Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Skeleton Ultra-thin Rose Gold Watch
Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Skeleton Ultra-thin Rose Gold Watch My fondness for the ultra-thin Royal Oak that most people call "Jumbo" is well documented. This is my first truly high end watch and I truly believe it is both one of the great designs of 20th century watchmaking and probably the most balanced watch ever made. The way it sits on the wrist? what. that is really good. So, while the focus of this year's AP is on the new 42mm Royal Oak Offshore, my personal highlight in the new release is the new(ish) take on the Jumbo. AP's skeleton strategies are the best, and we rarely see them applied to the Jumbo, the purest watch from the Le Brassus maker. There have been some limited edition, highly ornate skeleton Jumbos over the past few years, and then in 2012 we saw a new version of the skeletonized Royal Oak, a limited edition 40th anniversary watch in platinum. The watch is fantastic. Still, it's no more retro AP than the Skeleton Jumbo, which I've alw...