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I have an AP royal oak offshore available for sale.

The Morgan Stanley Luxeconsult report has them at #43 with an estimated $75 million in annual revenue.

Good question. Maybe it’s a competitive Swatch/Richemont thing, as the history of Watches & Wonders is tied to SIHH, Richemont’s show.

Calabrese’s design still used metal for the top and bottom of the case (basically the lugs) as I recall, but you’re right, certainly an impressive piece of history as well!

The first sapphire case watch produced was that of the Golden Bridge as designed and patented by Vincent Calabrese in 1977; close to fifty years ago. A design which was later procured by Corum and formally introduced to the brand in 1980. While numerous other brands have certainly contributed to the craze of sapphire watches as we know it today, they by no means introduced the concept into the zeitgeist. That distinction goes to the Golden Bridge. The Golden Bridge walked, so all others could run.