AP released a host of new Royal Oaks to celebrate the storied maker’s 150th anniversary. The most important update on these latest editions comes on the inside of the watches: The perpetual calendar function—which will accurately display the correct day, date, and month until the year 2100—typically requires a stylus and technical booklet to set. However, the new pieces use a brand-new system that works entirely through the crown, as easy to use as winding the time on any other watch. That’s a hugely important innovation for people who actually own and wear these watches. Those with small-bag syndrome like myself, however, might be more excited about some of the aesthetic tweaks. For instance, I still can’t get over how Audemars Piguet’s signature was swapped in for the brand’s traditional logo on just 150 special-edition pieces. This special type was taken directly from historical documents in AP’s archives.
Correction 3/14/25: An earlier version of this story misstated that AnOrdain is Irish. The brand is based in Scotland.
Cam Wolf is GQ’s Watch Editor. He joined the magazine in 2017 after working at Racked (RIP) as the site’s (first!) (and only!) Menswear Editor and Complex in the role of Style News Editor. Shortly into his GQ tenure, he immersed himself in the world of watches and quickly fell …
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