製造商: Audemars Piguet 年份: 1988 型號: 14544BA 機芯編號: 301'705 錶殼號碼: 203 and C46493 型號名稱: Royal Oak 材料: 18K yellow gold, diamonds and rubies 機芯: Automatic, cal. 2131, 19 jewels 錶帶/ 錶鏈: 18K yellow gold Audemars Piguet bracelet, max length 165mm 錶扣: 18K yellow gold Audemars Piguet deployant clasp 尺寸: 36mm Diameter 簽名: Case, dial, movement and bracelet signed 配件: Accompanied by Audemars Piguet Extrait de Registre confirming production of the present watch on June 6, 1988 and service box.
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Lavishly embellished with diamonds on the bezel, dial, along with ruby-set numerals, this Royal Oak is a superlative example. Displaying hallmarks on the caseback along with crisp and visible bevels, it is a luxurious and eye-catching variant of the iconic Royal Oak model that we know so well today.
Produced in 1988, this watch shows how daring Audemars Piguet was, already in the 1980s, creating fantastical and opulent timepieces. The pavé dial is particularly stunning and the diamond setting is done with utmost precision. Moreover, the timepiece houses an automatic movement and a 36 millimeter case - a rarity itself, as most bejeweled Royal Oak models from this period were smaller in size and displayed a quartz movement.
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.