FC seems to be alive?

Aug 07, 2014,07:46 AM
 

Looks amazing! I thought Forged Carbon was being discontinued? Does this mean that they are changing their mind or just taking advantage of some of their inventory? The matte marbled contrast really balances out the other brushed, polished and blasted surfaces. 

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Audemars Piguet 2014 Royal Oak Offshore Tourbillon Chronograph

 
 By: MichaelC : August 7th, 2014-07:27
Kong has added a wonderful release in the News Central forum - please find it by clicking the link below: news.watchprosite.com...  

I find it intriguing.

 
 By: MichaelC : August 7th, 2014-08:08
Using the selfwinding Caliber 2897 makes sense on a robust Royal Oak Offshore, and the other current collection Tourbillon Chronograph offerings are manual wind. The dial cutout at 1:00 is interesting. I'm slightly bothered by the "Audemars Piguet" logo, ... 

FC seems to be alive?

 
 By: ameriddd : August 7th, 2014-07:46
Looks amazing! I thought Forged Carbon was being discontinued? Does this mean that they are changing their mind or just taking advantage of some of their inventory? The matte marbled contrast really balances out the other brushed, polished and blasted sur... 

Very much so. Make sure you only trust credible sources on the net!

 
 By: MichaelC : August 7th, 2014-07:53
I have always clarified on this forum that forged carbon had not been discontinued, despite numerous erroneous reports over the last 20 months +/-. AP simply emphasized in 2013 that they would be focusing more on other materials. They never discontinued f... 

Looks amazing!! [nt]

 
 By: emijar3 : August 7th, 2014-10:19

I'm not so sure about this one . . .

 
 By: M4 : August 7th, 2014-12:17
. . . the minutes sub-dial looks WAY undersized on the dial. I might wear this watch with the caseback-up just to view the gorgeous movement :-) On the other hand, AP has a way of changing my opinion over time on watches that at first don't appeal to my e... 

I agree

 
 By: Colin W : August 7th, 2014-13:15
However over time I usually grow to like a piece I was initially luke warm too. I bet it looks great up close on the wrist

You know it Colin.

 
 By: MichaelC : August 7th, 2014-13:22
Could you or me try this on and think "meh, not for me". I don't think we could!

It is just odd enough to have my attention

 
 By: MichaelC : August 7th, 2014-13:20
I certainly like different things, and this dial layout has some oddities. That small subdial, below the larger interestingly shaped dial cutout - well, you don't see something like that too often.