15073, Royal Oak Haute Joaillerie
1999. Royal Oak Haute Joaillerie 15073. Ultra-thin Calibre 2003SQ (1.64mm), skeletonised and engraved by hand, movement 456697. 30 mm Case D97610 in 18-carat white gold entirely paved with brilliant-cut diamonds. Audemars Piguet Heritage, inv. 1874.
Circa 1999. Identification photograph of Model 15073. . Audemars Piguet Archives.
1998. Technical data for Model 15073BC. Audemars Piguet Archives.
Entirely paved with brilliant-cut diamonds, Model 15073 is a work of both Haute Joaillerie and Haute Horlogerie.
Its ultra-thin (1.64 mm) mechanism in 14-carat gold is entirely skeletonised and engraved by hand. Its hands are set using a method exclusive to Audemars Piguet , while the hour-markers take the form of small emeralds set on tiny chatons fixed to a sapphire crystal dial barely thicker than a sheet of paper.
This one-of-a-kind timepiece was unveiled in Germany in 1999 and joined the Musée Atelier Audemars Piguet collection in 2018.
1 BC (white gold) example set with brilliant-cut diamonds sold in 1999.
Derived from Model 14794.
Entirely paved with brilliant-cut diamonds, Model 15073 is a work of both Haute Joaillerie and Haute Horlogerie.
Its ultra-thin (1.64 mm) mechanism in 14-carat gold is entirely skeletonised and engraved by hand. Its hands are set using a method exclusive to Audemars Piguet , while the hour-markers take the form of small emeralds set on tiny chatons fixed to a sapphire crystal dial barely thicker than a sheet of paper.
This one-of-a-kind timepiece was unveiled in Germany in 1999 and joined the Musée Atelier Audemars Piguet collection in 2018.
1 BC (white gold) example set with brilliant-cut diamonds sold in 1999.
Derived from Model 14794.
