A Watch for King James: Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore LeBron James Limited Edition Replica Watch

The devil, as they say, is in the details. So, here are the details. The theme of the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore LeBron James Limited Edition Replica Watch is gray and pink, starting with its rose gold case and continuing to its gray croc strap with rose gold buckle. LeBron James is a big dude. He’s 6’8″. So, one could imagine that his watch would be something on the massive side. Add in the crown and pushers to the 44 mm rose gold case and you get a watch just shy of two inches in diameter. Like I said, massive. Somehow, it looks even bigger with the brushed titanium bezel and black ceramic pushers and crown (which are actually more of a gray).

Audemars Piguet loves their celebrity athlete sposkespeople. Two of the most recent AP Ambassadors to get their own audemars piguet royal oak offshore chronograph replica, Michael Schumacher and Leo Messi, are giants in their respective fields of Formula One racing and soccer (or football to our European readers).

So it’s about time that Audemars Piguet Brand Ambassador and Miami Heat star forward LeBron James gets his own limited edition AP. Hell, the crazy party at Miami Beach’s SOHO Beach House to celebrate LeBron and AP’s union was over two years ago on April 9th, 2011. Last night’s soirée at 1111 Lincoln Road in the heart of South Beach where LeBron James and Audemars Piguet CEO Francois Henry Bennahmias unveiled the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore LeBron James limited edition was a long time coming. (Man, that’s a mouthful.)

While AP was designing the audemars piguet royal oak offshore replica, King James himself worked with watchmakers to ensure his watch truly matched his style. The result is an absolutely massive rose gold, titanium and ceramic beast, of which only 600 examples will be produced.

Speaking of pushers (whose housings are rose gold with gray rubber accents), the top pusher is embellished with 14 diamonds in two rows. Some people I’ve spoken to really like the diamonds. Personally, I think they’re kind of tacky. But, tacky or not, knowing Audemars Piguet, you can rest assured that they are flawless (and I mean D / IF) diamonds. The theme of gray and pink is carried through to the Mega Tapisserie dial which is actually kind of a grayish-pink. Rose gold hands and Arabic numerals and silver-tone sub-registers give the dial depth, and a blue second-hand offers some much-needed contrast.

The back of the watch has a sapphire caseback with LeBron’s autograph printed in blue. Peeking out from under King James’ John Hancock is AP’s automatic 59 jewel Calibre 3126/3840 chronograph movement complete with an AP logo-emblazoned 22 karat anthracite galvanized winding rotor (always with the gray and pink).

Like I said, Audmars Piguet Replica Watch is producing a scant 600 Royal Oak Offshore LeBron James examples. Despite a price tag of $51,500, you can expect each and every one of them to wind up (pun intended) in someone’s collection. For the full technical specs, see below. And, there’s an AP – LeBron James video below that.

Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore LeBron James

Technical Specifications

Movement:

Functions: Chronograph, Hours, Minutes, Small Seconds, Date
Movement thickness with module: 7.00 mm
Total diameter: 29.92 mm
Total diameter: 13¼ lines
Type of balance: With Variable inertia blocks
Frequency of balance wheel: 3,00 Hz (21’600 alternances/hour)
Type of balance-spring stud-holder: Screwed mobile stud
Balance-spring type: Flat
Direction of automatic winding: Bidirectional
Type of oscillating weight: Monobloc in 22-carat gold
Number of jewels: 59
Power reserve: 55 h
Number of parts: 365

Case

18-carat rose gold case
Glareproofed sapphire crystal and caseback
Caseback engraved with the legend “Royal Oak Offshore Limited Edition Lebron James”
LeBron James signature printed in blue on the sapphire crystal
Titanium bezel
Black ceramic crown
Black ceramic pushpieces
Diamond-set pushpiece at 2 o’clock
Rose gold and grey rubber pushpiece guards
Water-resistant to 100 m.