As with all Royal Oaks, you will find the signature grande tapisserie dial pattern enchanting. The dial features applied 18kt rose gold luminous index hour markers and matching baton-shaped hands with luminous fills. The date aperture is located at the 3 o’clock position and on the very outer extreme of the dial is a second’s track printed in white. The hexagon-shaped crown is crafted of 18kt rose gold and uses a brushed finish with the AP logo engraved on the top of the winding crown.
The exhibition case back uses a transparent sapphire crystal to display the beating heart within the solid gold case, the manufacture AP caliber 4302.
This in-house caliber is a self-winding (automatic) movement that oscillates at a steady 28,800 vibrations per hour or 4Hz and is comprised of 257 components. This 32-jewel movement has an estimated power reserve of 70 hours and features a solid rose gold winding rotor that has a fine brushed finish and is branded with a skeletonized AP monogram and engraved logo rolex swiss replica watches. The plates and components of this movement are exquisitely finished with Ctes de Genève striping with a polished beveled edge.
The House of Audemars Piguet produced its most iconic timepiece, the Royal Oak in 1970. According to its designer, the legendary Gerald Genta, once the design came to him, it only took one night to create the original sketch of the design. The inspiration for the iconic design came from a vintage diving helmet that had exposed screws.
One of the things about this watch that made waves was that this was the first-ever luxury sports watch to be crafted in stainless steel. Something that was unheard of at the time. While the Royal Oak was designed in 1970, it was only actually produced in 1972.
The Royal Oak was revolutionary in the sense that it focused the attention of watch collectors on the watchmaking itself and not on the precious metal being used. In a way, they made it very clear that what you are paying for is their watchmaking brilliance, not the material used to display it. Mind you, and understandably so, a stainless-steel watch would still always be more affordably priced than the same watch manufactured in precious metal such as this fine 18kt rose gold model # 15500or.oo.d002cr.01 featured here.
This fake watches is an 18kt rose gold model with a case that measured 41mm with a thickness of 10.4mm and features 50m/150ft of water resistance.
The iconic octagonal-shaped bezel is fastened to the case with 8 hex-shaped solid gold screws. The bezel is finished with a finely brushed finish on the front and has a polished beveled edge that runs up to the side of the bezel that has another finely brushed finish.
Its beauty is striking because of its simplicity and unconventional geometry. The scratch-resistant sapphire crystal protecting the dial is round giving the watch the appearance of a round case even though the case is a hard-to-miss eight-sided octagon.
