Royal Oak 41 (Brown Dial)

The Royal Oak invented the luxury steel sports watch in 1972: Gerald Genta’s octagonal bezel, eight hexagonal screws and the Tapisserie dial that saved Audemars Piguet. Every integrated bracelet watch since exists in its shadow.

A Royal Oak 41 in 41mm 18k rose gold, brown, applied markers on the wrist. 2385 keeps it running.

Fun fact: The Offshore was drawn in 1993 by a 22 year old Emmanuel Gueit, who doubled the case thickness and was told by the factory that nobody would ever wear it. The retiring CEO called it The Beast at the launch.