AP × Swatch Royal Pop – Blaue Acht (SSX03L101N)

Blaue Acht — "acht" is German for eight — is one of the eight Audemars Piguet × Swatch Royal Pop colorways, each named for the word "eight" in a different language, a nod to the eight hexagonal screws of the Royal Oak bezel. The collection launched in May 2026 and sold out through in-store queues worldwide.

This is the collection's coolest-toned piece: a light blue octagonal bezel and crown over a lime green Bioceramic case and tapisserie dial, with eight lime green screws. The blue-on-green pairing sits at the more wearable end of the Royal Pop spectrum — less shouty than Huit Blanc, less saturated than Otto Rosso, but with more contrast than the tonal Green Eight.

It is not a wristwatch. The Royal Pop is a pocket watch built to be worn however you like — around the neck on the supplied calfskin lanyard, clipped to a bag, in a pocket, or stood on a desk.

The movement is the story

Inside is the first ever hand-wound SISTEM51. Every previous SISTEM51, MoonSwatch included, was automatic. It carries 15 active patents, an anti-magnetic Nivachron balance spring developed with Audemars Piguet, and over 90 hours of power reserve at 21,600 vph. The bridges are decorated with a pop art motif in digital UV print, visible through the sapphire display back — and because the mainspring coils sit in view, you can read the state of wind at a glance.

Specifications

• Reference — SSX03L101N
• Format — Lépine pocket watch, crown at 12 o'clock, central hours and minutes
• Case — 40.0 mm diameter, 8.4 mm thick; 44.2 × 53.2 mm mounted on the holder clip
• Material — lime green Bioceramic: ceramic-filled polyamide using renewable castor oil feedstock
• Bezel — light blue Bioceramic, vertical satin finish, eight lime green hexagonal screws
• Dial — tapisserie effect, carrying the AP × Swatch and Royal Pop logos
• Crown — light blue Bioceramic at 12 o'clock, engraved with the AP × Swatch logo
• Luminescence — Grade A Super-LumiNova, blue emission, on hands and hour markers
• Movement — hand-wound SISTEM51, 90-hour power reserve, 21,600 vph, Nivachron balance spring
• Crystals — sapphire front and back, anti-reflective coated
• Water resistance — 20 m

In the box

• Royal Pop watch head with removable Bioceramic holder clip
• 18 cm lime green calfskin lanyard with contrasting light blue stitching
• Original box packaging, warranty card and owner's manual

Why buy from us

• Ready stock in Dubai — physically in our warehouse. No queue, no pre-order, no waiting.
• Fast GCC shipping — insured express courier to Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman.
• Checked before dispatch — every piece is individually inspected and photographed before it leaves us.