When Audemars Piguet has become making top-level watches given that 1875, it was actually a product developed by Gerald Genta and launched in 1972 that became the company’s main watch. That watch was the Royal Oak. The model also established a whole new genre-the luxury sports watch, though not only did the Royal Oak become AP’s butter and bread. Although Audemars Piguet makes a great number of variations in the Royal Oak over the past 5 ages, the less difficult time/date automated models are the most popular. Today we take a look at two diverse many years of the Royal Oak Auto, the Royal Oak 15300 or 15400, to discover the direction they evaluate.
Audemars Piguet Royal Oak 15300
Audemars Piguet unveiled the Royal Oak 15300 collection in 2005. In order to refresh, the letters that come following AP reference amounts, like ref. 15300ST, show the kind of steel applied to the watch situation.
BA – Yellowish Golden
BC – White colored Rare metal
ST – Stainlesss steel
OR – Rose Precious metal
PT – Platinum
TI – Titanium
The ref. 15300 sports activities a 39mm situation which is, naturally, topped with the Noble Oak’s personal 8-10-sided bezel using the uncovered screws.
Be aware the large AP logo at 12 o’clock on the RO 15300ST call
In the 9.4mm dense case is the in-residence Audemars Piguet Grade 3120 intelligent movement, that have created its very first in 2003 inside the Jules Audemars assortment. Grade 3120 is well known in AP’s background as it wasconceived and developed, and constructed totally in-property instead of making use of Jaeger-LeCoultre basic movements being a starting place. Functioning at 26,000 surpasses each hour, Cal. 3120 abilities thehour and minute, and mere seconds palms, a date windowpane, and products the watch with 60 time of energy reserve.
A set of Royal Oak 15300OR watches on natural leather charms
The RO ref. 15300 watches are furnished with all the famous hobnail-designed AP “tapisserie” dials, for sale in bright white, dark, or blue. A distinctive feature of the 15300 will be the position of a big AP logo that functions as the 12 o’clock marker.
Audemars Piguet manufactured the Royal Oak 15300 until finally 2012, available in sometimes stainless-steel or 18k increased precious metal and fixed with steel integrated bracelets or leather bands. There is also a limited edition bit in just two-color steel and increased gold.
Audemars Piguet Royal Oak 15400
Audemars Piguet unveiled the Royal Oak 15400 series in 2012 to replace the ref. 15300 era. The 15400 includes a larger case diameter at 41mm plus a somewhat heavier profile at 9.8mm. It’s worthy of remembering that AP also released the 37mm ref. 15450 that exact same season for anyone searching for a smaller version of the Royal Oak.
18k rose rare metal Royal Oak 15400OR
Besides the bigger situation dimension, Audemars Piguet also tweaked the tapisserie dial a bit. The Royal Oak 15400 contains a dual hash tag at 12 o’clock by using a smaller AP company logo underneath it. Followers of antique AP watches will immediately know that all those dual indexes through the initial 1972 Royal Oak dial.
What’s much more, the time window at 3 o’clock was required to shift slightly towards the heart (as a result of larger sized case nevertheless the very same motion) which is now accompanied by a modest index. Within the scenario is the same trustworthy Quality 3120, which can be viewed via the sapphire crystal caseback.