Audemars Piguet Royal Oak 26240CE.OO.1225CE.98 'One Drop' Flyback Chronograph Black Ceramic Blue Dial Unique

"One Drop" marks Audemars Piguet's partnership with the water charity founded by Guy Laliberté, and the brand has issued a small number of these pieces over the years, each in a different material. This is the black ceramic chronograph execution — ceramic is machined from solid at the Manufacture, and the Royal Oak's faceted case and integrated bracelet make that among the hardest applications of the material anywhere in watchmaking, since every bevel must survive a process that permits no correction.

The black ceramic case measures 41 mm with the octagonal bezel and eight hexagonal screws. The blue dial carries a strong vertical satin finish with blue snailed counters and blackened detailing, so the registers read as texture rather than as contrast. The black ceramic bracelet is integrated into the case and fitted with an AP folding clasp. Ceramic also cannot be resized or refinished after the fact, so a bracelet link removed is a link that must have been machined correctly the first time, and the material forgives nothing at any stage of assembly.

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