material, blue inner bezel. Hours, minutes, center seconds, date. Self-winding Calibre 4302 running at 4Hz and 70 hours of power reserve. Interchangeable blue rubber strap and stainless steel AP pin buckle. Additional interchangeable black rubber strap http://www.chrono4usale.com/