Royal Oak OffShore 26297 Pride of Mexico Steel / Titanium

Audemars Piguet Royal Oak OffShore 26297 Pride of Mexico Steel / Titanium

Audemars Piguet · Royal Oak Offshore

The Royal Oak OffShore 26297 Pride of Mexico Steel / Titanium has an integrated bracelet: standard watch bands do not fit this model.

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Lug width
integrated bracelet
Case diameter
42 mm
Reference
26297CO.OO.D002CR.01 (aka: 26297IS.OO.D101CR.01)
Family
Royal Oak Offshore
Year
2010 - 2010

Why no standard band fits this one

On the Royal Oak OffShore 26297 Pride of Mexico Steel / Titanium the bracelet is drawn as part of the case: the first link continues the case profile instead of sitting in a gap between two lugs. There is no lug width to match, so there is no size to order, and a band bought by millimetres will not go in whatever the number.

It is not a rare way to build a watch. 1,083 Audemars Piguet references in the database are built this way, and across every brand it is 6.1% of the catalogue. What replaces the bracelet is a band cut to this case, shaped to close the opening the way the bracelet did.

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