# What is the best Audemars Piguet watch?

> Octagonal bezels from 1972 share the field with round-cased newcomers, ultra-thin perpetual calendars and chiming titanium experiments. Collectors split hard over this one, and the steel classics don't always come out on top.

*By YPB Team · Published November 2, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/what-is-the-best-audemars-piguet-watch*

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1. **Royal Oak Jumbo 15202** — score 1000/1000
   The 39mm Extra-Thin Royal Oak made from 2000 to 2021, powered by the ultra-thin automatic calibre 2121, then replaced by the 16202.
2. **Code 11.59 Ultra-Complication Universelle** — score 583/1000
   The RD#4 pocket-watch-inspired Code 11.59 unveiled in 2023, combining 40 functions in its calibre 1000.
3. **[Re]master01 Chronograph** — score 480/1000
   A 2020 limited edition of 500 selfwinding chronographs in steel and pink gold, modelled on a 1943 Audemars Piguet chronograph.
4. **Royal Oak Offshore End of Days** — score 480/1000
   The 1999 blacked-out Royal Oak Offshore chronograph, reference 25770SN, made for Arnold Schwarzenegger's film End of Days.
5. **Royal Oak RD#2 Perpetual Calendar** — score 480/1000
   The 2018 ultra-thin Royal Oak perpetual calendar, reference 26586, 6.3mm thick with the calibre 5133.
6. **Royal Oak Chronograph 26240** — score 416/1000
   The 41mm Royal Oak chronograph introduced in 2022 with the integrated flyback calibre 4401.
7. **Royal Oak Offshore 25721** — score 416/1000
   The first Royal Oak Offshore, a 42mm steel chronograph designed by Emmanuel Gueit and launched in 1993.
8. **Royal Oak Jumbo 16202** — score 416/1000
   The 39mm Extra-Thin Royal Oak introduced in 2022 for the model's 50th anniversary, with the new calibre 7121.
9. **Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar 26574** — score 416/1000
   A 41mm Royal Oak perpetual calendar introduced in 2015 with the automatic calibre 5134 and a moon phase.
10. **Royal Oak Selfwinding 15510** — score 341/1000
   The 41mm time-and-date Royal Oak introduced in 2022, running on the automatic calibre 4302.
11. **Royal Oak Concept** — score 341/1000
   Audemars Piguet's experimental Royal Oak line, launched in 2002 with the Concept Watch 1 for the model's 30th anniversary.
12. **Royal Oak Concept Supersonnerie** — score 341/1000
   A 44mm titanium minute repeater first shown in 2016, built on the brand's RD#1 research into louder, clearer chimes.
13. **Royal Oak Double Balance Wheel Openworked** — score 341/1000
   An openworked 41mm Royal Oak first shown in 2016, its calibre 3132 carrying two balance wheels on one axis.
14. **Code 11.59 Selfwinding Chronograph** — score 341/1000
   The 41mm Code 11.59 flyback chronograph introduced in 2019 with the integrated calibre 4401.
15. **Royal Oak RD#3 Flying Tourbillon** — score 341/1000
   The 2022 39mm Jumbo Extra-Thin Royal Oak with a selfwinding flying tourbillon, reference 26670, 8.1mm thick.
16. **Royal Oak Frosted Gold** — score 250/1000
   A Royal Oak with a hammered gold finish made with jeweller Carolina Bucci, first released in 2016.
17. **Royal Oak 5402** — score 0/1000
   The original 1972 Royal Oak, a 39mm steel sports watch with an octagonal bezel designed by Gérald Genta.
18. **Royal Oak Offshore Chronograph 26238** — score 0/1000
   A 42mm Royal Oak Offshore flyback chronograph introduced in 2021 with the in-house calibre 4404.
19. **Code 11.59 Selfwinding** — score 0/1000
   The 41mm round-cased three-hander that opened the Code 11.59 collection in 2019, with the calibre 4302.
20. **Royal Oak Offshore Diver** — score 0/1000
   A 42mm Royal Oak Offshore dive watch, first released in 2010, water-resistant to 300 metres with an inner rotating bezel.

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