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Basketball player Kyle Kuzma spotted wearing a Audemars Piguet

basketball player Kyle Kuzma spotted wearing a Audemars Piguet 15720ST
Who & what: Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Diver 15720ST.OO.A009CA.01 Stainless Steel Grey Dial

Kyle Kuzma was recently photographed coordinating an unreleased Insane Luxury cap with an Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Diver reference 15720ST in stainless steel — a pairing that reads less like coincidence and more like the kind of deliberate accessory curation that has made the Washington Wizards forward one of basketball's more credible watch personalities.

The Royal Oak Offshore Diver 15720ST is a 42mm stainless steel dive watch rated to 300 metres, powered by AP's in-house Calibre 3120 automatic movement — a 280-component manufacture movement beating at 21,600 vph with a 60-hour power reserve. The grey dial carries AP's Méga Tapisserie guilloche pattern, a larger-scale variant of the Grande Tapisserie associated with the original Royal Oak. The rotating inner bezel in blue and white provides dive-timing functionality without the bulk of an external ceramic bezel ring, keeping the profile lean and wrist-presence focused.

The Offshore Diver line arrived in 2010 as a direct evolution of the Royal Oak Offshore Scuba introduced in 2005, itself conceived to bring genuine dive credentials into the Offshore family. The 15720ST replaced the earlier 15703 reference, refining the case architecture and upgrading the movement to the 3120 — a calibre that collectors regard as one of AP's most dependable and well-finished manufacture automatics. The result is a watch that works as a serious 300-metre diver while carrying the full visual weight of the Royal Oak Offshore design language.

Among collectors, the 15720ST occupies a pragmatic sweet spot in the AP catalogue. It offers genuine technical capability and in-house manufacture credentials at the lower end of the Royal Oak Offshore price spectrum, making it a logical entry point for buyers who want the Offshore DNA without the premium commanded by chronograph or tourbillon variants. The grey dial configuration in particular is considered one of the more restrained and versatile executions in the 15720 range.

Kuzma has built a consistent record of reaching for technically substantive watches rather than purely logo-driven pieces. Wearing the Royal Oak Offshore Diver 15720ST against a streetwear drop suggests an understanding of the reference's collector context. At a retail price of $29,000, the piece sits at a level where grey-market premiums have remained relatively contained compared to the Royal Oak proper.

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