Pride of Mexico

I am hoping that AP makes more models with its wonderful Cermet material which was used in the Schumacher and Pride of Mexico. The colour of the metal effortlessly blends with titanium / steel models - and its scratch resistance is superb (see below after

Present day, it is pretty common to see a wide variety of materials used in watchmaking. Gone are the days of just using steel and precious metals on watches, although already it is becoming somewhat "retro" for a brand to turn back to the nobility of tho

Hello, fellow friends and AP aficionados. Here's a little story I would like to share with you all on how the Royal Oak became a cultural icon in Mexico. Back in 1976, when the Royal Oak had already taken the watch world by storm, a Mexican entrepreneur g

I recently acquired this piece and I must say that the Cermet/Ceramet has exquisite understated character, with the scratch resistance (to date at least) of Ceramic. As others have mentioned, the colour is a mix between a Tantalium and a Titanium, and som

I never expect that I’ll end up with an Offshore as I always thought that it is too big for me. It used to be only regular ROs for me: First I bought a 14970 in blue dial: Then came a Quantieme Annuel: I also owned the Moonphase: And the Military Dial 147

guys what are your predictions what will AP do for royal oak 40th anniversary in terms of dial looks or materials, maybe due royal oaks bezel exposure to scratch, woudn't be bad idea to treat us with new ceramet bezel they introduced for pride of mexico.

Which also showcases a third version of the Pride of Mexico watch with white gold and CeraMet. Interesting that they decided on showcasing this new alloy with a continuation of the LE of 300 (200 in SS and Ti, and 100 in RG). This one however takes the ch

It's being launched on the Pride of Mexico, which will begin shipping this month (very few pieces have already been trickling out before...) Very cool material, might finally overcome my resistence to ceramic (I'm not a fan for watch cases or case parts)

Hello ED209, I'm speculating it's some kind of MIM as they were vague in details but the process sounds like it. More info as we get it, for now I'll be posting pics on the Pride of Mexico shortly. -MW

The new Pride of Mexico LE is very good looking. I am really interested to learn more about the new material 'CeraMat.' I also want to see what AP will do with the new material. It would have been an interesting material choice for the bezel of the new Di