The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak does not really need an introduction. Immediately recognizable thanks to its inimitable octagonal bezel, the name itself is known even by non-watch collectors. It is the perfect casual-chic wristwatch with a dash of bad boy rakishness .

Since its launch in 1972, the Royal Oak underwent different design changes and received added complications, however all the early iterations had one thing in common, other than their name: they featured outsourced movements.

In the early 2000s, Audemars Piguet introduced the present reference 15300, a Royal Oak housing an in-house movement, caliber 3120, for the very first time. This new automatic movement was a superbly conceived and well-executed caliber with numerous novel features including a sixty-hour power reserve relying on only one barrel, a Gyromax balance held in place via a bridge and not a cock and a date mechanism equipped with a safety system preventing the date disk from blocking if the owner tries to manually reset the date at midnight.

Now discontinued, the reference 15300 is considered by many as the quintessential modern Royal Oak, having found the perfect equilibrium between iconic design and modern mechanics.

The present Royal Oak is in superb condition and comes complete with all box and papers. Furthermore, and this will entice fans of this model, it comes with a plethora of accessories, including a pair of Royal Oak steel and carbon cufflinks, a fountain pen that takes the shape of the Royal Oak bezel and adorned with the dial’s signature “tapisserie” motif as well as an earlier brass Royal Oak quartz table clock.