Marvel’s Black Panther Is Immortalized on a $164,000 Watch
The Audemars Piguet watch was conceived before the film became a landmark cultural event and grossed $1.3 billion worldwide.
Originally published by Danny Milton on Hodinkee.
It's here. We've heard rumblings for weeks now about a mysterious Audemars Piguet and Marvel collaboration. The watch internet has been blazing with theories about what a watch like this could be. We saw some interesting guesses (and even mock-ups) of a Captain America or Iron Man watch. My money was on Thor – with some long flowing blonde hair hanging from the side of a case shaped like a hammer. But we were all so very wrong.
Audemars Piguet today unveiled – straight from the Vibranium-rich mines of Wakanda – the Royal Oak Concept Black Panther Flying Tourbillon, the first in a continuing partnership with Marvel (so keep the theories flowing). The announcement was made at a star-studded event in L.A. hosted by Kevin Hart featuring the likes of Serena Williams and LeBron James. It even featured a surprise auction of a unique white gold Black Panther variant with 100% of the proceeds going to charitable organizations aiding underprivileged youth (that watch hammered in a superhero sized $5,200,000).