Audemars Piguet 26400SO

Audemars Piguet

Ref. 26400SO

Watch n° 37 for number of VIPs spotted with this watch
Audemars Piguet n° 3 for number of VIPs spotted with this watch
Number of VIPs spotted with this watch: 20
Number of total spotted: 20
Preferred VIP category: footballer (7 VIPs)
List price: £26,100
Market price: 23.263€

The Audemars Piguet 26400SO.OO.A002CA.01 has turned up on a notably diverse roster of public figures. Footballers dominate the sighting list — Memphis Depay, Mario Balotelli, Radja Nainggolan, Sead Kolasinac, Stéphane El Shaarawy, Alexander Milosevic, Ian Wright and manager Slaven Bilic have all been photographed with this reference — but the spread goes well beyond the pitch. Combat sports figures Conor McGregor and Anthony Joshua have been spotted wearing it, as have basketball players Draymond Green and Scottie Pippen. On the entertainment side, actors Damian Lewis and Denzel Washington, singer J Balvin and Indian television presenter Kapil Sharma each appear in our database wearing this exact reference. Politicians Najib Razak and Antônio Carlos Magalhães Neto round out a list that also includes Dwayne Johnson. That mix of elite athletes, Hollywood names and global entertainers says something straightforward about this model: it reads as a serious sports watch without requiring much explanation, which tends to appeal to people whose public profile does the talking for them.

At a retail price of approximately $33,400, the Audemars Piguet 26400SO.OO.A002CA.01 sits firmly in the upper tier of the sports-chronograph market. Like most desirable Audemars Piguet references, authorised dealer allocations are limited and waitlists are common, meaning many buyers turn to the secondary market where prices have historically traded at or above retail depending on condition and box-and-papers status. The breadth of professions represented in our sightings database — across three continents and multiple industries — suggests demand is genuinely broad rather than confined to one particular celebrity subculture.

The 26400SO.OO.A002CA.01 is a 44mm Royal Oak Offshore Chronograph in brushed stainless steel and ceramic, housing AP's in-house calibre 3126/3840. Its sustained visibility on high-profile wrists, particularly among footballers in European leagues and NBA veterans, has kept it a recognisable reference in the celebrity watch conversation for several years.