Credits: Article and images by John Keil @ Quill & Pad. See the original article here - https://quillandpad.com/2024/05/15/audemars-piguet-royal-oak-offshore-t3-chronograph-the-one-that-got-away/
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I cleaned up one of my other pieces, photographed it, and posted it for sale on a few forums. I priced it aggressively for a quick sale, and sure enough I accepted an offer on the same day. The T3 was going to be mine!
Floating, I got to work early the next morning and cracked the safe in anticipation of strapping on my precious . . . but it wasn’t there!
I freaked out and called my boss in panic, “Dude! Where’s the T3?!?”
“I sold it yesterday to Don,” he excitedly answered.
Nooooo!
I was angry at myself for being so indecisive. Not only would I not be the proud owner of the T3, but I had just committed to selling one of my other watches, which I really didn’t want to sell in the first place.
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Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore T3 Chronograph
To make it more depressing, a few years later I saw T3s selling for two to three times its original retail price on the secondary market.
Obviously, I got over it and took the opportunity to learn from it. It is a valuable lesson that I attribute to my happiness ever since: the lesson is, “always listen to my wife!”
As much as I may disagree with some of the things she tells me to do on occasion, I always think back to the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore T3 Chronograph and I give in. I’m the happiest dude I know for it because, as we all know, “happy wife, happy life.”
I wonder if Schwarzenegger has ever heard that saying?
For more information on the Royal Oak Offshore collection, please visit www.audemarspiguet.com/en/watch-collection/royal-oak-offshore.
Quick Facts Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore T3 Chronograph
Case: 57.2 x 61 x 15.65 mm, titanium with crown and pusher protection, water-resistant to 100 m
Movement: automatic Caliber 2226 (Jaeger-LeCoultre base movement)
Functions: hours, minutes, seconds; date, chronograph
Limitation: 1,000 pieces total: 500 of each dial version (silver, black)
Original price: $19,900
Original release date: 2003
Remarks: sold in a presentation box with DVDs of the Terminator movies
* This article was first published on May 26, 2017 at Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore T3 Chronograph: The One That Got Away.
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Credits: Article and images by John Keil @ Quill & Pad. See the original article here - https://quillandpad.com/2024/05/15/audemars-piguet-royal-oak-offshore-t3-chronograph-the-one-that-got-away/