AR / ITEM / 00100509

Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Ref. 5402ST ‘A2’

Audemars Piguet · Gérald Genta

The “A2” designation places this watch at the very beginning of the numbered A-series production of Gérald Genta’s 1972 Royal Oak design.

Date
1972

Plate not recorded
No photograph with documented reuse rights is held for this record.

Record

The “A2” designation places this watch at the very beginning of the numbered A-series production of Gérald Genta’s 1972 Royal Oak design. Phillips sold it at The Royal Oak 50th auction on 6 May 2022 for CHF 1,058,500. The object is individually identifiable rather than merely an example of its model, which is important for Arcarel’s object-level record. The cited Phillips source supplies the key provenance, event or institutional facts used here. No unnamed buyer or owner has been inferred, and fields not established by the source are left blank. Its significance comes from the combination of the physical watch and the documented people, events, institutions or market history attached to this specific specimen.

Culture
Swiss
Medium
stainless steel
Origin
Switzerland

In the Tapestry

Designed by
Gérald GentaA
Associated with
PhillipsA

Provenance and history

  1. 1972

    Made / first documentedA

  2. 6 May 2022

    Public saleA

    Phillips sold it at The Royal Oak 50th auction on 6 May 2022 for CHF 1,058,500.

Sources

  1. A

    Phillips, 'The Royal Oak 50th'

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