In 1972, Audemars Piguet’s groundbreaking Royal Oak rewrote the rules on luxury watches and took the company to the next level Half a century ago, the watch industry was at a turning point.

Because the advent of Audemars Piguet’s most lauded model in 1972 marked a sea change in the relationship between a watch and its wearer ... Quartz Crisis swirled. The Royal Oak did so thanks to a one ...

With new CEO Ilaria Resta at the helm of Audemars Piguet, the watch community has been holding its breath for the next limited Royal Oak Concept. This is Audemars Piguet’s rare wrist-worn experimental ...