Most of the AP Chronicles articles published in 2022 were written by Sébastian Vivas, historian and Heritage & Museum Director for Audemars Piguet since 2012. Michel Beziat, AP Academy manager, wrote the summaries of the articles.

AP Chronicles would not exist without the constant work of the Audemars Piguet Heritage team. In addition to extensive research, Raphaël Balestra, an archivist and watch identification expert, wrote the articles on the numbering of the watches. He also drew up the statistical tables for Model 5402 and elaborated the model database with the help of assistant and documentalist Annabelle Arbez and the apprentices Dounia Schmid and Sergi Espinosa. Clara Invernizzi, watchmaker and heritage specialist responsible for managing the Heritage Collection, coordinated the photographs of the watches and components. Dave Grandjean, assistant curator and historian, managed the museographic aspect of the Royal Oak’s 50^th anniversary and actively participated in structuring the archives.

The entire team benefited from the expertise and advice of the Audemars Piguet Restoration Workshop, staffed by four passionate craftspeople: Francisco Pasandin, Head of the workshop with over 40 years of experience at Audemars Piguet; Malika Schüpbach, Roberto Catellani and Sébastien Berney, who restore Audemars Piguet antique watches and those of other workshops that have now vanished, thereby perpetuating or rediscovering ancient expertise.

The Heritage team is behind the Musée Atelier Audemars Piguet in Le Brassus. In close collaboration with other specialised departments, it designs and organises numerous travelling exhibitions and enriches the brand's publications. It is in charge of the Heritage Collection and the company's historical archives, which it uses to authenticate watches and conduct thematic research.

Among its most significant achievements is the reference book titled Audemars Piguet 20th Century Complicated Wristwatches published in 2018, which shed light on an area that had been very poorly documented until then. On the strength of the very positive reception from collectors' circles, the team set about an in-depth study of the Royal Oak’s history, applying a comparable method.