25860ST, Tropical Dial ‘Kasparov’ Royal Oak Chronograph, Steel Homage to FA Lange framing what is a more

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This 2014 example represents an early chapter and Roger's first Declaration of Independence

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Very few designs can be said to have been unerringly attractive for an entire century without faltering

25860ST, Tropical Dial ‘Kasparov’ Royal Oak Chronograph, Steel Homage to FA Lange framing what is a moreA ref. 25860ST, the first Royal Oak to feature a chronograph. This early D series example stands out for its astonishing dial, a gradient tropical petite tapisserie. The 25860 is better known by the name Kasparov, as chess grandmaster Gary Kasparov chose to wear one throughout the 90s and early 2000s. The 25860 maintains the original proportions of the 39mm Jumbo Royal Oak case, thanks to what was then the worlds thinnest self wound chronograph