This is Watch Your Style.
My name's Eric.
Today I'm going to be talking about Micahel Schumacher.
In case you don't know, Michael Schumacher is a retired German Formula One racer.
He's known as one of the best.
Seven-time Formula 1 World Champion.
He's regarded as pretty much the Pele of F1 racing.
But what you might not know is that AP made for him one of the most serious, heavy-hitting
APs in the Watch Game...and that being the AP Michael Schumacher.
Alright, so AP has several limited editions that are race-car inspired.
One of my favorites is also the Montoya.
You also have the Barrichello, which they have two of them, the Barrichello One and
the Barrichello Two.
But, the Schumacher is actually one of those watches that, believe it or not, I'm not even
going to lie, I kind of overlooked it during the last four years.
I knew it was out there.
I know it was obviously a serious piece, but it wasn't until like maybe the last two years
that I really started to see the price go up and then actually hold it in my hand and
realize, man, this is a spectacular piece!
They had the titanium one, which will also be amazing as a daily piece, but pretty much,
it's a hell of a sports watch for eighty thousand dollars.
This is a serious piece.
It's got rose gold, titanium.
One thing that you're going to notice about these race-car inspired AP is that a lot of
them instead of having the traditional screws that they use, this one has instead an Allen
head screws on the bezel.
Just something a little bit different.
It's got the square pushers.
It's based pretty much on the 44-millimeter case that the Royal Oak Offshores 44 come
in, but it's just a little bit more beefy with a little more oomph, let's just say.
I's got a different layout of the dial.
Some extra things that I like.
Overall, the most important thing about is just, the presence and the power that the
piece has.
Now, I don't know if you've been overlooking it just like me, but the Audemars Piguet Schumacher
is probably one of the most serious watches in the Watch Game.
I mean, just think of it.
The price of one pre-owned is going to cost you double of what a regular rose gold 44
mm is.
You get what I'm saying?
A 44-mm AP rose gold is already a serious piece enough as it is.
Now, just image that this is double.
That's a lot, you know?
It's a serious piece.
Definitely to be respected.
Not everyone is going to have it.
And it's most definitely a collector piece.
So that being said, this is a serious collector piece and I get a lot of phone calls and questions
about it and they ask and they say, "Hey, you know," in case you don't know, Schumacher
was involved in an accident skiing in the French Alps a couple of years ago and he's
been in bad shape since and he's been actually, sometimes getting better, so it's in and out,
and we're all actually pulling for him and hopefully he's going to come out of this OK.
Now, people have been asking me about the possibility of if the price might raise or
not, and, you know what?
I really don't know and we won't know until we get to that point – but in the meanwhile,
I tell you what, the watch is still strong in price regardless.
This is as serious collector piece.
If you're thinking about getting one, you're gonna have to be easily in the $80,000 and
up range for the rose gold one, the same one I have here for you today.
This is the heavy collector piece here of the AP line.
I mean they have tourbillons and all sorts of other things you can also go for, but this
is part of the big-three racing.
Ideally, you'd want to have probably a Montoya, a Baricello and the Schumacher.
Me personally, I like the Baricello 2 over the Baricello 1, but it's pretty much the
same thing as I was saying earlier as a 44-mm.
It's just got a couple of different little..different configuration for the pushers.
The crown is a little bit different.
But overall, it's the same watch, same movement.
Chronograph, nothing changes.
It's just more of an aesthetic thing that changes on this watch and for me, that actually
makes a huge difference.
The watch looks serious, man!
It's also a status thing too.
It's not every day you're going to see anyone walk in with an AP rose gold Schumacher; not
even a titanium version.
And if they do, recognize, because that's a serious watch and that's obviously a serious
collector.
Now, there's not much more to say about the watch game.
Pretty much, you have a full-blown sports watch on a rubber strap that cost the same
as this rose gold 5980.
I mean, is there anything more to say.
You can either go full dressy or just full-blown sports.
This is heavy machinery right here, man!
Definitely not for the first time collector.
This is something that you gotta put on there as almost like a grail watch.
I don't have one myself and I plan to have one one day, along with the Montoya as well.
But as the Watch Game goes, there's absolutely no doubt that this is a beyond serious piece.
This is something that you could dress it up however you want.
Perfect watch, in my opinion, to wear with a pair of shorts and some sneakers.
If you have it like that, that's the way to do it.
Now remember guys, if you are on the fence, and you're about to purchase the watch and
you're not sure what decision to make, feel free to leave me a comment here on YouTube
or email me at support@crmjewelers.com.
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My name is Eric, Watch Your Style!