From April 24 to May 4, Christie's Watches Online: The Dubai Edit celebrates spring with a rare pearl from the Orient, the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Ref. 4100BA 'Maktoum Dial', dating back to 1980. The Royal Oak, widely considered one of the most influential design of all time, it was originally designed by Gerald Genta for Audemars Piguet. The reference 4100 was launched in 1 [...]
The first quarter of hysterical rallies in 2022, followed by nine months of falling prices for the most traded watches from Rolex, Patek Philippe and Audemars Piguet, has followed broadly the same trajectory as other over-inflated assets such as tech stocks and cryptocurrencies . What a new report from investment bank Morgan Stanley suggests, however, is that luxury watches […]
In this new year, Audemars Piguet wanted to "unveil" numerous cards... There was a great race in the editorial office to be able to win the article and here we are... but, I'll tell you more, given the numerous publications, I opted to divide the "first releases" of the 2023 semester of the collection and the grand complications. Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Automatic 37 mm Audemars Piguet wanted to delight the in [...]
As anticipated in the previous article concerning the latest releases from Audemars Piguet, it was more than necessary to focus in more detail on two other great creations of the Swiss house. Let's talk about the CODE 11.59 RD#4 and the Royal Oak Concept Split Seconds. CODE 11.59 BY AUDEMARS PIGUET ULTRA-COMPLICATION UNIVERSELLE The project began in 2016 with the aim of developing [...]
Scrooged by Richard Donner is now a great classic of the Christmas holidays. While the versions of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" are countless and all closely related to the original tale, Scrooged is different. In 1988, Bill Murray starred as Ebenezer Scrooge in Scrooged, a dark comedic adaptation of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." A parody of the tale [...]
The auction house Sotheby's has just sold the Royal Oak 2 owned and worn by the man who conceived and designed it for over 2,107,000 million euros (5402 CHF): Gérald Genta. Gèrald Genta has forever transformed wrist watchmaking and the way of interpreting it. From his pencil the great watchmaking classics were born, such as the Royal Oak, the Nautilus, the Ingenieur and the Octo .. His aura is like [...]
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Royal Oak, Audemars Piguet unveiled the new generation of the 39mm Extra-Flat Royal Oak “Jumbo” (ref. 16202), featuring the Manufacture's new ultra-thin automatic movement, the Caliber 7121. The collection includes four models in steel, platinum, rose gold and 18-karat yellow gold, materials that have played a fundamental role in transforming [...]
On the occasion of the "Only Watch" charity auction, Audemars Piguet has created a new Royal Oak "Jumbo" Extra Thin in an original and latest version of the famous reference, which will be out of production at the end of this year together with the Caliber 2121. This unique example, it is a tribute to the first version of the Royal Oak "A Series" ref. 5402 in the aesthetic elements, declined with modern materials. The q [...]
Audemars Piguet after officially announcing that it has signed a partnership with the entertainment giant Marvel, on 10 April 2021 it revealed to the world the first fruit of this collaboration, the brand new Royal Oak Concept Black Panther Flying Tourbillon. The newcomer of the Le Brassus maison has caused quite a stir, as happens with every respectable novelty [...]