AP x Swatch Royal Pop Watch - OCHO NEGRO

The Ocho Negro is the Spanish-named Lépine in the Audemars Piguet × Swatch Royal Pop collection. Black tapisserie dial, white Bioceramic bezel, black crown at 12, eight black hex screws welded to the case. The most monochromatic of the Lépine six. Reference SSX03B100N.

Sourced direct from authorised Swatch retail on launch day, 16 May 2026. Documented and photographed in our UK studio before shipping.

The Ocho Negro is the most disciplined tonal expression of the Royal Pop collection. Where other Lépines build their character through colour contrast or signature accents, the Ocho Negro relies on the architectural quality of its monochrome palette. Black case, white bezel, black hex screws. Three elements in conversation. Nothing competing for attention. The cleanest expression of the Royal Pop design language.

Specifications

• Manual-wind SISTEM51 movement (built specifically for the Royal Pop collaboration)
• 51 components, 15 active patents
• 90-hour power reserve
• Nivachron anti-magnetic balance spring
• Bioceramic case (Lépine, crown at 12)
• Black case body with white bezel and black crown
• Eight black hex screws welded to the case
• Sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating
• Visible movement through sapphire caseback
• Integrated black calfskin lanyard
• Original Swatch packaging and warranty card included

Wear your Ocho Negro on the wrist

The Royal Pop ships as a pocket watch by design. The Monocoque is our British-engineered aerospace aluminium wrist case for the Ocho Negro. Milled from a single block of 7075 aluminium at a precision engineering facility in Bicester, Oxfordshire. The same facility produces components for Formula 1, MotoGP, and aerospace clients.

The Black Aluminium Monocoque case extends the Ocho Negro's monochromatic discipline across the wrist for a unified statement. The Silver Aluminium case provides the clean contrast that frames the watch's white bezel as the visual focal point. Five aerospace-grade aluminium case colours. Twelve FKM strap colours. Sixty possible combinations.

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About MGB Watches

MGB Watches predicted the Audemars Piguet × Swatch Royal Pop collaboration in January 2024. Eighteen months before official confirmation. We were the only watch business publishing detailed analysis of the collaboration before Swatch and AP confirmed it existed.

Every Royal Pop we sell is sourced direct from authorised Swatch retail on launch day, 16 May 2026. Documented at point of purchase. Photographed before shipping. Full UK Consumer Rights Act protection. UK shipped, with international shipping available.

The Royal Pop is an independent collaboration between Swatch Group and Audemars Piguet. MGB Watches is an independent UK watch business and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or licensed by Swatch Group or Audemars Piguet. All trademarks remain the property of their respective owners.