Audemars Piguet - Phillips Watches Online Auction: The Geneva Sessions Spring 2025 Geneva Wednesday, March 5, 2025 | Phillips
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    • Manufacturer: Audemars Piguet
      Year: Circa 2020
      Reference No: 15202BC
      Case No: JY5737N
      Model Name: Royal Oak
      Material: 18k white gold and diamonds
      Calibre: Automatic, cal. 2121, 36 jewels
      Bracelet/Strap: 18k white gold and diamond-set Audemars Piguet bracelet, max length 190mm
      Clasp/Buckle: 18k white gold and diamond-set Audemars Piguet deployant clasp
      Dimensions: 39mm diameter
      Signed: Case, dial, movement and bracelet signed
      Accessories: Accompanied by Audemars Piguet International Warranty Card, product literature, presentation box and outer packaging.

    • Catalogue Essay

      - Launched in 1972, the Royal Oak model was the world’s first stainless steel luxury sports watch with a fully integrated bracelet. Designed overnight in response to an urgent request for an ‘unprecedented steel watch’, it was at the same time the most expensive stainless steel watch ever made. Today the Royal Oak is a legend, accounting for over 80% of the brand’s sales. The brand sought famed designer Gerald Genta, who developed a brilliantly engineered, monobloc case, with a distinctively maritime feel, featuring an octagonal bezel secured by eight hexagonal, white gold screws, and a dial with tapisserie motif.

      - The present example is a modern and lavish representative of this landmark line of wristwatches. While the present version is lavishly set with diamonds throughout, the reference 15202 was launched in 2000, and then updated in 2012 in celebration of the model’s 40th anniversary. It is powered by the same legendary caliber 2121 as the original; however this time, unlike to the original model, it can be admired through the sapphire caseback.

      - The present reference 15202BC is lavish, glamorous, bold and unabashedly attractive. Released in 2018 with a low production output, the present model is decadently set with diamonds throughout, the case and bracelet are extravagantly set with 1,102 brilliant-cut diamonds weighing a total of 7.09 carats, while its pavé dial is set with 384 brilliant-cut diamonds weighing a total of 2.44 carats.

      - Redefining the idea of the sports watch, the present example is truly a mesmerizing piece to look at and remains still a comfortable piece to wear.

    • Artist Biography

      Audemars Piguet

      Swiss • 1881

      A 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.

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Ref. 15202BC
A rare and attractive white gold and diamond-set automatic wristwatch with date, bracelet, certificate and presentation box

Circa 2020
39mm diameter
Case, dial, movement and bracelet signed

Full Cataloguing

Estimate
CHF80,000 - 160,000 
€85,300-171,000
$88,500-177,000

Sold for CHF165,100

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Phillips Watches Online Auction: The Geneva Sessions Spring 2025

5 - 12 March 2025