![]() ![]() All that steel isn’t just for nothing, though, the watch is 300m water resistant meaning it’s all ready to go on sporting escapades. Sure it’s not Omega Seamster Ploprof dimensions but compared to the other watches in the range it’s definitely got some heft to it. First off is the case, it’s pretty chunky at 42mm in diameter and 14.1mm thick. This particular is the diving variant and as such has some features catering to the task. The white version also has a white rubber strap, a white dial and ocean blue accents on the hands, indices and the inner rotating bezel. For instance, with the three-handed version of their diver watch they introduced a white ceramic case to sit alongside the steel pieces. ![]() Even when we thought they couldn’t do any more with their designs they proved us wrong by releasing colourful variants of their new Royal Oak Offshore Diver Chronograph watch. ![]() One thing that’s certain about an Audemars Piguet watch is that they will go to great lengths to create different colour combinations for their watches. The Offshore watches are the chunky, sportier Royal Oak watches nowadays while the Royal Oak itself has become more sports/dress, but there’s nothing wrong with that now is there? The Offshore watches came in 20 years later in 1992 as a sort of birthday present Audemars gave to itself, so don’t worry bachelors, you’re not alone. This helped to change the way we see watches, beforehand screws and such were to be hidden away, but there’s now an elegance to them. It also has exposed screws on it, much like Cartier’s Santos which has exposed pins on the bezel. The result of his labours was the iconic Royal Oak, the first watch to make stainless steel a luxurious metal for a wrist watch. It didn’t take long for companies to realised they’d need to move fast or go broke, unfortunately, the decision took too long for a lot of names and they had no choice but to pack up and go home.Īudemars Piguet had the same trouble, so in a last bid to save themselves they drafted in Gerald Genta to design them a new watch. The quartz revolution had just kicked in and sent shockwaves around the industry, the battery powered watches were cheaper, more accurate and more robust than their mechanical counterparts. It was the early 1970s when a small watch company based in Le Brassus realised it had a problem. Before we look in depth at the Diver, let me tell the story of Audemars Piguet and how the Royal Oak saved their bacon. We’ll go alphabetically, which means we get to look at the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak first. Audemars also offers four recently introduced Diver Chronograph watches that come in different colours while Blancpain offers a massive array of complications from the flyback chronograph all the way up to an 8-day tourbillon, that’s before we even mention the Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe watches too. Before we begin I should mention that both watches we’ll be comparing are the three hand date variants of the watches. ![]() Now we’re back with another controversial fight in the form of two heavy hitting watches going together, the fantastic Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Diver and the classic yet brilliant Blancpain Fifty Fathoms. We were surprised when our incredibly complicated mathematics algorithms (like, seriously complicated) showed us that the Omega was the superior watch and therefore the winner for November. We started the series with a bang when we put an Omega Seamster against a Rolex Submariner in a classic battle that’s the equivalent of Mac vs PC or Mercedes Benz vs BMW. The last series, the Tourbillon Trials, featured extremely expensive wristwatches that are simply out of the reach of a lot of people. We feel that it was this series that connected us with our audience the most, perhaps it was simply because of the type of watches we were covering. We’ve had a lot of fun over the past six months and it has brought us some unique insights into people’s personal choices as well. Welcome to the last article in our monthly recurring series Clash of the Divers where we put two heavyweights in the ring and see who’s the victor when the bell sounds the end. ![]()
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