Vintage Audemars Piguet Chronograph

The absolutely magical story embedded in our latest watch chill episode revolves around the unusual story of eric ku s vintage audemars piguet chronograph restoration.

Vintage audemars piguet chronograph.

Audemars piguet s vintage chronograph wristwatches are among the rarest in the world. Audemars piguet royal oak offshore chronograph all black. A stainless steel audemars piguet royal oak costs about 29 100 usd in mint condition. Make offer vintage audemars piguet 18k yellow gold 33mm manual wind watch 56 7 grams.

This watch features a automatic movement beating at a frequency of 21600 bph 3 hz to provide a 50 hour power reserve when fully wound. According to the archives before 1980 audemars piguet counted a total of 307 chronograph wristwatches all produced between 1930 and 1962. Audemars piguet vintage chronograph wristwatches are among the scarcest resources in the entire field of vintage watch collecting with little more than three hundred examples overall produced between 1930 and 1962 after which no more chronograph wristwatch will be made until the modern era. For those who are unaware i have a bit of a thing for chronographs and while some may consider them to be useless i see them as works of art that for me still play a big part in my daily meanderings it would also appear that marcus margulies of marcus watches london bond street also has a thing for chronographs but more.

Every single one of them is a piece unique more about that in the video see below. Make offer audemars piguet vintage 18k white gold blue dial hand winding men s watch audemars piguet royal oak chronograph rose gold 41mm blue 26331or oo 1220or 01 66 995 00. 15202 an especially safe investment. Pre owned versions of this 39 mm wristwatch are only slightly less expensive at 27 700 usd.

Prices for never worn and pre owned models have been rising steadily over the last few years making the royal oak ref. Nr nr audemars piguet royal oak tourbillon openworked chronograph wristwatch 26343ce. This reference number comes the closest to the original model. To say the watch is rare is laughably inadequate.

Audemars piguet royal oak offshore navy 17 250. There are 307 vintage era audemars piguet chronographs in existence. Marcus vintage audemars piguet chronograph collection. In the field of wristwatches the story is different.

Audemars piguet s jules audemars 26100 chronograph white gold creme vintage 26100bc oo d002cr 01 was originally released in n a.