14882, Royal Oak
1994. Royal Oak 14882TT no. 5. Ultra-thin (1.64 mm) Calibre 2003SQ in 14-carat pink gold, openworked and engraved by hand, movement 390905. Steel and tantalum 33 mm case D46534. Audemars Piguet Heritage , inv. 825.
1994. Royal Oak 14882TT no 5. Ultra-thin (1.64 mm) Calibre 2003SQ in 14-carat pink gold, openworked and engraved by hand, Movement 390905. Steel and tantalum 33 mm case D46534. Audemars Piguet Heritage, inv. 825.
Circa 1994. Identification photograph of Model 14882OR. Audemars Piguet Archives.
Circa 1994. Identification photograph of Model 14882PT. Audemars Piguet Archives.
1995. Technical data for Model 14882PT. Audemars Piguet Archives.
1995. Technical data for Model 14882TT. Audemars Piguet Archives.
To showcase its ultra-thin (1.64 mm), entirely openworked 14-carat gold mechanism, the Royal Oak 14882 surrounds it with a finely chased gold circle. The "leaf-type" hands are also in gold, yet blackened to enhance legibility.
Equipped with the same calibre, the Royal Oak Model 14794 (30 mm) was primarily designed to adorn women's wrists, while Model 14882 (33 mm) was aimed at both men and women, according to the criteria of the 1990s.
In 1994, the first variant combined steel and tantalum, a metal as heavy as gold, biocompatible and extremely difficult to shape, which had been introduced by Audemars Piguet in 1988, notably in the Royal Oak Model 14486. The dark grey of the tantalum combines with the light grey of the steel to bring out the pink gold of the mechanism.
Two years later, two precious metal versions were added: pink gold and platinum, all produced in series of less than 10. While the technical data for the yellow gold, steel and two-tone variants are preserved in the Audemars Piguet Archives, the production records do not list any watches in these materials.
Manufacture GTF (vs Favre-Perret).
Total: 66 units between 1994 and 2001.
Tantalum and steel version: sales of 50 in 1994.
OR (pink gold) version, sales from 1996 to 2001: a total of 7 units, of which 2 (1996), 3 (1997), 1 (1999) and 1 (2001).
PT (platinum) version, sales from 1996 to 2000: a total of 9 units, of which 6 (1996), 1 (1997), 1 (1998) and 1 (2000).
To showcase its ultra-thin (1.64 mm), entirely openworked 14-carat gold mechanism, the Royal Oak 14882 surrounds it with a finely chased gold circle. The "leaf-type" hands are also in gold, yet blackened to enhance legibility.
Equipped with the same calibre, the Royal Oak Model 14794 (30 mm) was primarily designed to adorn women's wrists, while Model 14882 (33 mm) was aimed at both men and women, according to the criteria of the 1990s.
In 1994, the first variant combined steel and tantalum, a metal as heavy as gold, biocompatible and extremely difficult to shape, which had been introduced by Audemars Piguet in 1988, notably in the Royal Oak Model 14486. The dark grey of the tantalum combines with the light grey of the steel to bring out the pink gold of the mechanism.
Two years later, two precious metal versions were added: pink gold and platinum, all produced in series of less than 10. While the technical data for the yellow gold, steel and two-tone variants are preserved in the Audemars Piguet Archives, the production records do not list any watches in these materials.
Manufacture GTF (vs Favre-Perret).
Total: 66 units between 1994 and 2001.
Tantalum and steel version: sales of 50 in 1994.
OR (pink gold) version, sales from 1996 to 2001: a total of 7 units, of which 2 (1996), 3 (1997), 1 (1999) and 1 (2001).
PT (platinum) version, sales from 1996 to 2000: a total of 9 units, of which 6 (1996), 1 (1997), 1 (1998) and 1 (2000).
