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Audemars Piguet
Ref. 25820ST
Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar "Yves Klein"
A very rare and attractive stainless steel perpetual calendar wristwatch with sapphire blue dial, certificate and self-winding box
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Active during the mid-twentieth century, Yves Klein was a member of the Nouveau-Réalisme movement. He is best known for his bright blue monochrome paintings and sculptures. Amusingly, at his first public exhibition he featured canvases of different colors (orange, red, yellow, pink and blue) but the reaction of the public - who insisted on finding an unexisting connection between the works - prompted him from then on to radicalize his work even more and focus on just one color: the now famous Yves Klein blue, of which this dial color is -serendipitously - a near-perfect replica.
Audemars Piguet
Swiss | 1881A 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.