Audemars Piguet

AP has granted permission to discuss this model shared by Andrew since it has already been posted. AP announced the first ceramic Royal Oak to be unveiled at SIHH. The watch is the Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar and it has a price of about $85K. ...  

Best wishes Alkiro

The price is extravagant, imho. M4

even better if there was a panda or reverse panda dial option

That is awesome. What finishing! Wow. I\'m entranced. Best E.

...although I wonder how durable to impact?

But I'd just make sure it's adequately insured and then wear it and enjoy it.

...so it's still a bit unclear to me how durable the material is in practice. Seems like it can take most anything but a sharp blow on the wrist or a drop onto a hard floor. A RO perpetual is certainly not a sport watch...

And if budget allowed this RO would be at the top of the list. But if anything were to happen I'd fall back on my insurance policy to cover any repairs.

Are they making an extra thin 15202 style version?

That would be mega cool. Best E.

rose gold accents: that will look very nice!

I like the way you think.

Can\'t wait to see the bracelet in particular!

Or am I feeling a bit jaded not to react with much excitement over a ceramic watch, albeit one executed with such exquisite craftsmanship and a superior movement? I may not look at my wife's J12 the same again or dismiss Rado's ceramic selection as just g... 

For me, the primary interest here is AP launching a watch with a full ceramic case and bracelet. And interesting that they chose to do it with the perpetual calendar complication. I am not certain I see this filtering to other watches. As AP has stated ho... 

as you know in the late 60ies. Best Moritz