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The octagon-shaped three-body strongbox case is polished and brushed.
18K yellow gold bezel screwed down by 8 hexagonal white gold nuts   
18K yellow gold and luminescent coating applied Royal Oak baton-shaped hour and minute hands, black painted stick-shaped center sweep seconds hand, 18K yellow gold, and luminous coating baton-shaped hour markers
18K yellow gold pull/push crown
18K yellow solid case back secured with eight white gold screws 
18K yellow gold downturned integral lugs
The 18K yellow gold integral bracelet is in excellent good condition. 
Audemars Piguet introduced this Royal Oak model 14700 in the 1990s as a scaled-down version of the original Royal Oak Ref. 5402.   

Audemars Piguet - Royal Oak Yellow Gold Ref. 14700BA

  • Brand: Audemars Piguet
    Model: Royal Oak 
    Reference Number: 14700BA 
    Movement: Automatic
    Condition: Very good   
    Gender: Men's
    Time Period: 1990s
    Box: Yes
    Papers: No

    Caliber: AP 2225 - Derived from LeCoultre JLC 889 caliber movement
    Jewels: 40

    Case Material: 18K yellow gold
    Case Diameter: 36 mm 
    Thickness: 7.8 mm
    Waterproof: 100 ft./ 30 m./ 3 ATM
    Bezel Material: Fixed 18K yellow gold and black rubber gasket secured by eight 18K white gold screws
    Glass: Sapphire Crystal
    Caseback: Solid
    Dial: Champagne " Petite Tapisserie" with square-pattern - minor signs of oxidation due to age
    Dial Numerals: 18K yellow oval gold framed and luminescent hour indices, black painted outer track with minute/seconds divisions 

    Bracelet Material: 18K yellow gold
    Buckle: Fold-over Clasp
    Buckle Material: 18K yellow and white gold

    Hours, minutes, date aperture at 3 o'clock, 40-hour power reserve.

  • The caliber Audemars Piguet 2225 is a mechanical bi-directional self-winding m, rhodium-plated with fausses côtes embellishment, and constructed with 40 jewels. It has an annular balance, a shock absorber device, and a straight-line lever escapement. In addition, it includes a monometallic balance with variable inertia block that is adjusted for heat, cold, isochronism, and 5 positions, a self-compensating flat balance-spring, a rotor mounted on ceramic ball bearings with oscillating weight segment in 24K gold, and the bevels on the bridge are diamond graved, and a stop balance when setting the time (stops seconds hand). 
    This mechanism oscillates at a frequency of 28,800 vhp (4 Hz).
    Dial, case, and movement are all signed.

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