Inserita nella “Santa Trinità” dell’orologeria insieme a Patek Philippe e Vacheron Constantin, Audemars Piguet è rimasta indipendente e a conduzione familiare sin dalla sua fondazione nel 1875 nella Vallée de Joux da parte di due giovani e ambiziosi orologiai, Jules Louis Audemars ed Edward Auguste Piguet.
I due iniziarono creando orologi da tasca unici e complessi, realizzati a mano da una rete di artigiani nella valle dell’orologeria svizzera, nella regione occidentale del Paese. L’atelier si affermò rapidamente grazie ai suoi raffinati orologi con soneria, cronografi e orologi astronomici, tutti assemblati e rifiniti a mano. Questi segnatempo venivano realizzati in piccoli lotti e non in serie; infatti, fino al 1950 l’azienda impiegava solo da 10 a 30 artigiani.
Tuttavia, il più grande contributo di Audemars Piguet all’orologeria sarebbe arrivato negli anni ’70, quando l’industria orologiera svizzera era alle prese con una crisi esistenziale a seguito dell’arrivo dal Giappone di orologi da polso al quarzo più economici. Mentre molti marchi svizzeri scomparvero, quelli che sopravvissero furono costretti ad adattarsi e innovarsi. Fu proprio in quei tempi incerti, nel 1972, che Audemars Piguet si rivolse al visionario designer Gerald Genta per creare un orologio sportivo di lusso in acciaio. Fino ad allora, gli orologi da polso di lusso erano quasi sempre realizzati con casse in metalli preziosi. Genta creò il Royal Oak, un orologio sportivo in acciaio con quadrante rotondo, una caratteristica lunetta ottagonale e un bracciale integrato, destinato a diventare un segnatempo di riferimento per il settore.
Il Royal Oak sarebbe emerso come modello iconico per il marchio ed è rimasto in produzione per oltre 50 anni. I primi esemplari del Royal Oak, in particolare quelli della Serie A (i primi 2.000 esemplari prodotti), sono estremamente ricercati dai collezionisti e raggiungono regolarmente cifre a sei zeri alle aste di Christie’s. Il successo del Royal Oak ha portato alla creazione di linee derivate come il Royal Oak Offshore e la collezione Concept, considerata un banco di prova per l’innovazione. I modelli Royal Oak con complicazioni, come i calendari perpetui, sono molto ricercati: un calendario perpetuo Ref. 25654ST, probabilmente unico nel suo genere, è stato venduto per oltre mezzo milione di dollari da Christie’s a Ginevra nel novembre 2022.
AUDEMARS PIGUET. A UNIQUE , IMPORTANT, AND HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT PLATINUM CUSHION-SHAPED SINGLE-BUTTON CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH TWO-TONE DIAL, SOLD TO THE AMERICAN MARKET
'COUSSIN TORTUE' MODEL, NO. 41'849, THE MOVEMENT CIRCA 1930, DELIVERED IN 1937 AND SOLD IN 1943
AUDEMARS PIGUET. AN EXTREMELY RARE, UNUSUAL, AND LARGE 18K WHITE GOLD RECTANGULAR-SHAPED JUMPING HOUR WRISTWATCH WITH WANDERING MINUTES
MOVEMENT AND CASE NO. 38733, MANUFACTURED IN 1928
AUDEMARS PIGUET. A UNIQUE AND MAGNIFICENT PLATINUM, DIAMOND AND RUBY-SET AUTOMATIC PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASES AND BRACELET
ROYAL OAK QUANTIEME PERPETUEL MODEL, REF. 25687PT, CASE NO. D42116, NO. 21, CIRCA 1994
AUDEMARS PIGUET. A UNIQUE AND MAGNIFICENT 18K GOLD AND BAGUETTE-CUT EMERALD-SET SKELETONIZED AUTOMATIC PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASES
QUANTIEME PERPETUEL MODEL, REF. 25786BA, CASE NO. D68038, NO. 1⁄1, CIRCA 1995
AUDEMARS PIGUET. AN EXTREMELY RARE AND MAGNIFICENT PLATINUM AND TITANIUM LIMITED EDITION TOURBILLON WRISTWATCH WITH POWER RESERVE AND BRACELET
