In the early 1970s luxury watches were still being made exclusively out of precious metals such as gold and platinum.
Audemars piguet royal oak gold blue dial.
By martin lerma on september 2 2020.
When audemars piguet unveiled the royal oak in 1972 luxury timepieces were usually small and made of gold but the brand broke these rules forever defying with conventions with this first luxury sports timepiece honed from steel.
Audemars piguet is only making 100 of these white gold royal oak watches the refreshed model s dial comes in an icy shade of pale blue.
Its powerful look ushered in a revolutionary avant garde style that has since become its trademark.
The swiss manufacturer revolutionized the entire watch industry with this stainless steel piece.
Blue dial with petite tapisserie pattern pink gold applied hour markers and royal oak hands with luminescent coating bracelet 18 carat pink gold bracelet with ap folding clasp.
Here it is on a classic blue dial with the tourbillon taking pride of place seen for the first time on this 18 carat pink gold watch.
Bracelet blue rubber strap with textile decoration titanium pin buckle.