Audemars PiguetRoyal Oak

KEY FACTS

• This Royal Oak is offered by a UK-based private seller
• An early example of AP's iconic sports watch, presented in a very rare combination of pink gold and tantalum
• Accompanied by a display box, service cardboard box, service papers dated 27th June 2023 and a Certificat d'Authenticité 
• The vendor confirms the watch is in good working order

SUMMARY

• Audemars Piguet practically invented the steel luxury sports watch when it debuted the Royal Oak in 1972
• By 1977, it had been made available in precious metals, including two tone
• This rare two-tone reference 14486TR is finished in a combination of rose gold and tantalum
• AP was in fact one of the first brands to offer tantalum in its production, which is rarely used in watchmaking due to its hardness and difficulty to machine
• Aside from its robust qualities, it also offers a dark and lustrous aesthetic, which in this example, delivers an appealing contrast with the rose gold elements
• The Royal Oak lends itself particularly well to two-tone - highlighting the model’s key design traits including the octagonal bezel and intricate bracelet architecture
• The other notable feature of this watch is its dial, which trades the Royal Oak's signature Tapisserie pattern for a vertically brushed finish
• Housed inside the case is a self-winding mechanical movement

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