SIGNED AUDEMARS PIGUET, UAE LIMITED EDITION, CASE NO. TA7150M, NO. 06/10, CIRCA 2020
AUDEMARS PIGUET. AN EXCEPTIONAL AND UNIQUE 18K WHITE GOLD AND DIAMOND-SET MINUTE REPEATING PERPETUAL CALENDAR SPLIT-SECONDS CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH LEAP YEAR INDICATION, MOON-PHASES, MOTHER-OF-PEARL REGISTER, BRACELET, CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN AND BOX
SIGNED AUDEMARS PIGUET, GRANDE COMPLICATION, ROYAL OAK MODEL, REF. 25990BC, NO 1/1, MOVEMENT NO. 415'478, CASE NO. E 71337, SOLD AS A UNIQUE PIECE IN 2002
Audemars Piguet. An Extremely Fine, Rare and Important 18k Gold Perpetual Calendar Wristwatch with Leap Year, Moon Phases and Two-tone Dial
Signed Audemars Piguet, Genève, Leap Year Perp. Cal., Ref 5516, Movement No. 73'013, Manufactured in 1957
AUDEMARS PIGUET. A POSSIBLY UNIQUE AND HIGHLY ATTRACTIVE STAINLESS STEEL AUTOMATIC PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASES, EMERALD GREEN DIAL AND BRACELET
SIGNED AUDEMARS PIGUET, ROYAL OAK QUANTIEME PERPETUEL MODEL, REF. 25654ST, NO. 1076, CIRCA 1997
AUDEMARS PIGUET. A POSSIBLY UNIQUE AND HIGHLY ATTRACTIVE, STAINLESS STEEL AUTOMATIC PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASES, BRACELET AND CERTIFICATE
SIGNED AUDEMARS PIGUET, ROYAL OAK QUANTIEME PERPETUEL MODEL, REF. 25654ST, NO. 1076, CASE NO. D-60422, CIRCA 1997
AUDEMARS PIGUET. A UNIQUE AND IMPORTANT 14K PINK GOLD AND STAINLESS STEEL WRISTWATCH WITH OBSERVATORY-STYLE DIAL
MOVEMENT NO. 46'585 B, CASE NO. 46'585, CIRCA 1950
AUDEMARS PIGUET. AN EXTREMELY RARE AND MESMERIZING PLATINUM AUTOMATIC PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASES, MOTHER-OF-PEARL DIAL AND BRACELET
SIGNED AUDEMARS PIGUET, ROYAL OAK QUANTIEME PERPETUEL MODEL, REF. 25686PT, NO. 035, CIRCA 1991
AUDEMARS PIGUET. A RARE AND HIGHLY ATTRACTIVE PLATINUM SKELETONIZED PERPETUAL CALENDAR AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASES, LEAP YEAR INDICATION AND BRACELET
SIGNED AUDEMARS PIGUET, ROYAL OAK QUANTIEME PERPERTUEL MODEL, REF. 25829PT, CIRCA 2003
AUDEMARS PIGUET. AN EXTREMELY RARE AND MAGNIFICENT PLATINUM AND TITANIUM LIMITED EDITION TOURBILLON WRISTWATCH WITH POWER RESERVE, BRACELET, WARRANTY AND BOX
SIGNED AUDEMARS PIGUET, UAE LIMITED EDITION, CIRCA 2020
AUDEMARS PIGUET. A UNIQUE, IMPORTANT AND HISTORIC 18K WHITE GOLD AUTOMATIC CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH DATE, SPECIAL COMMISSION DIAL AND BRACELET
SIGNED AUDEMARS PIGUET, ROYAL OAK CHRONOGRAPH MODEL, REF. 25960BC, NO. E73509, SOLD IN 2003
AUDEMARS PIGUET. A UNIQUE AND MAGNIFICENT 18K GOLD AND BAGUETTE-CUT RUBY-SET SKELETONIZED AUTOMATIC PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASES
QUANTIEME PERPETUEL MODEL, REF. 25786BA, CASE NO. D68039, NO. 1⁄1, CIRCA 1995
AUDEMARS PIGUET. AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE AND ATTRACTIVE PLATINUM AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH WITH GREEN DIAL, DATE, BRACELET, GUARANTEE AND BOX
SIGNED AUDEMARS PIGUET, ROYAL OAK MODEL, REF. 15202PT, CIRCA 2021
AUDEMARS PIGUET. A RARE PLATINUM AUTOMATIC SKELETONISED PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASES AND BRACELET
QUANTIEME PERPETUEL AUTOMATIQUE, REF. 25636PT
AUDEMARS PIGUET. A RARE AND HIGHLY ATTRACTIVE WHITE CERAMIC AUTOMATIC PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASES, LEAP YEAR INDICTION, BRACELET, GUARANTEE AND BOX
SIGNED AUDEMARS PIGUET, ROYAL OAK QUANTIEME PERPETUAL MODEL, REF. 26579CB, CIRCA 2019
