Audemars Piguet

Joepny
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I don't know about this one; it does not fit with RO QP history

So I saw this pic on the Meertz IG account yesterday.  It was surprising.  I did some amateur research on the RO QP last year when I was purchasing mine so I remember many variations.  Not this one from Meertz.
This dial is very different and some of its odd alignment makes me wonder about its provenance.
It would be nice to hear from other PuristS who have more knowledge about the RO QP since it is a 30+ year old line.

Anyway, the dial of the RO QP has been fairly standard for most of its life.  The biggest changes have been (a) adding the leap year within the month subdial at 12 o'clock (circa 1995) and (b) adding the weeks chapter ring (briefly first in 1995, then disappeared, then came back in 2016).
Of course there have been different dial colors and the hour markers/indices have seen variations along with the hands.  But the 4 subdials have really not changed too much.
That is why this version that Meertz is showing is a bit radical.

Issues that I see:
(1) the month subdial at 12 o'clock has typically been spaced perfectly on top and there is always an even gap to the two subdials at 3 o'clock and 9 o'clock
(2) the moonphase subdial at 6 o'clock has the numerals for 29 1/2 days and those numerals never touch any of the other subdials
(3) the moonphase subdial has typically been a close circle underneath the words "Audemars Piguet Automatic"



from Phillips Auctions, circa 1983 ref




from Phillips Auctions, circa 1989 ref




from Christies, circa 1987 ref




from Christies, circa 1992 ref