The AP Royal Oak Tourbillon Extra-Thin 26510IP super clone (ref. 26510IP.OO.1220IP.01) is the 41 mm Royal Oak tourbillon in its titanium-and-platinum version, here with a blue dial. The dial carries the fine Petite Tapisserie grid in blue, white baton markers and luminescent Royal Oak hands, and shows hours and minutes only; at 6 o’clock a round opening frames the tourbillon cage under a polished bridge. On the genuine, the letters IP stand for a titanium case and bracelet with a polished 950 platinum bezel and platinum centre links. Our watch has a titanium and platinum look in silver-grey; it contains no platinum.

Royal Oak Tourbillon Extra-Thin 26510IP Specifications

• Reference: 26510IP.OO.1220IP.01
• Collection: Royal Oak Tourbillon Extra-Thin
• Case diameter: 41 mm
• Case and bracelet: titanium and platinum look (genuine: titanium with polished 950 platinum bezel and centre links)
• Dial: blue Petite Tapisserie (genuine: smoked blue), white applied hour markers, luminescent Royal Oak hands
• Functions: hours, minutes, tourbillon at 6 o’clock
• Movement: clone Cal. 2924 (genuine: hand-wound); clone tourbillon; function video on request
• Power reserve: about 55 hours (genuine Cal. 2924: 70 hours)
• Water resistance: 50 m (not for swimming)

26510 Tourbillon Extra-Thin vs 26730 Flying Tourbillon: Hand-Wound or Selfwinding?

The 26510 belongs to the earlier generation of Royal Oak tourbillons: the genuine Calibre 2924 is wound by the crown, stores about 70 hours, and holds its cage under a bridge, and the case stays under 9 mm thick. The newer 26730 is 10.6 mm thick and uses the selfwinding Calibre 2950 with 65 hours and a flying cage without an upper bridge. In practice the 26510 is the slimmer, more classical pick, while the 26730 suits someone who wants a tourbillon that winds itself during the day. Next to the steel 26510ST, the IP version changes only the materials; the 41 mm size, the blue Petite Tapisserie dial and the calibre stay the same, so choose by the colour of metal you prefer.

What does IP mean in the Royal Oak 26510IP replica reference?

IP marks the titanium and platinum version: on the genuine the case and bracelet are titanium, while the bezel and the centre bracelet links are polished 950 platinum.

Is there a seconds hand on this Royal Oak tourbillon clone?

No, it shows hours and minutes only, like the genuine 26510; the rotating tourbillon cage at 6 o’clock is what tells you at a glance that the watch is running.

Other Royal Oak tourbillon versions in stock: the steel Tourbillon Extra-Thin 26510ST with a smoked blue dial, the Flying Tourbillon 26730OR in rose gold tone, the purple-dial 26660ST Flying Tourbillon in 37 mm and the black ceramic 26522CE. See the full AP Royal Oak replica collection.