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  • Manufacturer: Audemars Piguet
    Year: 1997
    Reference No: 14812BA
    Movement No: 407'252
    Case No: D60610.684
    Model Name: Royal Oak
    Material: 18K yellow gold, diamonds and onyx
    Calibre: Automatic, cal 2125, 33 jewels
    Bracelet/Strap: 18K yellow gold Audemars Piguet bracelet, max length 190mm
    Clasp/Buckle: 18K yellow gold Audemars Piguet deployant clasp
    Dimensions: 36mm Diameter
    Signed: Case, dial, movement and bracelet signed
    Accessories: Accompanied by Audemars Piguet and Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo co-signed Royal Oak 50th Anniversary Attestation.

  • Catalogue Essay

    Reference 14812 is an ultra elusive reference made around 1995 featuring stone dials.

    Gem-set Royal Oak timepieces are exquisitely uncommon, but even more uncommon are Royal Oak watches fitted with hardstone dials. Thus, the present watch can be considered an absolute rarity, given that it incorporates in its dial both diamond-pavé and onyx. The aesthetic result is as powerful as the watch is scarce; the shimmering of the diamonds finds its polar opposite in the pitch black central onyx disc, with the result that both materials mutually reinforce each other’s presence.

    The luxurious yellow gold case emphasizes the top-tier level of the watch and grants it a warmth that would be most likely very much missed with a white metal case.

  • 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. 14812BA
A very rare and attractive yellow gold wristwatch with diamond set dial and center dial made of onyx

1997
36mm Diameter
Case, dial, movement and bracelet signed

Estimate
CHF20,000 - 40,000 
€19,600-39,300
$21,200-42,500

Sold for CHF88,200

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Alexandre Ghotbi

Head of Watches, Continental Europe and the Middle East

+41 22 317 81 81
AGhotbi@phillips.com

 

Virginie Liatard-Roessli
Head of Sale, Specialist
+41 76 338 91 03
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The Royal Oak 50th

Geneva Auction 6 May 2022