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The Royal Oak Offshore Diver from Audemars Piguet

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For those who like their luxury watches extremely tough and rugged, Audemars Piguet released a series of Royal Oak Offshores this year. The Royal Oak Offshore Diver, fitted with the self-winding calibre 3120, offers a 60-hour power reserve and comes in a 42mm black ceramic case. Fully compliant with the NIHS 92-11 (ISO6425), this timepiece leaves no room for estimates, with a balance-stop device for setting the time, ceramic ball bearing-mounted rotors, and a black rotating inner bezel with diving scale and orange zone running from 12 to 3 o’clock. The brand’s famous mega tapisserie motif adorns the black dial with white gold and luminescent-coated hands and hour markers, and the back is fitted with a sapphire crystal water-resistant to 300m.

New additions to Parmigiani’s Pershing collection include the Pershing Chronograph 005 CBF. A collaboration with the Confederação Brasileira de Futebol (CBF), the watches come in titanium, with either a rose gold or white gold bezel. The PF334 chronograph movement indicates hours, minutes, small seconds and the date. The 45mm watches are individually numbered and engraved on the casebacks, and come with Hermes blue alligator straps.

Pershing Chronograph 005 CBF from Parmigiani

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