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AP Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar comparison
Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar Skeleton
by 'ED-209'
by 'ED-209'
I can’t believe that it’s
already the 40th Anniversary of Audemar Piguet’s iconic watch, the Royal
Oak. From the first time I’ve saw one at my local AD I’ve always been
attracted to the 39mm size of the Royal Oak more so than the currently
popular Offshore versions.
In terms of watch complications, I’ve always been fascinated by the perpetual calendar movement because of the complexity of what it can do. I’m still amazed that a bunch of tiny gears, springs, levers and other parts are able to accurately indicate the day, date, month, and the leap year cycle.
So during my early stages of building up my watch collection I finally had a chance to own one of my dream watches, an AP Royal Oak perpetual calendar in 18 carat yellow gold. It was nearly perfect for me, the size fit nicely on my small wrist, the sharp angles of the Royal Oak case combined with the alternating brushed and polished finish was so attractive. And the yellow gold case and bracelet gave it a nice heft on my wrist. It was a substantial solid piece of art that I could wear. To top it all it has a flat gold colored dial that made the watch easy to read.
My RO perpetual calendar has performed extremely well but I never really paid attention to the exact details of the leap year movement until a few years ago when I attended the first 1st Perpetually Purists GTG in 2008. The Southern California event was held at the Rainbow Bar & Grill.
In terms of watch complications, I’ve always been fascinated by the perpetual calendar movement because of the complexity of what it can do. I’m still amazed that a bunch of tiny gears, springs, levers and other parts are able to accurately indicate the day, date, month, and the leap year cycle.
So during my early stages of building up my watch collection I finally had a chance to own one of my dream watches, an AP Royal Oak perpetual calendar in 18 carat yellow gold. It was nearly perfect for me, the size fit nicely on my small wrist, the sharp angles of the Royal Oak case combined with the alternating brushed and polished finish was so attractive. And the yellow gold case and bracelet gave it a nice heft on my wrist. It was a substantial solid piece of art that I could wear. To top it all it has a flat gold colored dial that made the watch easy to read.
My RO perpetual calendar has performed extremely well but I never really paid attention to the exact details of the leap year movement until a few years ago when I attended the first 1st Perpetually Purists GTG in 2008. The Southern California event was held at the Rainbow Bar & Grill.
To read the full comparison of the old vs new AP RO Perpetual Skeleton: ap.watchprosite.com