製造商: Audemars Piguet 年份: 2013 型號: 26603OR 機芯編號: 825'329 錶殼號碼: H48247.0070 型號名稱: Royal Oak Equation of Time 材料: 18K pink gold 機芯: Automatic, cal 2120/2808, 33 jewels 錶帶/ 錶鏈: 18K pink gold Audemars Piguet bracelet, max length 180mm 錶扣: 18k pink gold Audemars Piguet deployant clasp 尺寸: 42mm Diameter 簽名: Case, dial, movement and bracelet signed 配件: 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.
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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.
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.
