Audemars Piguet Bumble Bee Royal Oak Offshore Forged Carbon and Black Ceramic, Black "Clous de Paris" Dial with “Méga Tapisserie” Pattern and Black Counters with White Gold Applied Hour-Markers and Hands with Luminescent Coating, Yellow Inner Bezel, Self-Winding Manufacture AP Caliber 3126/3840 Chronograph Automatic Movement With Variable Inertia Blocks Balance-Spring, Fitted on a Bespoke Vulcanized Yellow Rubber Strap and Blackened Titanium AP Deployant Folding Clasp, 42mm - Rare Discontinued "Novelty" Edition This is a forged carbon/ceramic Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore "Bumblebee" Chronograph 26176FO.OO.D101CR.02. It has round chronograph push buttons, a screw down hexagonal rubber-clad winding crown with crown guards, and a solid pvd-coated stainless steel case back secured with 8 stainless steel screws, and engraved with "ROYAL OAK – OFFSHORE," and a serial number. It has a 42mm diameter solid three-body forged carbon case with a beveled fixed ceramic bezel, secured with 8 hexagonal screws. The dial is black with a waffle tapisserie texture, large applied luminous yellow Arabic numeral hour markers, and luminous yellow lozenges at 6, 9, and 12 oclock. It has luminous steel baton hands, a yellow center sweep chronograph hand, and there is a magnified circular date aperture window at the 3 oclock position. The yellow perimeter flange has a black tachymeter scale to 600 UPH, and there are three recessed black subsidiary dials with white markers, yellow Arabic numerals, and yellow indicator hands, including a running small seconds register at 12 oclock, a 30-minute chronograph totalizer at 9 oclock, and there is a 12-hour totalizer at 6 oclock. It has a 50-hour power reserve at full wind, and its water resistant to 100 meters/330 feet. The 15mm thick case, dial, and movement are all signed. This Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore "Bumblebee" Chronograph 26176FO.OO.D101CR.02 has a mechanical automatic self-winding AP caliber 3126/3840 cam chronograph movement. Its rhodium plated with diamond-graved bevels on the bridges, and inverted snailing. Its constructed with 59 jewels, 365 components, and a 22k gold monobloc oscillating rotor with ceramic ball bearings. It includes a variable inertia block balance spring, bidirectional winding, and a stop balance for precision time setting. The mechanism oscillates at a frequency of 21,600 vph (3 Hz).
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