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The Royal Oak Offshore Grand Prix

The Royal Oak was one of the most revolutionary watches of its time. Just as the industry’s attention was fixated on the possibilities and threats presented by the arrival of quartz technology, Audemars Piguet decided to make sports watches to haute horlogerie standards. A decision that must have seen at least quixotic then, but is now acknowledged as uncannily prescient.

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