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The ROO was really the first of its kind 30 years ago.

I mean oversized luxury sportswatch mixing steel and rubber. Quite a few brands followed this trend with sometimes more and sometimes less well executed contenders : the Hublot BB, IWC with quite a few Ingenieurs, Linde Werdelin,Zenith Defy Extreme, G-Sho
3Y
By: jlux
19
MCG (Markus)
3592

My new old icon - The Offshore Rubberclad

I have been on a long journey to finally decide on my offshore. There where many contestants. The near perfect AP diver, the stealth bumblebee, the amazing RB2, and the amazing material mix Jarno Trulli. But in the end I had to get the Rubberclad with the
4Y
By: TimeMachine
6
Jim14
1910

Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Diver Carbon

A new acquisition from Orlando. I’ve been eyeing this watch for a while and prices have been creeping up the past year. Finally pulled trigger after having found a pristine example. Why the diver ? I had previously worn a chrono Offshore 42mm. While the s
6Y
By: maroufios
7
respo
3950

Bumblebee

I am enjoying the bumblebee with rubber strap.
6Y
By: Deardorff8x10
3
Pretty Boy
951

I saw this last year but post is removed from all forums...

As much as I love sapphire case on RMS and it is pretty good on Hublot Spirit and BB, this is really bad... AP shapes doesn't compliment the sapphire material and this looks pretty cheap IMHO... leaving value and uniqueness on side, I would take any metal
7Y
By: Mohannad (aka Riddler)
13
ChristianDK
3313

Just dugged out pics of my Barrichello and Bumblebee, the ceramic looks also as on the white ceramic and on the Schumi:

So this style seems to be more common than the more dramatic finishing as on the black Diver??
7Y
By: MichaelC
17
shafran
4209

Forged carbon experience

The forged case is jut an amazing material. AP were innovators in this field. They were the first. For a long time they were still the only ones making forged carbon. Other companies tried with a form of carbon fiber but it didn’t have the same characteri
7Y
By: Rhys Brown
10
AyrtonSenna777
11549

The good old BumbleBee, such a strong character, imo much better balanced than the EOD

Not the best quality of photo's, but it was back in 2012 or so when I started to photograph my watches..
7Y
By: raymond74
7
VMM
1944

AP ROO 42mm with Ceramic Bezel

Hi friends, apart from the Sebestien Buemi limited edition, bumblebee and the ceramic divers, does AP have any other 42mm ROOs with ceramic bezels? J
9Y
By: Horologically_minded
12
Conkers
3736

It really is!

I\'ve gone through a good amount of offshores (volcano,bumblebee,rose rubberclad, Safari, Grand Prix Carbon, 44mm Rose Novelty, 44mm Carbon, Survivor) and they\'ve all come and gone besides the 44mm Carbon, but this one just does it for me really no other
10Y
By: HorologyMiami
7
M4
2507