Antiquorum – historical witness for 50 years of Audemars Piguet Replica Royal Oak 1972-2022

The Royal Oak watch has been around for 50 years and has a history of growing castles on the auction market. More than ever, the arrival of Antiquorum in 1974 is also close to the date of Royal Oak’s birth. Incidentally, there have been a large number of audemars piguet replica Royal Oak watches for sale by the Antiquorum unit.

1992 was the first year Antiquorum sold Royal Oak watches. The venue for that auction was at the Hotel des Bergues, Geneva. So far, more than 30 years of recording, Antiquorum says that there are about 1,000 Royal Oak watches for sale and the sales rate is 80%. In this article we take a look at some of the rarest Royal Oak watches sold by Antiquorum over the past 50 years!

Looking at the development of the past 50 years, it can be seen that the Audemars Piguet Replica Royal Oak is one of the most successful contemporary designs in the world. This watch debuted exactly 50 years ago, in 1972 to be exact.

Hand sketching this watch is genius designer Gerald Genta. The Royal Oak has become the most iconic wristwatch over the years for the watch enthusiast community, collector or auction house.

The first Royal Oak watch was introduced at the Basel show in 1972. The Royal Oak was publicly sold for CHF 3,650 (equivalent to CHF 10,000 today). Recalling the early days of its launch, the Royal Oak was not really successful because stainless steel sports watches were something of a freak, unwelcome. In contrast, today, the Royal Oak is one of the most popular watches, with a high selling price.

The auction house Antiquorum kicked off its auction year for 2022 in Monaco on January 18. According to Romain Rea, CEO of Antiquorum: “It would be unthinkable not to present a work of significance. celebrate this important occasion (the 50th anniversary of the Royal Oak), especially in Monaco, where Gerald Genta has lived for many years.”

At auction at the Monaco Yacht Club, Antiquorum sold a very rare 18k yellow gold automatic Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar. The gold watch in a neat box (lot 171) was introduced in 1986. In fact, this Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar 25554 was one of the first Royal Oaks with a perpetual calendar function. produced by Audemars Piguet Replica. In the end, the buyer bid 260,000 Euros to contest ownership of the collectible watch in lot 171.

Back in December 2021 in Hong Kong, the Antiquorum unit sold the Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar 25686 in 18k platinum/rose gold for CHF 178,197.

Another record that needs to be mentioned is that during the auction week of November 2021 in Geneva, an extremely rare, self-winding and stainless steel Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar watch sold for 462,500 CHF while the price is low. estimated to be in the range of 200,000 – 300,000 CHF. This watch has established the most expensive steel Royal Oak sold on the auction market. Included with this salmon-colored dial machine sold at lot 453 is the original box and card book.

Or at the Antiquorum auction in July 2021 in Monaco, a special edition of the Royal Oak was first revealed with the box and papers. The 1976 steel Royal Oak 5402ST in very good condition, with a black painted dial, was sold for €286,000.