Royal Oak Concept 26612 Tourbillon Chronograph Titanium

In Context

At 44 mm it is a large watch — well above this catalogue’s 40 mm median, and enough to dominate a narrow wrist. At 16.05 mm it is very tall, and sits high off the wrist. The case back is open, so the movement is visible without taking the watch apart, and the sapphire crystal will resist everything short of deliberate abuse. 100 m is genuine swimming resistance — more than the shape of this watch suggests it would need.

The movement winds itself from the motion of your wrist. 65 hours of reserve is enough to set it down on Friday evening and find it still running on Monday. At 21,600 vph the seconds hand advances 6 times a second, the slower and more audible rate of an older design.

26612TI.OO.D002CA.01 stands on its own in this catalogue — no other reference here shares its base number. It pairs a skeleton dial with a titanium, ceramic case. It was a limited edition. Beyond the time it carries a chronograph and a tourbillon.

Self-winding movement with peripheral winding, with chronograph and tourbillon. Total of 391 parts including 34 jewels.

2 other watches in the library run the Audemars Piguet AP 2949.

Audemars Piguet

Royal Oak Concept Tourbillon Chronograph Openworked Selfwinding Titanium / Red

26587TI.OO.D067CA.01 · 44 mm

Audemars Piguet

Royal Oak Concept Tourbillon Chronograph Openworked Selfwinding Titanium / Blue

26587TI.OO.D031CA.01 · 44 mm