Team Alinghi won the 32nd America’s Cup in Valencia this summer in thrilling style. Independent watchmaker Audemars Piguet was one of its main sponsors, and celebrated the event with its all-new Royal Oak Offshore Alinghi Team Chronograph, complete with regatta functions. The large 44mm case comes in a choice of three materials: 1,300 pieces in forged carbon (£15,050), 600 pieces in pink gold (£32,500), and 107 pieces in platinum (£59,000). Dealers are now rumoured to be selling the forged carbon version for an inflated £26,000.

The entirely new automatic Ballon Bleu de Cartier wristwatch has a rhodium-plated pink gold case set with a double row of diamonds. Its novel feature is the white gold protected winding crown embracing a spherical sapphire cabochon. The small size is £8,400, the medium £12,000, and the large £14,400. Apart from the hidden signature at 7 o’clock and the surprising displacement of the Roman III, there is another mysterious aspect to the Ballon Bleu. The case shape is in fact slightly elliptical.