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Lot 2013 AUDEMARS PIGUET ROYAL OAK REF. 56023BA
AUDEMARS PIGUET. AN ATTRACTIVE 18K GOLD WRISTWATCH WITH SWEEP CENTRE SECONDS, DATE AND BRACELET
SIGNED AUDEMARS PIGUET, ROYAL OAK MODEL, REF. 56023BA, NO. 278, CIRCA 1985
Closed6 November 2022
Price Realised
CHF 52,920
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Specialist note
Of high appeal, the present timepiece exemplifies itself through its very good overall condition and highly attractive ivory dial.
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.