The Watch that Saved a Classic Company: The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak
As we look at a particularly gorgeous Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar in our weekly Monday Morning Find, here's a bit of Audemars Piguet history
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There's a point in the world of horology at which rugged sport watches and dizzying complications meet. The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar is that point.
When the Royal Oak made its debut in 1972, it was a time-only sport watch in stainless steel, the very first to house a meticulously finished movement inside a well-detailed steel case. It is widely credited with being the first luxury steel watch, in fact. Until then, Audemars Piguet was known for making dressy perpetual calendars, chronographs, and minute repeaters, almost always in gold and other precious metals.