Important Watches: Part I
Important Watches: Part I
Audemars Piguet
Royal Oak ‘Khanjar’, Reference 6023AC | A white and yellow gold diamond-set wristwatch with Khanjar dial, date and bracelet | Circa 1980
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 CHF
Lot Details
Description
Dial: champagne
Calibre: cal. 2506 quartz, 10 jewels
Case: 18k white and yellow gold and diamond-set, case back secured by 8 screws
Case number: 047
Closure: 18k white and yellow gold 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: Audemars Piguet service receipt
Released in 1972 and designed by Gerald Genta, watchmaking's most famous designer, the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak was the first stainless steel luxury sports watch ever to exist. The present reference 6023AC Royal Oak is finished in luxury two color gold and further distinguished as it is a piece commissioned by The Sultan of Oman, His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said al Said. The dial of the present watch proudly exhibits the "Khanjar" daggers - the emblem of Oman - on the lower part of the dial. The dial is further finished with diamond-set indexes.