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  • Manufacturer: Audemars Piguet
    Year: 2013
    Reference No: 26603OR
    Movement No: 825'329
    Case No: H48247.0070
    Model Name: Royal Oak Equation of Time
    Material: 18K pink gold
    Calibre: Automatic, cal 2120/2808, 33 jewels
    Bracelet/Strap: 18K pink gold Audemars Piguet bracelet, max length 180mm
    Clasp/Buckle: 18k pink gold Audemars Piguet deployant clasp
    Dimensions: 42mm Diameter
    Signed: Case, dial, movement and bracelet signed
    Accessories: Accompanied by Audemars Piguet Warranty Authentication and Register Certificate, instruction manual, service papers, additional rubber strap, pink gold deployant clasp, hang tag, suede pouch, extra links, key, fitted presentation winding box and outer packaging. Furthermore accompanied by Audemars Piguet and Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo co-signed Royal Oak 50th Anniversary Attestation.

  • Catalogue Essay

    The Royal Oak Equation of Time was in production from 2010-2015.

    If flamboyance and glamour were personified in a timepiece, it would definitely be the present Royal Oak Equation of Time in pink gold.

    In the early 2000s, Audemars Piguet was the first brand to integrate in a wristwatch not only a perpetual calendar but an equation of time (based on the wearer’s city of choice) as well as time of sunset and sunrise and presented in a very legible manner.

    The equation of time indicates the difference between civilian time and true solar time. For convenience a day is divided into 24 hours however, due to the earth’s elliptical path around the sun as well as its tilted rotation axis a day is not exactly 24 hours and depending on the season can be longer or shorter.

    The blue equation of time hand indicates the true solar time on an inner ring graduated from –15 minutes to +15 minutes. Nonetheless, the mean solar culmination point depends on the wearer's exact location and on the longitude of a given place on the globe. The equation of time read-off system developed by Audemars Piguet takes account of this specific place.

    The present Royal Oak is calibrated for Frankfurt (as indicated on the inner ring) and the time of the solar zenith is indicated next to the city (here 12h25).

    Other than the traditional calendar indication, the present example also indicates the times of sunrise and sunset in the owner’s desired city indicated via two subdials at 3 and 9 o’clock.

    The equation of time mechanism and inner city ring can be easily changed by Audemars Piguet to reflect the city of choice of the new owner.

    In very well preserved condition the watch is accompanied by its full set of accessories.

  • 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. 26603OR
An impressive pink gold perpetual calendar wristwatch with moonphases, equation of time, original guarantee and box

2013
42mm Diameter
Case, dial, movement and bracelet signed

Estimate
CHF70,000 - 140,000 
€68,800-138,000
$74,300-149,000

Sold for CHF189,000

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Alexandre Ghotbi

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AGhotbi@phillips.com

 

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Head of Sale, Specialist
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The Royal Oak 50th

Geneva Auction 6 May 2022