AUDEMARS PIGUET. A RARE AND IMPRESSIVE BLACK CERAMIC SKELETONISED AUTOMATIC PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASES, LEAP YEAR, WEEK INDICATION AND BRACELET
ROYAL OAK PERPETUAL CALENDAR OPENWORKED MODEL, REF. 26585CE, CASE NO. PR9666W
AUDEMARS PIGUET, ROYAL OAK REF. 15413BC RAINBOW, A RARE LIMITED EDITION GOLD AND DIAMOND-SET WRISTWATCH WITH SAPPHIRE-SET BEZEL
CASE NUMBER: KM2903R, MOVEMENT NUMBER: AZ6075
AUDEMARS PIGUET. AN EXTREMELY RARE AND COVETED PLATINUM AUTOMATIC PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASES, MOTHER-OF-PEARL DIAL AND BRACELET
SIGNED AUDEMARS PIGUET, ROYAL OAK QUANTIEME PERPETUEL MODEL, REF. 25686PT, NO. 009, CIRCA 1992
AUDEMARS PIGUET. A HIGHLY COMPLICATED AND VERY RARE 18K PINK GOLD AUTOMATIC MINUTE REPEATING PERPETUAL CALENDAR SPLIT SECONDS CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASES, LEAP YEAR INDICATION AND BRACELET
ROYAL OAK GRANDE COMPLICATION AUTOMATIQUE MODEL, REF. 25880OR, CASE NO. HI8355, CIRCA 2011
Audemars Piguet. A unique, extremely fine, highly important and previously unknown platinum and diamond-set minute repeating wristwatch with bracelet
Signed Audemars, Piguet, Genève, ref. 3207, movement no. 64804, manufactured in 1960
Audemars Piguet. A very fine, large and rare 18K gold chronograph wristwatch
SIGNED AUDEMARS PIGUET, GENEVE, REF. 5522, NO. 49'676, MANUFACTURED IN 1950
AUDEMARS PIGUET. A FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND AND DAZZLING 18K PINK GOLD, BAGUETTE-CUT RUBY AND DIAMOND-SET AUTOMATIC CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH DATE AND BRACELET, MADE FOR THE RETAILER DOBNER
ROYAL OAK MODEL, REF. 26334OR, CASE NO. J44073, MANUFACTURED IN 2017
AUDEMARS PIGUET. A RARE AND HIGHLY ATTRACTIVE 18K PINK GOLD SKELETONIZED PERPETUAL CALENDAR AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASES, LEAP YEAR INDICATION, BRACELET AND GUARANTEE
SIGNED AUDEMARS PIGUET, ROYAL OAK QUANTIEME PERPERTUEL MODEL, REF. 25829OR, CIRCA 2005
AUDEMARS PIGUET. A COVETED AND ATTRACTIVE STAINLESS STEEL AUTOMATIC PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASES, 'SAPPHIRE BLUE' DIAL AND BRACELET
SIGNED AUDEMARS PIGUET, ROYAL OAK QUANTIEME PERPETUEL MODEL, REF. 25654ST, NO. 536, CIRCA 1990
AUDEMARS PIGUET. A STUNNING LIMITED EDITION STAINLESS STEEL AUTOMATIC SKELETONIZED PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASES AND BRACELET
ROYAL OAK QUANTIEME PERPETUEL MODEL, REF. 25636ST, CASE NO. D 42059, NO. 39⁄40, CIRCA 1996
Audemars Piguet. An extremely rare and attractive stainless steel and 14K pink gold full calendar chronograph wristwatch with moon phases and two-tone silvered dial
SIGNED AUDEMARS PIGUET & CO., GENÈVE, REF. 5503, NO. 46'538, MANUFACTURED IN 1942
AUDEMARS PIGUET. AN EXTREMELY RARE AND HIGHLY ATTRACTIVE STAINLESS STEEL, PLATINUM AND DIAMOND-SET AUTOMATIC SKELETONIZED PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASES, LEAP YEAR INDICATION AND BRACELET
SIGNED AUDEMARS PIGUET, ROYAL OAK QUANTIEME PERPETUEL MODEL, REF. 25930SP, NO. 410, CIRCA 2011
AUDEMARS PIGUET. A FINE RARE AND OVERSIZED LIMITED EDITION PLATINUM TOURBILLON CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH DYNAMOGRAPH AND POWER RESERVE
SIGNED AUDEMARS PIGUET, TRADITION D'EXCELLENCE, NO. 3, EDITION LIMITÉE 20 PIECES, EDWARD PIGUET MODEL, MOVEMENT NO. 525314, CASE NO. E68104, REF. 25958PT, MANUFACTURED IN 2002
AUDEMARS PIGUET. AN EXTREMELY RARE AND HIGHLY ATTRACTIVE STAINLESS STEEL AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH WITH PERPETUAL CALENDAR, MOON PHASES, BRACELET AND GUARANTEE
