Audemars Piguet Royal Oak 37mm Blue Dial

In the early 1970s luxury watches were still being made exclusively out of precious metals such as gold and platinum.

Audemars piguet royal oak 37mm blue dial.

Blue dial with grande tapisserie pattern white gold applied hour markers and royal oak hands with luminescent coating. The audemars piguet royal oak was the world s first luxury sports watch. Conceived along the refreshed lines of 2012 s 40th anniversary model the new royal oak selfwinding has a 37 mm case in 18 carat yellow gold and a silver toned or blue dial in finely wrought grande tapisserie. Most royal oaks are selfwinding models meaning they wind themselves automatically.

When audemars piguet unveiled the royal oak in 1972 luxury timepieces were usually small and made of gold but the brand broke these rules forever defying with conventions with this first luxury sports timepiece honed from steel. Since then the le brassus based swiss manufacturer has released this timepiece in numerous iterations. This royal oak in hand crafted and finished stainless steel with cobalt blue grande tapisserie dial continues the revolutionary tradition. Access main content audemars piguet.

The royal oak has been the flagship audemars piguet model since its introduction in 1972.