Audemars Piguet Releases A Slew of 2026 Watches, All Super (Bowl) Specimens

Anyone who watched the recent Super Bowl likely noticed halftime show superstar Bad Bunny wearing an Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Selfwinding in 18-karat yellow gold. This 37 mm watch practically jumped off his wrist and into the eyes of watch fans with its vibrant natural malachite dial. It was immediately obvious that the colorful hard stone added verdant texture and depth to the signature timepiece featuring an 18-karat yellow gold integrated bracelet fitted with a three-blade folding clasp. Also available in 41 mm, this watch is part of a slew of releases that Audemars Piguet just dropped.

Bad Bunny didn’t have the only notable wrist at the world-famous event: seven-time Super Bowl winner and genuine football legend Tom Brady appeared as one of the former greats assembled on stage with the event’s opening performer, rock band Green Day. Brady’s wrist was likewise remarkable as he was also wearing one of the releases: the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar Bleu Nuit Nuage 50 in blue ceramic. This watch comes in a striking 41 mm blue ceramic case and bracelet and has a classic blue Grand Tapisserie dial featuring a realistic moon phase display. A great technical characteristic of Audemars Piguet Royal Oak is the patented all-in-one crown adjustment system, which allows the complicated calendar functions to be adjusted solely by crown without the use of a stylus or other tool. This is an important advancement for this type of ultra-complicated calendar, which won’t need adjustment until the year 2100 if kept wound.

Other Audemars Piguet Royal Oak models

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In this drop, Audemars Piguet introduced two variations of tone-in-tone Royal Oak models. One is a 39 mm Royal Oak Jumbo Extra-Thin Openworked in a case made of titanium and amorphous Bulk Metallic Glass (BMG) paired with a rhodium-plated Caliber 7124. The second is a 37 mm Royal Oak Double Balance Wheel Openworked in 18-karat yellow gold powered by a gold-toned Caliber 3132. Both automatic calibers are skeletonized for maximum transparency.

The Royal Oak Selfwinding Perpetual Calendar Openworked also offers a modern take on Audemars Piguet’s artistry and craftsmanship of openworking the dial, which shines a light on the visible components of the rather complicated automatic Caliber 7139 that provides this watch with an ergonomic all-in-one crown for manipulating the perpetual calendar. This 41 mm model is housed in an innovative case that combines titanium with the amorphous metal Bulk Metallic Glass (BMG).

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The Royal Oak Selfwinding Chrono 38 introduces automatic in-house chronograph Caliber 6401 and debuts in three variations: a stainless-steel case with a Bleu Nuit Nuage 50 Grande Tapisserie dial; a rose gold case with a grey Grande Tapisserie dial; and a rose gold case featuring a bezel set with 40 brilliant-cut diamonds and a sand gold-toned Grande Tapisserie dial.

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The Royal Oak Mini family receives two variations with stone dials in this drop: one in an 18-karat yellow gold case with mother-of-pearl dial and the other in an 18-karat rose gold case with a mirror-polished black onyx dial and striking brilliant-cut diamond hour markers. Both are a delicate 23 mm in diameter and powered by quartz movements.

Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore models

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Two variations of the Royal Oak Offshore Chronograph in 43 mm have also been released. The first is housed in a Bleu Nuit Nuage 50 ceramic case enriched with subtle titanium details complemented by a beige Méga Tapisserie dial. The second variation features a titanium case enhanced by a black ceramic bezel, pushers, and crown as well as a smoked green PVD-coated Méga Tapisserie dial punctuated with black and beige elements. Both timepieces are powered by the manufacture’s automatic in-house integrated flyback chronograph movement, Caliber 4401.

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The 42 mm Royal Oak Offshore Diver in stainless steel with two black ceramic crowns is now available in three dial/strap colors: one with a black Méga Tapisserie dial with a lack rotating inner bezel and a pink diver zone (0-15 minutes) and a white rubber interchangeable strap; one with a black Méga Tapisserie dial with a black rotating inner bezel with turquoise diver zone (0-15 minutes) and a turquoise rubber interchangeable strap; and one with a teal dial with Méga Tapisserie pattern and white diver zone (0-15 minutes) with a matching teal rubber interchangeable strap. All are powered by automatic Caliber 4308.

Audemars Piguet Code 11.59 models

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Audemars Piguet also releases a version of the Code 11.59 Selfwinding Flying Tourbillon 41 in a white-gold-and-black-ceramic case with an ivory-colored hand-guilloché dial. It is powered by automatic Caliber 2950, a complicated movement that made its debut in the Royal Oak Concept collection.

The two-tone Code 11.59 Selfwinding Perpetual Calendar Openworked is the first openworked perpetual calendar in the Code 11.59 collection. Its 18-karat white gold case with a black ceramic middle adds a technical look to this modern beauty.

The Code 11.59 38 mm collection launched in 2023 and now it receives two variations in rose gold with contrasting classic black and silver dials. The svelte watches only 3.9 mm in height are powered by automatic Caliber 5900.

Audemars Piguet Neo Frame Jumping Hour

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But the undoubted star of this set of watches is a timepiece just released that pays homage to horological traditions. The name of the out-of-the-ordinary Neo Frame Jumping Hour watch describes exactly what this watch does: provide the time using a “digital” jump hour and “trailing” minutes. This precise time display including an instantaneous jump is provided by automatic Caliber 7122, a variation of Audemars Piguet’s in-house Caliber 7121, which usually powers the Royal Oak Jumbo models. It is visible through a sapphire crystal case back with a specially fluted rotor.

Based on the defining features of Reference 1271 from 1929, this Art Deco-inspired watch takes a lot of inspiration from the Streamline Moderne design movement, largely visible in the eight gadroons on the sides of the case combining elongated lines and curves. This design movement, though a late Art Deco movement, looked to return to more minimalism while using modern materials, reconciling modernity with craftsmanship.

The rectangular case measuring 24.6 x 34 mm is crafted in 18-karat rose gold while the face of the watch is dominated by a black PVD-treated sapphire crystal featuring two gold-framed apertures with the hours and minutes. To ensure some water resistance without using the bezel-and-gasket combination typical of round watches (which is easier to provide water resistance with), the engineers developed a technique specifically for this watch that includes bonding the dial plate to the sapphire crystal and screwing it into the gold case. The specially designed black calfskin strap of the Neo Frame Jumping Hour features a textured motif and is seamlessly integrated into the case.

All these great watches make us curious to see what Audemars Piguet will release at Watches & Wonders 2026, the annual extravaganza to which the brand now returns after a six-year hiatus. I guess you could call Watches & Wonders the Super Bowl of the watch world.