Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Replica is a German watchmaker that is well-known for its skeletonized watches and intricately decorated designs. This company's latest product is the Blue Whirlwind Tourbillon Minute Repeater Watch.

The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Replica masterpiece is a skeletonized Tourbillon Minute Repeater based on a Patek Philippe Caliber 27 PS manual-winding watch movement. The same caliber was used in the stainless steel Patek Philippe ref. 3939,Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Replica which was donated for the 2011 Only Watch Auction and sold at the highest price of 1.4 million Euros.

The German watchmaker is known for transforming vintage movements into unique masterpieces that have a luxurious modern feel. Georg Bartkowiak claimed that this particular mechanism was between ten and twenty years old.

The movement was subjected to more than 15 months worth of meticulous and precise horological work, including skeletonization. The 336 component mechanism was completely redesigned in the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Replica style: guilloche, engraved and fully skeletonized. The movement has been reassembled and adjusted several times,Omega Replica as well as disassembled and reassembled to ensure that all the levers are working in harmony.

Dial Detail for the "Blue Whirlwind Tourbillon Minute Repeater" Watch by Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Replica

Some modifications were needed to the fine guilloche of the plates and bridges. They moved some of the original drilled hole locations by less than a twenty-fifth of a milimeter. The wheel visible on the back side of the movement through the sapphire case back has been replaced. To reveal the inner beauty of the movement, the original tourbillon wheel has been replaced with a transparent glass flywheel. The mysterious third wheel, which replaces the original tourbillon gold drive wheel, is located on the back of the case.

Caseback for the "Blue Whirlwind Tourbillon Minute Reminder Watch" by Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Replica