Audemars Piguet Royal Oak MIDSIZE 15450ST.OO.1256ST.01 Audemars Piguet Watch Review

hi I'm Tim welcome to watch box and thanks for logging on if you love this watch email me temasa with the watchbox.com it's in the description below it's your purchase and pricing email question line for buying this or any watch you see on any watch box platform please reach out to me directly email T mosso at the watchbox.com for pricing today we're discussing a watch that launched in 2012 really this is the successor to both the 15 300 which was the full-size Royal Oak automatic and the prior 14790 which was the mid-size so this is the 15 450 it's the 37 millimeter version of the automatic Royal Oak in stainless steel it's 9.9 millimeters thick from lug tip to Lug tip the case is a 47 millimeters but if we include this little double intermediate links these plots outboard the total distance crossed the wrist the rigid distance is actually 49.5 millimeters so like every Royal Oak ever and every offshore wears a size or two larger than its red rated size so think this is more like a 39 or a 40 in terms of how it fits on the wrist you can see on my 16 centimeter circumference wrist wears nicely flat enough that it'll fit underneath any cuff especially with the sloped bezel it isn't as small as the 37 millimeter size would suggest just looking at it on the wrist it looks like a 39 and I'm going to recommend you have a wrist of 14 centimeters circumference or larger to wear this any smaller than that you're going to want a smaller Royal Oak now taking a quick look at the watch it's finished in Immaculate fashion I always feel you get a bit shortchanged if you buy a Royal Oak on a strap full bracelet is how Gerald Genta invented the watch in 1972 and full bracelet is how he envisioned it as he was principally a jewelry designer and he envisioned the Royal Oak as a piece of jewelry for a man that just happened to feature a timepiece so the case flows into the lugs flows into the bracelet seamlessly one into the other the steps are so seamless that when you pull the bracelet to one side you can't actually feel the steps even though you can see the curvature the bevel of the case expands as it rides down the log hoods and then it's continued perfectly aligned across the shoulders of the links the links and profiles are vertically saturnated and from the top they're longitudinally saturnated you can see the intermediate planks they're actually polished internally so as you roll the bracelet and you take a look at those intermediate plots you can see that they're Polished in a way that's only really visible when you bend the bracelet the bracelet takes between 9 and 11 hours to finish by itself that's without the case the clasp and the bezel so this is a true artisanal work of art you can see that removable links are fixed by screws so this is the way bracelets should be constructed on heavy and expensive sports watches and you can see that the bracelet is fixed to the case using screws and bars again better than the conventional spring Boris here we have the screw system which fixes it more securely and unlike Patek which now uses pins and sleeves to fix its removable links AP still makes these things even in the present day with screws now we have a double folding clasp you can see it's a sequential closed one side before the other a twin trigger release you can't just press one you have to press both to release this clasp so a lot of security for the sports watch you can see internally it's set needed in media blasted for a handsome double finish even a triple finish if you look at the polished bevel on the flank of the triggers flipping over to the case there's a lot to love the octagonal form was inspired by a vintage dive helmet and so that's where this rounded octagon comes from you can see the crown which is a screw down is hexagonal with a screw down crown and a 50 meter water resistance rating this is a Surface swimmable watch you can see that the bezel is actually 3 fasted we have the satin finish vertical portion the broad polished and rounded flank and then a vertically saturnated flat bezel top the hexagonal bolts are perfectly aligned because they're bolts not screws little nuts hold them on the bottom inside the case they're actually made of white gold and you can see dramatically the difference between the warmth of white gold and the silvery white flash of Steel there is a light contrast there also the hexagonal form of the bolts matches the form of the crown the dial is the Cajon tepisserie it is the large hobnail cut on a vintage pantograph lay the mimicry engine from 2012 these were done in audomorphicazone manufacture so you have a big template featuring the hob nails and the finer textures a finger follower traces the textures that template on a small brass blank which becomes the dial it recreates tens of thousands of tiny textures and large hobnels an artisanal form that allows these dials to be crafted much the way they have been since 1972. AP logo hands and indices are white gold to prevent oxidation or tarnish over time this is a sports watch which means luminescence is respectable you can easily read this watch in the dark we have a silver disc for silver dial which is a nice match and you can see there are two subsidiary setting modes one is hacking or stop seconds and the other is a quick set system that allows you to rapidly cycle the date on the back you can see a automobile manufacturer movement this is the 3120 automatic winding it's quite tough with a full balance Bridge a freeze prone balance and a relatively thin construction it was designed with the Royal Oak offshore in mind so it's more than tough enough for this application it's a bi-directional Winder with Hyper efficient unlubricated ceramic rotor bearings with a 60 hour power reserved if it's on 40 joules it has the quick set the stop seconds and you can see it has a gyro max style free sprung balance that beats away at 21 600 vibrations per hour in addition to shock resistance the gyro max style architecture allows for very precise adjustment the rotor which is 22 karat gold features the coat of arms of the Audemars piguet family to remind you that Audemars and piguet remain involved as AP is the oldest Swiss watchmaker continuously owned and run by its founding families since 1875. the movement is a judicious and handsome blend of hand and mechanical finishing worthy of the price reach out to team also with the watchbox.com for purchase and pricing details

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Length: 5min 52sec (352 seconds)

Published: Tue Jan 31 2023