{"product_id":"audemars-piguet-royal-oak-ref-56303sa-en-acier-et-or-jaune-de-1999-full-set-et-etat-neuf-bp5b","title":"1999 Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Ref. 56303SA in Steel and Yellow Gold – Full Set \u0026 New Condition","description":"On the eve of the 1970 Basel Fair, Audemars Piguet commissioned from Gérald Genta, for the following morning, the design of “a steel sports watch never seen before”. Genta obliged: an octagonal bezel with eight visible screws, a “Tapisserie” dial, an integrated bracelet. Presented in 1972 at 3,300 Swiss francs – more than many of the gold watches in the catalogue – the Royal Oak caused a scandal, triumphed, and invented the luxury sports watch. Offered in steel and gold from 1977 and in quartz from 1980, it established steel and gold with a grey dial as a signature of the 1980s and 1990s.\nOur example, a “mid-size” 33 mm Royal Oak ref. 56303SA produced circa 1998 (case numbered D78xxx), features a slate-grey dial with the same “Petite Tapisserie” pattern as the original 5402, without a date window, and with applied yellow gold baton hour markers. Its 18-carat yellow gold octagonal bezel echoes the central links of the original integrated bracelet, with its hidden folding clasp; inside beats the extra-thin quartz caliber 2612. The watch has been fully inspected by our watchmakers, and its battery replaced with a new one. A great rarity: never worn and never polished, it reaches us in near-new condition – its original satin finishes, mirror polishing and chamfers intact.\nIt is accompanied by its Audemars Piguet Certificate of Origin and Warranty stating an initial sale on 10 August 1999 at Sapporo Sogo Co., Ltd., official retailer in Sapporo (Japan) – a business that has since closed –, its octagonal green leather box and its original Royal Oak outer box, as well as our Steel Warranty Card.\nAn icon designed in a single night and never equalled, the Royal Oak appears here in two-tone form, discreet and of a thoroughly contemporary elegance, in an exceptional state of preservation. Collectors will need no convincing: this is a rare opportunity.","brand":"Audemars Piguet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54863775990083,"sku":"BP5B","price":22000.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/1378\/9763\/files\/BP5B-Audemars-Piguet-Royal-Oak-ref-56303SA-en-acier-et-or-jaune-de-1999-Full-Set-et-Etat-neuf-Front-1.jpg?v=1791199541","url":"https:\/\/amplitudewatches.co\/en\/products\/1999-audemars-piguet-royal-oak-ref-56303sa-in-steel-and-yellow-gold-full-set-new-condition-bp5b","provider":"Amplitude","version":"1.0","type":"link"}