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Audemars Piguet
Ref. 15407ST
Royal Oak Double Balance
A technically advanced and attractived automatic skeletonized stainless steel wristwatch with double balance, warranty and presentation box
- Estimate
- CHF50,000 - 100,000€53,900 - 108,000$62,800 - 126,000
CHF127,000
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Audemars Piguet
- Year
- Circa 2022
- Reference No
- 15407ST
- Case No
- GR4317T
- Model Name
- Royal Oak Double Balance
- Material
- Stainless steel
- Calibre
- Automatic, cal 3132, 38 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- Stainless steel Audemars Piguet bracelet, max length 205mm
- Clasp/Buckle
- Stainless steel Audemars Piguet deployant clasp
- Dimensions
- 41mm diameter
- Signed
- Case, dial, movement and bracelet signed
- Accessories
- Accompanied by Audemars Piguet fitted box, International Guarantee card, product literature. purchase invoice and outer packaging
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
Since its inception in 1972 the Royal Oak has gone from being the very first steel leisure/sports watch from a haute horlogerie brand to a design language and a laboratory of ideas and creativity. While Audemars Piguet has produced some of the finest skeletonized watches over the decades, a skeletonized Royal Oak always impresses.
With its definitive contemporary appearance the Royal Oak Double Balance – launched in 2016 – takes a very innovative approach to chronometry and precision by presenting a world first: a movement featuring two superimposed balance wheels, each with its own hairspring. This enables greater inertia and more stable timekeeping.
While its technical attributes are certainly impressive, the look and feel of the timepiece does not lack excitement. Fitted inside a contemporary 41mm diameter stainless steel Royal Oak case, the skeletonized caliber 3132 is decorated to please with all bridges ruthenium-coated giving the entire movement a gunmetal sheen, with the exception of its golden balance bridge. While the majority of the movement is diamond-cut to perfection, the solid pink gold balance bridge is hand-finished with traditional Swiss watchmaking techniques.
In overall excellent condition the present lot is offered with its full set of accessories.
With its definitive contemporary appearance the Royal Oak Double Balance – launched in 2016 – takes a very innovative approach to chronometry and precision by presenting a world first: a movement featuring two superimposed balance wheels, each with its own hairspring. This enables greater inertia and more stable timekeeping.
While its technical attributes are certainly impressive, the look and feel of the timepiece does not lack excitement. Fitted inside a contemporary 41mm diameter stainless steel Royal Oak case, the skeletonized caliber 3132 is decorated to please with all bridges ruthenium-coated giving the entire movement a gunmetal sheen, with the exception of its golden balance bridge. While the majority of the movement is diamond-cut to perfection, the solid pink gold balance bridge is hand-finished with traditional Swiss watchmaking techniques.
In overall excellent condition the present lot is offered with its full set of accessories.
Audemars Piguet
Swiss | 1881A specialist in the manufacture of complications since it was established in 1881, Audemars Piguet never ceases to impress with a rich history of creating bold, even audacious, timepieces underpinned by traditional watchmaking at its finest. This Le Brassus-based Swiss manufacturer is one of only two major manufacturers still owned by the founding family. Since its earliest days, AP is considered a leader in the field of minute repeaters and grande complication pocket and wristwatches. The brand is devoted to preserving the history of watchmaking in the Vallée de Joux, showcased at their superb museum in Le Brassus.
Today, the brand is best known for its Royal Oak models, a revolutionary luxury sports watch launched in 1972. Other key models include early minute repeating wristwatches, vintage chronograph wristwatches, such as the oversized reference 5020, perpetual calendar watches and the Royal Oak Offshore, first introduced in 1993.
Browse MakerToday, the brand is best known for its Royal Oak models, a revolutionary luxury sports watch launched in 1972. Other key models include early minute repeating wristwatches, vintage chronograph wristwatches, such as the oversized reference 5020, perpetual calendar watches and the Royal Oak Offshore, first introduced in 1993.