Stylized applied pink gold Roman and painted white radial Arabic numerals on plain reserves. Pink gold luminous 'lozenge' hands. Straight-line lever escapement, mono-metallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, embossed 22K gold rotor.
Jules Audemars and Edward Piguet were both in their early twenties when they founded Audemars Piguet in 1875. In 1972 AP launched a line of mechanical watches with hexagonal screws that fastened a porthole-like bezel. Thus was born the Royal Oak, in honor of the British Royal Navy's line of ships bearing the same name. The Royal Oak is among many of the most specialized and complex watches produced by this famous manufactory.