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Thickness of Bumblebee compared to Silver Themes

Good morning,

this is my first post here - so let me introduce myself: My name is Max, I live in Germany and I am working for a big ICT company as key account manager. My grandfather was working for Breguet as watchsmith and loved his work which is the reason for the love for watches in my whole family. Of course, I am no exception

After a Panerai Luminor Logo (005) and a Rolex Sea Dweller (16600) I am now about purchasing my first Audemars Piguet.

It should be a Royal Oak Offshore, of which two models are my favourites:

1. The Silver Themes on leather band: It is sporty and elegant, a real every day watch.

2. The Bumblebee: The combination of forged carbon and ceramic is simply stunning, but I have some doubts that it might be to special for every day use.

To get a better picture of both watches I went to an AD which to my surprise had a Bumblebee available. I compared the Bumblebee to a Safari as he did not have a Silver Themes and I am impressed how light and comfortable the Bumblebee wears compared with a steel ROO.

But somehow I was asking myself if the Bumblebee was thicker than the Safari after I left the shop?!

I had a look at AP's website, where both Silver Themes (which should be the same case as the Safari) and the Bumblebee were stated with 15mm thickness. But on pictures it is visible that the chrono pushers on the steel ROOs cause a little cut out on the top side of the crown guards whereas the Bumblebee has the pushers completely surrounded by the crown guards.

So my questions are:

- Is my impression about the thickness of both watches just a misinterpretation or is the description on AP's homepage not correct?

- Does someone here have both watches to compare them?

Thanks very much for your help, I really appreciate it.

Best Regards, Max