Important Watches featuring Masterworks of Time
Important Watches featuring Masterworks of Time
ROYAL OAK GRANDE COMPLICATION, REF 25865BC.OO.1105BC.02 WHITE GOLD MINUTE REPEATING PERPETUAL CALENDAR SPLIT-SECONDS CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH LEAP-YEAR AND WEEK INDICATION, MOON PHASES AND BRACELET CIRCA 2008 [ 愛彼25865BC.OO.1105BC.02型號「ROYAL OAK GRANDE COMPLICATION」白金三問萬年曆追針計時鍊帶腕錶備閏年、星期及月相顯示,年份約2008]
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200,000 - 400,000 CHF
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Audemars Piguet
ROYAL OAK GRANDE COMPLICATION, REF 25865BC.OO.1105BC.02
WHITE GOLD MINUTE REPEATING PERPETUAL CALENDAR SPLIT-SECONDS CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH LEAP-YEAR AND WEEK INDICATION, MOON PHASES AND BRACELET
CIRCA 2008
[ 愛彼25865BC.OO.1105BC.02型號「ROYAL OAK GRANDE COMPLICATION」白金三問萬年曆追針計時鍊帶腕錶備閏年、星期及月相顯示,年份約2008]
Dial: black tapisserie
Calibre: cal. 2885 automatic, 52 jewels
Movement number: 415'432
Case: 18k white gold, sapphire crystal display back secured by 8 screws
Case number: E 50'836, 5
Closure: 18k white gold Audemars Piguet Royal Oak bracelet and folding clasp
Dimensions: 44 mm, bracelet circumference approx. 180 mm
Signed: case, dial and movement
Accessories: Audemars Piguet Certificate of Authenticity, instruction manual, loupe and presentation case
The legendary Royal Oak was designed by Gérald Genta in the 1970s and has remained to be one of the most symbolic icon in the horology world. Nevertheless, the success of the Royal Oak model does not refrain the brand from the pursuit of excellence – the Royal Oak is being enriched for an exceptional Grande Complication movement in 2010. In the Royal Oak Grande Complication, the combination of minute repeating, perpetual calendar with moon-phases, numbers of the week and a split-seconds chronograph are painstakingly hand-crafted by a single master watchmaker. The movement that unites all of these functions, along with the hours, minutes and small seconds, is the automatic movement cal. 2885, which has an impressive 648 parts. With the diameter of only 31mm, the barrel of the movement stores enough energy to keep the watch running for approximatively 45 hours when fully wound. This luxurious and sporty instrument rife is housed in an 18k white gold case and complete by an 18k white gold bracelet.
The mechanisms and meticulous processes by which the Grande Complication is developed reveal the history of a brand that combines audacity and ingenuity.