LuxuryWatchesThe new Rolls-Royce Droptail has an AP Royal Oak as its dashboard clockRumoured to cost over £23m, just four examples of Droptail will be producedWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
LuxuryWatchesThe new Rolls-Royce Droptail has an AP Royal Oak as its dashboard clockRumoured to cost over £23m, just four examples of Droptail will be producedWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
Rumoured to cost over £23m, just four examples of Droptail will be produced
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
(Image credit: Rolls-Royce Motor Cars)
(Image credit: Rolls-Royce Motor Cars)
Car companies and watchmakers have enjoyed a long and successful relationship. But while this usually involves a special edition watch styled to look like a certain car, this time Rolls-Royce and Audemars Piguet have taken things a step further.
The first of just four Droptails to be produced, Rolls-Royce’s latest car features an AP Royal Oak as its dashboard clock. Revealed to its owner at a private event during Monterey Car Week in California, the first Droptail commission is called La Rose, owing to its colour. The thousands of hours of coachworking put into creating the car is rumoured to have cost around $30m (£23m).
(Image credit: Rolls-Royce Motor Cars)
(Image credit: Rolls-Royce Motor Cars)
The interior is when things truly step up a gear. The dashboard is made from 1,603 Black Sycamore wood veneer triangles, creating an abstract impression of falling rose petals that took almost two years to create.
(Image credit: Rolls-Royce Motor Cars)
(Image credit: Rolls-Royce Motor Cars)
Rolls-Royce says how fitting the watch wasn’t easy. “Integrating the timepiece presented a significant challenge: the clients requested that it should both be mounted in the motor car and also be removable, so that it can be attached to a strap and worn. This was realised with a powered clasp mechanism that gently presents the timepiece at the touch of a button.”
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(Image credit: Rolls-Royce Motor Cars)
(Image credit: Rolls-Royce Motor Cars)
Once the watch is removed, the space left behind is covered with a titanium watch case, shown above, with a white and rose gold engraving of a rose instead of a dial; this motif is also found on the car’s Bespoke Audio speakers. The watch strap and blank head are stored in a leather pouch in the door when the watch is installed in the dashboard.
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