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Lot 95 AUDEMARS PIGUET ROYAL OAK GREY DIAL REF. 15500ST THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
AUDEMARS PIGUET. AN ATTRACTIVE STAINLESS STEEL AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH WITH SWEEP CENTRE SECONDS, DATE, BRACELET, GUARANTEE AND BOX
SIGNED AUDEMARS PIGUET, ROYAL OAK MODEL, REF. 15500ST, CASE NO. WA8237A, CIRCA 2020
Closed7 November 2022
Price Realised
CHF 37,800
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Specialist note
Consigned by an important private collector and offered in superb condition, the present timepiece is furthermore sold with the International Warranty and presentation box.
Audemars Piguet’s Royal Oak is a phenomenon, one of the most recognizable and successful wristwatch models of all time and the first luxury steel sports watch. The concept of the luxury sports watch was completely alien when the Royal Oak was introduced in 1972.
Audemars Piguet chose the name ‘Royal Oak’ because of its nautical associations, named after the series of eight ships of the British Royal Navy that had in turn been named after the story of King Charles II of England’s escape from the Roundheads - the supporters of the Parliament during the English Civil War - following the Battle of Worcester in 1651 when the King (then a Prince) hid in an oak tree, the Boscobel Oak, to evade capture.
Audemars Piguet’s Royal Oak is a phenomenon, one of the most recognizable and successful wristwatch models of all time and the first luxury steel sports watch. The concept of the luxury sports watch was completely alien when the Royal Oak was introduced in 1972.
Audemars Piguet chose the name ‘Royal Oak’ because of its nautical associations, named after the series of eight ships of the British Royal Navy that had in turn been named after the story of King Charles II of England’s escape from the Roundheads - the supporters of the Parliament during the English Civil War - following the Battle of Worcester in 1651 when the King (then a Prince) hid in an oak tree, the Boscobel Oak, to evade capture.