Afew years ago, I predicted that after a period of brands offering more exotic or spirited hues as primary colors for luxury timepieces, eventually, a black-toned watch would debut and feel comparatively special. About 20 years ago, an interesting trend in the watch industry resulted in a huge volume of “all-black” watches being released. While it was not only Jean-Claude Biver’s Hublot that promoted the black-on-black watch trend, his fervor and energy inspired much of the industry to focus on black-colored site fake watches. Now, in 2025, I think we are nearly at the point of all-black watches feeling hip again, and this extremely high-end all-black ceramic CA perfect replica Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Selfwinding Chronograph 42mm reference 26238CE.OO.13000CE.02 watches are evidence of that. This is one of the new 2025 Royal Oak Offshore watches from Audemars Piguet this year, and it is the first time Audemars Piguet has paired a black ceramic bracelet with a modern version of the Royal Oak Offshore.
Since the 1990s, the best fake Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore watches have been a macho staple of the high-end timepiece world. It was originally created as a larger, sportier version of the standard Royal Oak, which, at the time, was about 20 years old, having originally debuted in the early 1970s. Audemars Piguet used the Royal Oak Offshore collection to experiment with novel design cues and materials, though that period has seemingly ended at the brand which is now more focused on fashionability and image. Ceramic as a material for case components was used by Audemars Piguet for the first time in a Royal Oak Offshore, and later entire watch cases and bracelets were produced in ceramic to celebrate the iconic form of the Gerald Genta-designed Royal Oak form. Today, Audemars Piguet has produced the Royal Oak in a variety of ceramic colors, offering as many options as possible within the industrial limitations of those colors in which zirconium dioxide can be effectively produced.
Audemars Piguet’s problem was that as ceramic and other once-exclusive materials (such as forged carbon) became popular with other companies, they needed new ways to assert themselves as a luxury brand while offering their clients an elite ownership and wearing experience. Rather than focus on price competition, Audemars Piguet transformed as a brand, positioning itself somewhere between a private club and a jewelry/fashion house where the price of their goods was of secondary importance to what types of famous and powerful people were seen wearing their products. Audemars Piguet thus focused less on pure experimentation and more on refinement and beauty. Today’s high quality replica Audemars Piguet watches feel extremely polished, offering a lovely rendition of a classic iconic form, while allowing its wearers to show off that they are comfortable spending lavishly on style, as opposed to practicality. Of course, you can spend less to get a black ceramic watch on a matching black ceramic bracelet, but it won’t be an Audemars Piguet, will it?
Another interesting detail about this Royal Oak Offshore Selfwinding Chronograph 42mm watch is that it continues the trend for some Audemars Piguet watches to not have the full brand name written on the dial, a practice I first noted when writing about a different version of the modern top copy Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Selfwinding Chronograph 43mm watches. Audemars Piguet currently makes both a 42mm and 43mm wide Royal Oak Offshore Chronograph, with slightly different movement layouts. Both choose to go with a more colloquial “AP” logo on the dial instead of the full “Audemars Piguet” name. It looks pleasant enough, though I find it weird from a branding-consistency standpoint. That said, watch lovers out there are fully aware that the people who like Audemars Piguet fall into two camps: those who refer to the brand as “Audemars Piguet,” and those who prefer to simply say “AP.” Are these buy replica watches strictly intended for that latter crowd?
The 42mm-wide case is water-resistant to 100 meters and is 15.3mm thick. While modern, it echoes some of the original design cues of the first Royal Oak Offshore watches including the smaller chronograph pushers (that were originally black rubber coated as opposed to ceramic), and much of the dial layout. Everything from the hands and hour markers to the movement is newer, though. The traditional “mega tapiserie” face design continues to be handsome, and the overall face design combines sportiness with traditional elegance. The hands and hour markers begin as white gold and then get coated in black. The dial isn’t entirely “black on black” with just enough lighter colors for legibility, but this is very much an “all black” ceramic CA cheap super clone watches from Audemars Piguet.
Inside this version of the Swiss made replica Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Selfwinding Chronograph watches are the brand’s in-house-made caliber 4404 automatic mechanical chronograph movement. It is very pretty in decoration and design, visible through a sapphire crystal caseback. The rear of the case is actually mostly black-colored titanium versus ceramic. The 4404 movement differs from the similar 4401 movement (which is in the 43mm wide version of the Royal Oak Offshore) only in terms of the layout of the chronograph subdials. Both of the movements operate at 4Hz with 70 hours of power reserve. They indicate the time, date, and have a 12-hour chronograph mechanism.
For those who are familiar with the Royal Oak Offshore’s history, this watch is a novel recreation of an existing and popular design. Perhaps for novices to the high-end watch world, Audemars Piguet can create a fresh experience as a watch quite like this has never been available. In any event, most watch lovers can agree that while there is little entirely new here, Audemars Piguet continues to make a very handsome and satisfying men’s sports watch design that entirely fits within a luxury lifestyle rubric. That latter part is necessary for the Audemars Piguet brand given their current sales and marketing strategy. As I said before, you can certainly get a finely Swiss Made luxury sports watch in ceramic on a black ceramic bracelet for less money (a lot less money). Though it perhaps won’t be nearly as refined or iconic (i.e. desirable) as what the noble Audemars Piguet can offer. I’m personally excited to get this watch on my wrist and determine is Audemars Piguet has indeed made “all-black luxury fake watches great again.”
