Audemars Piguet
Royal Oak 'N.014', reference 25554BA Montre bracelet à quantième perpétuel en or jaune avec phases de lune | Yellow gold perpetual calendar wristwatch with moon phases and bracelet Vers 1985 | Circa 1985
Lot Closed
September 29, 12:13 PM GMT
Estimate
60,000 - 100,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
Audemars Piguet
Royal Oak 'N.014', reference 25554BA
Montre bracelet à quantième perpétuel en or jaune avec phases de lune |
Yellow gold perpetual calendar wristwatch with moon phases and bracelet
Vers 1985 |
Circa 1985
Cadran: doré, calendrier en anglais
Calibre: cal. 2120/2800 automatique, 38 rubis
Numéro de mouvement: 273'442
Boîtier: or jaune 18K (750°/00), fond sécurisé par 8 vis
Numéro de boîtier: C3598, N°014
Fermoir: bracelet Audemars Piguet en or jaune 18K (750°/00) et boucle déployante
Dimensions: 39 mm, circonférence totale approx. 180 mm
Signé: boîtier, cadran et mouvement
Ecrin: non
Papiers: non
Accessoires: extrait de registre digital et pochette de voyage Audemars Piguet
Dial: gilt, English calendar
Calibre: cal. 2120/2800 automatic, 38 jewels
Movement number: 273'442
Case: 18k yellow gold, back secured by 8 screws
Case number: C3598, N°014
Closure: 18k yellow gold Audemars Piguet bracelet and folding clasp
Dimensions: 39 mm diameter, bracelet circumference approximately 160 mm
Signed: case, dial and movement
Box: no
Papers: no
Accessories: Audemars Piguet digital extract from the archives and travel pouch
Poids brut 159.40 g |
Gross weight 159.40 g
When it comes to the celebrated Le Brassus based Manufacture, two thoughts immediately spring to mind: Royal Oak and perpetual calendar.
The Royal Oak has changed with image of Audemars Piguet as well as the watch panorama forever by creating a new category that has become the most desirable one of all: the luxury sport watches.
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. This first iteration of this “super model” was equipped with the caliber 2120/2800, which did not have the leap year indicator. Interestingly, while this indication first appeared on a wristwatch on an Audemars Piguet ref. 5516 in 1955, the perpetual calendar Royal Oak omitting the leap year are the most sought-after specimens. This might be thanks to the unique resonance the terms “first series” has in every collector’s heart.
This present lot, made in 1985 is part of the very early production and is numbered 014 on its caseback, further enhancing its desirability.