Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Blue

$99,525.00

Specs
Casing
Dial
Movement
Strap

Brand: Audemars Piguet
Model: Royal Oak Blue
Collection: Royal Oak
Reference: 15500ST.oo.1220ST.01
Year: 2022
Scope of Delivery: Original Box with original Papers and digital Asset

Diameter: 41mm
Glass: Saphire Crystal
Case Material: Stainless Steel
Bezel Material: Stainless Steel
Case Back Material: Stainless Steel

Dial Color: Blue Guillochage
Features: Date
Indexes: Print and Applied
Dial Handstyle: Paddle Hands

Movement Type: Automatic Movement
Caliber: AP 4302
Power Reserve: 70h
Number of Stones: 32
Frequency: 28.800A/h

Strap Material: Audemars Piguet Stainless Steel
Clasp Type: Deployment Clasp
Clasp Material: Audemars Piguet Stainless Steel

About the Watch

In 1971 Audemars Piguet realized that, without a disruptive change, a financial collapse was inevitable. Elaborating some feedback that they received from the Italian market about possible interest for a steel luxury watch, the management of the manufacture decided it was time to introduce something totally new, a sporty yet elegant timepiece as never seen before. The designer of choice for this task was a designer born in Geneva in 1931 from an Italian father and a Swiss mother: Gerald Genta. Not a new designer, rather one of the most famous watch designer at that time, having created successful watches for Universal Genève (Polerouter Microtors, White Shadow, Golden Shadow), Omega (Constellation) and Patek Philippe (Golden Ellipse).

The reference 15500ST.OO.1220ST.01, now discontinued, is a renowned creation from Le Brassus. It features a 41mm stainless steel case accented with silver screws encircling a striking blue dial adorned with the signature "Grande Tapisserie" pattern. The fourth-generation Royal Oak, launched in 2019, features not only a larger and thicker case but also the new and improved self-winding caliber 4302, viewable through the sapphire case back. This watch comes as a full new set, consisting of Audemars Piguet warranty card, instruction manual, product literature, fitted presentation box and outer packaging, with the original sticker still placed on the buckle.

About the Brand

The Manufacture was established in 1875 in Le Brassus, a village at the heart of La Vallée-de-Joux in the Swiss Jura, by Jules-Louis Audemars and Edward-Auguste Piguet, two enterprising young men who combined their talent to develop and produce watches featuring rare complications. Already in these early days, an Audemars-Piguet watch was prized by admirers of fine mechanical timepieces. Through determination, imagination and discipline, they inscribed their name on the wider history of watchmaking. The company they established has never left the hands of the founding families.