Results for The Royal Oak Launch Story

Watch Spotting: Viktor Hovland Wearing An AP Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar In White Ceramic After Winning The BMW Championship

A crazy watch flex is just a bonus when you shoot a course record 61.

Hands-On: A 37mm Royal Oak With Turquoise Dial Hits All The Right Notes For Our Style Editor

Because stone dials are just "so hot right now."

Audemars Piguet Unveils Five New Mid-Sized Royal Oak Offshore for the Model’s 30th Anniversary

Introducing: Audemars Piguet Surprises Us All With The Newest Marvel Comics Collaboration: The Royal Oak Concept Tourbillon 'Spider-Man'

This is your luxurious neighborhood Spider-Man.

Introducing: The Royal Oak Concept Flying Tourbillon GMT Goes Green

Earthy tones for AP's wildest travel watch.

The Conversation: Your Reactions To The Tudor Pelagos 39 -  And The Latest Royal Oak Variations

Hodinkee editors respond to your comments.

Introducing the Royal Oak Self-winding Carolina Bucci Limited Edition

Watch Of The Week: Ed Sheeran On His One-Of-One Ceramic Royal Oak Chronograph

"Audemars Piguet made me a piece unique to bring out on tour. And now it's pretty much all I wear."

Hands-On: The Only Royal Oak Ever Owned By Gérald Genta

A unique twist on two-tone, to be auctioned off at Sotheby's in Geneva tomorrow.

Hands-On: The Royal Oak Supposedly Worn By Chanel Designer And Goth Lord Karl Lagerfeld

I donned my best all-black outfit to size it up at Phillips HQ in Geneva before it heads to auction this Friday.

In Conversation with Alexandre Ghotbi on Phillips’ The Royal Oak 50th Auction

In Conversation with Roy Davidoff on Phillips’ The Royal Oak 50th Auction

The Royal Oak ‘Jumbo’ Takes Flight

Introducing: The First-Ever Openworked AP Royal Oak Flying Tourbillon

AP goes X-ray.

Second Opinions: Join Me As I Try To Make Sense Of The Royal Oak Concept 'Black Panther' Flying Tourbillon

It's a beautiful work of ... something?

The Limited-Edition AP Royal Oak We Almost Missed

Once only available in Japan, this salmon-dialed beauty now ships worldwide!

Introducing a New Execution of the Royal Oak Minute Repeater Supersonnerie in Titanium

Introducing the Non-Limited Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar in Titanium

Hands-On: Ruminations On The New AP Royal Oak Jumbo In Platinum, And Why Nobody Seems To Like It

Or, when faced with something truly perfect, are we all just trying to get by without it?

Introducing the First-Ever Royal Oak Selfwinding Flying Tourbillon

Introducing the Hand-Finished White Ceramic Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar

Mido Ocean Star 200 Review: Does the Refresh Improve an Already Solid Dive Watch?

Hands-on review of the refreshed Mido Ocean Star 200, comparing three new dial colors, updated design, Caliber 80 movement, and wearability.

The Seiko Star Time: A 1 of 1 Masterpiece Built to Track One Million Hours

When a watch brand celebrates a milestone with a high-profile ambassador, we usually know exactly what to expect: a limited-edition colorway, a signed caseback, and a predictable marketing campaign. But to celebrate 10 years with Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani, Seiko threw out the playbook entirely. They didn’t just design a new dial. They spent three years engineering a completely bespoke, 1-of-1 mechanical marvel called the Seiko Star Time. The Inspiration: Shohei Ohtani’s Existential Question The Star Time wasn’t built for a catalog; it was built for Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani.   To mark Ohtani’s 10th anniversary as a Seiko brand ambassador, the company set out to build a true piece unique. The concept was sparked by a philosophical question Ohtani himself asked: “How much time do I have left in my baseball career?”   Instead of a traditional chronograph that measures elapsed seconds, Seiko spent three years developing a watch that tracks the steady, relentless accumulation of time.  How Do You Count to a Million? It uses a newly architected in house movement to drive a highly unusual display of five concentric rotating discs. As the discs rotate, the numbers pass beneath a red line on the inner surface of the heavily domed sapphire crystal.  One million hours equates to just over 114 years of continuous tracking. The outer discs move so slowly that their motion is entirely imperceptible to the naked eye. Seiko design...

Introducing - The New Mido Ocean Star 39 With Abyss Blue Dial

The Ocean Star 39, introduced in 2024, is one of the great propositions in Mido’s catalogue. Compact dimensions, a slim profile, and solid diving credentials make it a modern interpretation of the brand’s long-running Ocean Star collection, which traces its roots back to the 1940s. Now, the collection expands with a new reference, the Ocean […]

Introducing - The Classic B&W; Mido Ocean Star GMT, Still a True GMT at an Accessible Price

When Mido released the Ocean Star GMT in 2020, it quickly became a sought-after GMT watch. One of the main reasons was its true GMT feature, offering easy entry into the world of jumping local hour watches, all for around EUR 1,200. Unlike an office GMT, where you adjust the 24-hour hand, a true GMT […]