Royal Oak Selfwinding Review

Today we look at the audemars piguet royal oak self winding chronograph bucherer blue the first ever special edition watch based on the 2014 royal oak chronograph created exclusively for bucherer.

Royal oak selfwinding review.

The calibre 5800 keeps the hours minutes seconds and date running for stretches of up to 50 hours. The official name for the three hand model is the audemars piguet royal oak selfwinding 41mm and the chronograph is just called the royal oak chronograph. Audemars piguet royal oak selfwinding 34mm the four new 34mm royal oak models. Both come in 41mm wide cases that are water resistant to 50 meters.

Detailing on the cases and bracelets has never been better. A great improvement compared to the 33mm quartz models a self winding mechanical movement powers all four audemars piguet royal oak selfwinding 34mm models. Among a handful of new royal oak expressions we find what might be the most well balanced and sweet on wrist of the lot the new 38mm royal oak selfwinding chronograph. The audemars piguet royal oak is certainly one of them and since its inception in 1972 it has been the shining star of audemars piguet s catalog.

The royal oak selfwinding 41mm reference 15400 was launched in 2012 as an update of the reference 15300 the 39mm automatic version of the royal oak a watch that was a sort of sportier more robust more accessible less hardcore version of the royal oak jumbo ultra thin with a more classical automatic movement a slightly thicker case and overall a more mainstream take on the royal oak design.