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Audemars Piguet
Ref. 26522CE.00.1225CE.01
Royal Oak Flying Tourbillon
A like-new, superb, and highly attractive limited edition ceramic flying tourbillon wristwatch with bracelet, warranty, numbered hang tag, and presentation box
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• Exceptional black ceramic tourbillon model
• Like-new condition
• Complete-set, original owner
Launched in 1972, Audemars Piguet’s Royal Oak was the world’s first stainless steel luxury sports watch with a fully integrated bracelet. The model became an icon, and the brand soon expanded the Royal Oak collection with the first perpetual calendar model released in 1984. The tourbillon, a specialty of Audemars Piguet, first graced the Royal Oak in 1997 to celebrate the model's 25th anniversary. The present reference 26522CE was released in 2019 and is a continuation of the brand's excellence in design and innovation.
Audemars Piguet has experimented with ceramic timepieces since the 1980s, but their first all ceramic Royal Oak, 26579CE, was released in 2017 featuring a black ceramic case and bracelet with perpetual calendar complication. The brand introduced the Extra-Thin Tourbillon in 2012 as part of the 40th anniversary of the model, and the reference 26522CE is a historically important model as the first all ceramic tourbillon Royal Oak. The legendary tapisserie dial features the signature guilloché pattern but in a sunburst motif radiating from the tourbillon cage.
Offered by the original owner, this exceptional black ceramic tourbillon is in like-new condition and complete with its accessories. Today, the Royal is an icon in the world of haute horology, and the reference 26522CE is a shining example of AP’s 21st century research and development prowess to create a thoroughly modern timepiece.
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.