AP x Swatch Royal Pop - Royal Hype or Brand Suicide?! - Worth The Hype?! Episode #54
My Watches PodcastShow Notes
The AP × Swatch Royal Pop is a fun pocket-watch collaboration between Audemars Piguet and Swatch, featuring a 40 mm Bioceramic case inspired by the iconic Royal Oak with its octagonal bezel and eight visible screws. Released in eight colourful variants across two styles, Lépine and Savonnette; the watches are powered by a reworked hand-wound SISTEM51 movement offering around 90 hours of power reserve.
Each model includes a Petite Tapisserie-style dial, Super-LumiNova hands and markers, sapphire caseback, and modular POP-style accessories that allow it to be worn on a lanyard, clipped to a bag, or displayed as a desk clock. Measuring at 8.4 mm thick with dimensions of about 44.2 mm × 53.2 mm when mounted in the clip (40m out of the mount).
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