Fine Jewels & Watches: Cologne
Fine Jewels & Watches: Cologne
Audemars Piguet
Royal Oak, Reference 14790ST | A stainless steel wristwatch with date and bracelet | Circa 1993
Lot Closed
June 27, 01:45 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 26,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
Audemars Piguet
Royal Oak, Reference 14790ST
A stainless steel wristwatch with date and bracelet
Circa 1993
Dial: grey
Calibre: cal. 2125 automatic, 33 jewels
Movement number: 368’959
Case: stainless steel, back secured by 8 screws
Case number: D17’743, 159
Closure: stainless steel Audemars Piguet bracelet and folding clasp
Size: 36 mm diameter, bracelet circumference approximately 170 mm
Signed: case, dial and movement
Box: no
Papers: no
Accessories: none
After the introduction of the original Royal Oak, the reference 5402 in 1972, Audemars Piguet started to experiment with both the size of the Royal Oak and the materials used to make it. In 1992, Audemars Piguet released a slightly scaled-down Royal Oak Ref 14790 with a diameter of 36mm. Unlike some rescaling of the iconic designs, the original Royal Oak’s aesthetic was faithfully preserved in its new case size and remained in production until the turn of the millennium. This new case size allowed Audemars Piguet to experiment with some new dial and case designs, including the Yves Klein blue and Ferrari red dial colors, as well as introducing a number of case materials previously not used.
The present watch offers the legendary Royal Oak design with its anthracite tapisserie dial in a smaller 36 mm version. Due to its size it sits perfectly on a smaller wrist.