AUDEMARS PIGUET – ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE ALINGHI AMERICA’S CUP 2003 LIMITED EDITION

A fine and limited Edition of 1000 pieces in titanium Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Alinghi Commemorative Edition America’s Cup Circa 2003

Reference: 25995IP.OO.1000TI.01
Model: Royal Oak Offshore
Movement: automatic
Fonctions: hours, minutes, seconds, date, dual time and power reserve indicator.
Material: Titanium case and bracelet
Dial: Black”waffle” with luminous inserts
Diameter: 42 mm
Circa: 2003
Accessories: Original full set
Condition: Excellent like new unpolished
Specificity: Limited 1000 pieces worldwide

ID SWT: 77026083

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This is a titanium Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Alinghi America’s Cup Limited Edition 25995IP.OO.1000TI.01. It has a titanium bracelet with a double fold-over deployant clasp and a scratch resistant sapphire crystal. It has a screw down hexagonal black rubber crown and there is a solid case back secured with 8 screws engraved with “AMERICA’S CUP 2003 ALINGHI COMMEMORATIVE EDITION”, serial and edition numbers. The 42mm diameter cushion-shaped three-body solid case, hooded lugs, and flat beveled octagonal bezel with 8 face screws, are polished/brushed. The dial is black with a “waffle” guilloche design in the center. It has white luminous hour markers around a red and white minute/fraction-of-a-second scale. It has fat white gold baton hands with luminous inserts and three recessed black subsidiary dials with white markers, Arabic numerals, and indicator hands, including a red arrow-tipped power reserve indicator at 9 o’clock, a GMT/second time zone at 6 o’clock, and a date register at 3 o’clock. It’s water resistant to 100 meters/330 feet, and it has a 40-hour power reserve at full winding. The 12.4mm thick case, dial, and movement, are all signed.

This Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Alinghi Alinghi America’s Cup 2003 Limited Edition 25995IP.OO.1000TI.01 has a mechanical automatic AP caliber 2229/2845 movement. It’s rhodium-plated with fausses cotes and cote de Geneve embellishment, and it’s constructed with 54 jewels, a shock absorber mechanism, and a straight-line lever escapement. It includes a monometallic balance that’s adjusted to heat, cold, and 5 positions, a self-compensating flat balance spring, and a 21K gold rotor. The mechanism oscillates at a frequency of 28,800 vph (4 Hz).

The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Alinghi America’s Cup 2003 Limited Edition 25995IP.OO.1000TI.01 was introduced in 2003 in a limited edition of 1000 examples, designed for the Alinghi America’s Cup sailing team.