The Royal Oak Offshore Shaquille O’Neal Chronograph demonstrates the pleasant cooperation between the two legendary figures in luxury watch and basketball: audemars piguet , one of the most elegant and famous watch manufacturers in the world, and Shaquille O’Neal, one of the most dominant centers in NBA history. Frankly speaking, I am an addict to both of them.

Every time when I reviewed the Shaq’s dominant performance in NBA games, I can’t help thinking Shaq is the best basketball player after Micheal Jordan, even though Kobe and James are the best authentic successors to Michael Jordan. What really pleases Shaq’s fans the best is the perfect blend of power and “brutality” with making laughs.

AP and Shaq have many things in common: strength, dominant status and dauntlessness. I have been adoring owning an Audemars Piguet timepiece featuring my favorite’s name. And now, at least, Audemars Piguet makes me closer to the dream by releasing the Royal Oak Offshore Shaquille O’Neal Chronograph.

The box of the watch made of polished wood imitates a life-sized basket-ball.

Coming to the watch, there are two versions of the watch: 96 pieces made of white gold with 32 diamonds bezel and numbers “2″and “3″done in rubies, and 960 timepieces are made of stainless steel. White and red which are Miami Heat colors (O’Neal then played for Miami Heat) make the main tones of the watch.

The elegant black dial with scintillating white and red Arabic numerals “2″ and “3″ set with rubies and reversed in order, representing the Shaq’s jersey number, form the main peculiarity. The dark dial provides an excellent backdrop for the white luminous hour and minute hands, and 12-hour counters, the 30-minute, and small seconds chronograph hands.

The Royal Oak collection has marked the first successful integrated watch-and-bracelet design. The watch is encased in full-size 18kt white gold case with a diameter of 47mm, and “SHAQ” engraved on the caseback. The hand-stitched strap of the timepiece is made of crocodile leather bedazzled with diamond. The watch bears all the signature features of Royal Oak Offshore collection – sure to be admired by every watch collector. Moreover, with the patented Ball-engineered self-powered micro gas light technology, the watch can be lighted up more than 25 years.

To pay a tribute to the NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal, Audemars Piguet integrated immaculate engineering effort to the watch. The price is $89,000, and all proceeds from the sale of the Royal Oak Offshore Shaquille O’Neal Chronograph will go to Shaquille O’Neal’s charity foundation. Of course, not all basketball fans can afford acquiring such expensive and exclusive Audemars Piguet watches. And, if to consider the both timepieces are to benefit the charity foundations, I’m applauding to the great work done by the company.