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Audemars Piguet 2014 Royal Oak Offshore Tourbillon Chronograph
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I find it intriguing.
Using the selfwinding Caliber 2897 makes sense on a robust Royal Oak Offshore, and the other current collection Tourbillon Chronograph offerings are manual wind.
The dial cutout at 1:00 is interesting. I'm slightly bothered by the "Audemars Piguet" logo, and would love to see how it might look with a simple "AP" instead. But it works with the general arrangement of the dial IMO.
The inner tach ring is listed as "sapphire" and looks to be a cool new detail. I will hope to see one of these special watches in person, one day.
FC seems to be alive?
Looks amazing! I thought Forged Carbon was being discontinued? Does this mean that they are changing their mind or just taking advantage of some of their inventory? The matte marbled contrast really balances out the other brushed, polished and blasted surfaces.
Very much so. Make sure you only trust credible sources on the net!
I have always clarified on this forum that forged carbon had not been discontinued, despite numerous erroneous reports over the last 20 months +/-. AP simply emphasized in 2013 that they would be focusing more on other materials. They never discontinued forged carbon, and it remains available on current collection references.
I'm not so sure about this one . . .
. . . the minutes sub-dial looks WAY undersized on the dial. I might wear this watch with the caseback-up just to view the gorgeous movement 
On the other hand, AP has a way of changing my opinion over time on watches that at first don't appeal to my eye.
M4
I agree
However over time I usually grow to like a piece I was initially luke warm too.
I bet it looks great up close on the wrist
You know it Colin.
Could you or me try this on and think "meh, not for me". I don't think we could!
It is just odd enough to have my attention
I certainly like different things, and this dial layout has some oddities. That small subdial, below the larger interestingly shaped dial cutout - well, you don't see something like that too often.