Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Chronograph Storage and “Newman Daytonas” have crept

and “Newman Daytonas” have crept from attainable artifacts into “grail watch” territory—for a certain few who won’t balk at dropping hundreds of thousands - or even millions - of dollars on a watch

complete with steel markers and beautifully aged Tritium luminous elements

To soften the blow of being let go

Few watches demand the intense and focused second look from collectors that the Eberhard Contograf does

but generally in (much) larger case sizes

Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Chronograph Storage and “Newman Daytonas” have creptOne name: Gerald Genta. The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak is perhaps Gentas most memorable work, and in many ways changed the shape of the watch industry. The Royal Oak essentially created an entirely new category of 'luxury sport' timepieces, and with it came a new design language which inspired countless other manufactures. What's particularly delightful about the design of the Royal Oak is that it works brilliantly in a number of sizes and casing