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Bradley Wiggins Watch Collection - Every Watch He's Been Spotted Wearing




Bradley Wiggins Watch Collection - Every Watch He's Been Spotted Wearing

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Introduction to Bradley Wiggins



Bradley Wiggins is one of the most decorated athletes in British sporting history. A professional road racing cyclist and track cyclist, Wiggins became the first British rider to win the Tour de France in 2012, a feat that capped a career already laden with Olympic gold. He holds five Olympic gold medals in total, with victories across Athens, Beijing, and London, and was knighted in 2013 following his landmark Tour win. Beyond the palmares, Wiggins was known on the road for a distinctive personal style — the sideburns, the mod-influenced image, the Gallagher-brother demeanour — that made him one of the most recognisable athletes of his generation.

The Bradley Wiggins watch collection, as far as paparazzi lenses and public appearances have revealed, leans toward the serious end of the Swiss luxury spectrum. Wiggins has been spotted wearing the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Chronograph 26176FO, a reference known in collector circles as the 'Bumble Bee.' The watch is built around a 44mm forged carbon case — a material that produces a unique grain pattern on every single unit — paired with a yellow and black dial that carries the tapisserie texture characteristic of the Royal Oak Offshore family. It is a large, assertive chronograph that sits firmly in AP's high-complication sport-watch territory, and it is not a watch chosen by someone easing into horology gently.

The choice of the 26176FO says something concrete about Wiggins's taste. Forged carbon is a material with roots in motorsport and aerospace, chosen for its strength-to-weight ratio — qualities that will not be lost on an athlete who spent a career obsessing over marginal gains and gram counts on bicycle components. The 'Bumble Bee' is also a genuinely polarising reference within the AP catalogue, which tends to attract collectors who know the line well enough to have a real opinion on it rather than defaulting to the safer stainless steel options.



Bradley Wiggins Spotted Wearing Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Chronograph 'Bumble Bee' Ref. 26176FO


Bradley Wiggins Spotted Wearing Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Chronograph 'Bumble Bee' Ref. 26176FO
Ref: 26176FO
List Price: $30,000
Market Price (estimated): unknown
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The Royal Oak Offshore 26176FO earns its 'Bumble Bee' nickname from one of the most arresting colour combinations AP has ever put on a wrist: a black forged carbon case paired with a striking yellow-accented dial and rubber strap. Released as part of AP's bold Offshore chromatic series, the 44mm chronograph houses the calibre 3126/3840 automatic movement. Tour de France champion and cycling icon Bradley Wiggins — never shy about statement style — makes the choice feel entirely at home.



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