Audemars Piguet reference 5279 in white gold — white dial, caliber K2120 giving the watch an intimacy

giving the watch an intimacy that white gold or platinum cannot replicate at this scale

a rectangular body

and thoroughly compelling Universal Genève

bevelled sides and a pronounced architectural presence that owes as much to Art Deco jewellery as to watchmaking convention

Audemars Piguet reference 5279 in white gold — white dial, caliber K2120 giving the watch an intimacyIn 1972, Audemars Piguet launched the Royal Oak and changed the course of luxury watchmaking. What is less often told is that the same extraordinary movement caliber K2120, one of the thinnest automatic movements ever made at 2. 45mm quietly powered other AP references of the period, including this cusion shaped dress watch. A cushion shaped case in 18k white gold, produced around 1974, wearing one of the great movements of the twentieth century with