SIGNED AUDEMARS PIGUET, ROYAL OAK QUANTIEME PERPETUEL MODEL, REF. 25654ST, NO. 948, MOVEMENT NO. 374116, CASE NO. D-40587, CIRCA 1993
Audemars Piguet. An Extremely Rare Stainless Steel Chronograph Wristwatch with Central Spiraled Tachymeter Scale
Signed Audemars Piguet & Co., Movement No. 42'875, Manufactured in 1937
AUDEMARS PIGUET . A REMARKABLE AND UNIQUELY ATTRACTIVE 18K WHITE GOLD AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH WITH MARK 1 TROPICAL DIAMOND-SET DIAL, DATE AND 18K WHITE GOLD ROYAL OAK BRACELET
SIGNED AUDEMARS PIGUET, ROYAL OAK MODEL, REF. 5402BC, NO. 29, CIRCA 1977
AUDEMARS PIGUET. AN IMPRESSIVE AND VERY RARE 18K WHITE GOLD AND DIAMOND-SET MINUTE REPEATING TOURBILLON CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH
SIGNED AUDEMARS PIGUET, JULES AUDEMARS MODEL, MOVEMENT NO. 678'287, CASE NO. F96021, CIRCA 2008
AUDEMARS PIGUET. A VERY RARE AND IMPRESSIVE BLACK CERAMIC MINUTE REPEATING WRISTWATCH
ROYAL OAK RÉPÉTITION MINUTES SUPERSONNERIE MODEL, REF. 26591CE.OO.D002CA.01, MOVEMENT NO. WB6062, CASE NO. MC3404G, CIRCA 2025
AUDEMARS PIGUET. A RARE PLATINUM AND DIAMOND-SET LIMITED EDITION AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH WITH DATE, BRACELET AND ONYX DIAL, JAPAN BOUTIQUE EDITION
ROYAL OAK EXTRA-THIN MODEL, REF. 15206PT, LIMITED EDITION OF 70 PIECES, CIRCA 2020
Audemars Piguet. A very fine and rare 18K gold perpetual calendar wristwatch with two-tone silvered dial and moon phases to 12 o'clock
SIGNED AUDEMARS PIGUET, GENÈVE, REF. 5516, MOVEMENT NO. 66'137, CASE NO. 11'152, MANUFACTURED IN 1955
AUDEMARS PIGUET. A RARE PLATINUM AUTOMATIC SKELETONIZED PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASES AND BRACELET
SIGNED AUDEMARS PIGUET, ROYAL OAK QUANTIEME PERPETUEL MODEL, REF. 25636PT, NO. 15, CIRCA 1989
AUDEMARS PIGUET. A RARE LIMITED EDITION TITANIUM PERPETUAL CALENDAR AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASES, LEAP YEAR INDICATION AND BRACELET
ROYAL OAK MODEL, REF. 26615TI, CIRCA 2020
AUDEMARS PIGUET. AN EXTREMELY RARE AND HIGHLY ATTRACTIVE 18K WHITE GOLD AND MULTICOLOURED SAPPHIRE-SET AUTOMATIC SKELETONIZED WRISTWATCH WITH SWEEP CENTRE SECONDS, BRACELET, GUARANTEE AND BOX
SIGNED AUDEMARS PIGUET, ROYAL OAK 'SNOW RAINBOW' MODEL, REF. 15468BC, CIRCA 2021
AUDEMARS PIGUET. AN EXTREMELY RARE AND UNUSUAL PLATINUM CUSHION-SHAPED MINUTE REPEATING PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASES AND LEAP YEAR INDICATION
'JOHN SCHAEFFER' REPETITION MINUTES QUANTIEME PERPETUEL MODEL, REF. 25835PT, CASE NO. D73311, NO. 5, CIRCA 1997
AUDEMARS PIGUET. AN EXTREMELY RARE PLATINUM AND STAINLESS STEEL LIMITED EDITION AUTOMATIC SKELETONISED PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH LEAP YEAR INDICATION, MOON PHASES AND BRACELET
ROYAL OAK QUANTIEME PERPETUEL AUTOMATIQUE MODEL, REF. 25636SP.OO.0944SP.01, CASE NO. 8⁄25 AND D41968, MANUFACTURED IN 1994
AUDEMARS PIGUET. AN EXTREMELY RARE AND HIGHLY COMPLICATED 18K WHITE GOLD SKELETONISED AUTOMATIC MINUTE REPEATING PERPETUAL CALENDAR CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASES, LEAP YEAR INDICATION AND WEEK DISPLAY
TRIPLE COMPLICATION AUTOMATIQUE MODEL, REF. 25732BC, CASE NO. 1 AND D30397, MANUFACTURED IN1995
AUDEMARS PIGUET. AN EXTREMELY RARE AND IMPRESSIVE TITANIUM AUTOMATIC MINUTE REPEATING PERPETUAL CALENDAR SPLIT SECONDS CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH WEEK AND LEAP YEAR INDICATION AND MOON PHASES
SIGNED AUDEMARS PIGUET, GRANDE COMPLICATION AUTOMATIQUE, ROYAL OAK MODEL, NO. 5, CASE NO. F63251, CIRCA 2010