Audemars Piguet
Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar 41 Rose Gold
26574OR
The Royal Oak's perpetual calendar mastery cast in warm rose gold.
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Overview
The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar 41 in reference 26574OR brings together the iconic Grande Tapisserie dial architecture and a full perpetual-calendar complication within a 41 mm 18k rose gold case. Available in both blue and slate dial variants, it represents one of the most refined expressions of the Royal Oak line's horological ambition. Calibre 5134 powers the mechanism, orchestrating day, date, month, and moon-phase displays with the precision expected of a grand complication from Le Brassus.
History
The Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar has been a cornerstone of Audemars Piguet's complicated offerings since the complication was first integrated into the Royal Oak case in the 1980s. Reference 26574OR was introduced around 2015, extending the perpetual-calendar family into the 41 mm case size that had become the contemporary standard for the Royal Oak line. The rose gold variant attracted collectors drawn to the warmth of the metal against the cool geometry of the Gérald Genta-designed case, and the reference remained in production until approximately 2021. It is now regarded as a transitional reference, bridging the classic perpetual-calendar Royal Oak era and the subsequent generation of updated references.
Notable points
- Case material is 18k rose gold, measuring 41 mm — a size that modernised the perpetual-calendar Royal Oak for contemporary wrists.
- Calibre 5134 is a self-winding movement incorporating a perpetual calendar that accounts for months of varying length and leap years without manual correction.
- The Grande Tapisserie dial pattern — a hallmark of the Royal Oak since 1972 — is rendered in two distinct executions: blue and slate.
- The integrated bracelet, a defining feature of Gérald Genta's original 1972 design, is replicated in matching 18k rose gold throughout.
- Production spanned roughly 2015 to 2021, making surviving examples a defined chapter in the Royal Oak perpetual-calendar lineage.
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