Audemars Piguet Royal-Oak Ultra Thin 56175BA in 18k Yellow Gold Cream Dial pink A rare excursion for Cartier

A rare excursion for Cartier in the 70s with this and the more common Gondole vertical to create these Jumbo versions

The Louis Vuitton Kazbek model is both

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- Serial 224xxx dating to the 1970s

no-lug-holes case that even has the original green case back sticker intact

Audemars Piguet Royal-Oak Ultra Thin 56175BA in 18k Yellow Gold Cream Dial pink A rare excursion for CartierDesigned by Grald Genta and introduced by Audemars Piguet in 1972, the Royal Oak redefined the luxury watch industry. Widely regarded as the world's first luxury stainless steel sports watch, it arrived during the height of the Quartz Crisis and played a pivotal role in securing the future of traditional Swiss watchmaking. Presented here is the Reference 56175BA, introduced in the 1990s, when ultra thin quartz watches were at the height of fashion.