Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar: A Platinum Piece Unique

Key Points from the Discussion

• The full platinum Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar is noted for its substantial weight on the wrist, contrasting sharply with the brand's lighter titanium perpetual calendar limited editions.
• The red weekly hand on this piece unique is a specific homage to the China Perpetual Calendar limited edition, indicating that a standard hand could be an option for regular production models.
• A contributor speculates that the creation of such a platinum openworked perpetual calendar piece unique might preclude similar future stainless steel or platinum openworked perpetual calendar releases, or that future releases might only differ in caseback details.
• Another design suggestion for future openworked perpetual calendars includes adding full subdial rings, similar to those found on the 39mm perpetual openworked models, as an alternative to the semi-transparent rings seen here.