Fine Watches
Fine Watches
Audemars Piguet
Reference 25636ST Royal Oak Quantième Perpetuel | A limited edition stainless steel automatic skeletonized perpetual calendar wristwatch with moon phases and bracelet, Circa 1995
Lot Closed
December 12, 03:28 PM GMT
Estimate
150,000 - 250,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Dial: skeletonized
Caliber: cal. 2120 automatic, 38 jewels
Movement number: 374'182
Case: stainless steel, sapphire crystal display back secured by eight screws
Case number: D-42051, no. 31/40
Closure: stainless steel Audemars Piguet bracelet with folding clasp
Size: 39 mm diameter, bracelet circumference approximately 175 mm
Signed: case, dial and movement
Box: yes
Papers: yes
Accessories: Audemars Piguet winding presentation box with outer packaging, Certificate of Origin dated February 24, 1996, operating instructions book, and confirmation that the watch had been adjusted on June 1995
This present lot could be considered as the pinnacle of the Royal Oak complicated collection. It gathers all the characteristics one could possibly desire. When it comes to the celebrated Le Brassus based Manufacture, two thoughts immediately spring to mind: Royal Oak and perpetual calendar.
The Perpetual calendar is part of the very DNA of Audemars Piguet even before its creation, being the complication was chosen by Jules Louis Audemars himself for his school watch (also equipped with quarter repeating and dead beat second mechanisms) that he completed before 1875 and kept improving for the following 20 years.
There is no surprise that AP decided to equip their spearhead model with this complication. The Royal Oak was first introduced with a perpetual calendar under the reference 5554 (later renamed 25554) in 1983 and made available the following year.
The Royal Oak Perpetual calendar has been produced in many different versions, under various references.
The Reference 25636ST is a collector’s dream, The iteration that features the favorite and the most sought-after characteristics. Faithful to the original Jumbo model, it has a 39mm diameter case. It is crafted in today's most desirable case: stainless steel. The perpetual calendar is the most coveted complication for the Royal Oak.
The present lot comes from an incredibly small production run, and is offered in overall excellent condition and complete with all accessories.