This was the tail end of an exciting period for the Offshore, and this beast in particular is an ultimate culmination of the Offshore design, at least for me.
"Attention to detail". Whether they were making a Regatta watch liked the Polaris & Forged Carbon Alinghi, F1 models (we all known these), the Survivor - the details were amazing and never done before. And I will tell you, I feel the same about the artistic carving on the Black Panther watch. That hand carved figure is incredible. I hope to get to see it live one day.
I miss the days AP had more bespoke creations like this. And the Black Panther continues this trend.
I still recall some of the same reactions when this came out. Imagine today, if this was launched to the general public. The theme here being a gun theme - for me I would still jump on it! But I think there may be some people who could be turned off...