Four shades of patina on Royal Oak ref. 5402. Three A-Series, one B-Series.
It is fascinating to see how the dials of the early Audemars Piguet Royal Oak watches took different courses of changing their colors. Left: A-3x Upper right: A-81x Middle right: A-12xx Lower right: B-2000 Have a good weekend, Cheers, HSTE ...
Really interesting to see how those Ro's dials aged.
Thank you for sharing dear HSTE.
The A-81X seems to be the most “preserved” dial no? But I think I prefer the patina of the A-3X
Thanks for sharing my friend. Best wishes Alkiro
Thanks Michael and: yes ineed interesting. If the lume would have been radium, I might have ....
.... understood the patina. No idea how this came about. Cheers, HSTE
Thanks!
It’s a shame that AP is so adamant that they have to be changed during servicing. I don’t see a valid reason but maybe I miss something.
You are definitely
one of the few collectors in the world able to provide and share all these dials. Thank you, you are un unlimited source of useful informations. You should be named the living historical memory of the forum 😎
Thank you, thank you! Happy if you like it. I have just some rusty watch stuff lying around and …
… I do the occasional post but here are surely many others in the forum who are even more unlimited in providing good vintage related info, but I truly appreciate your feedback! Cheers, HSTE