Audemars Piguet 6005SA Royal Oak 1980s

Name: Audemars Piguet 6005SA Royal Oak 1980s
Brand: Audemars Piguet
SKU: #1460
Price: 11900.00 EUR
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Description
BRAND HISTORY

Audemars Piguet Ref. 6005 SA – Two-Tone Jumbo with Royal Oak DNA

This beautifully designed Audemars Piguet Ref. 6005 SA shares unmistakable styling cues with the Royal Oak, yet AP never officially called it one. Instead, it belonged to the elegant and lesser-known “Quartz Line” of the 1980s.

This Jumbo-sized example features a sharp 32 mm stainless steel case with an 18k yellow gold bezel, paired with the original integrated two-tone bracelet. The flawless grey Petite Tapisserie dial, yellow gold stick hands, and matching hour markers create the perfect balance between sportiness and refinement.

This reference offers the look and feel of a Royal Oak in a rarer and more discreet form.

- wrist size in our picture is 18cm circumference -

DIAL:

original never touched grey "Petit Tapisserie" dial in flawless condition
original hands & crown

BRACELET & BUCKLE:

the original Audemars Piguet 18k yellow gold/stainless steel "Royal Oak" bracelet is fitting up to 18.5 cm wrist size (links can be removed) / 2 mm thick
stainless steel Audemars Piguet clasp

CASE:

excellent overall condition, showing almost no traces of use
polished to AP factory specifications
3- body stainless steel/18k yellow gold case with screw down case back
32 mm (without crown) / 41 mm (lug-to-lug) / 22 mm (bracelet) / 7 mm thick
Year: mid 1980s
reference: 6005 SA
total weight: 100 g

MOVEMENT:

Audemars Piguet Quartz - Caliber 2511
professionally serviced 03/2026

BOX & PAPERS:

GOLDAMMER certificate of authenticity & service documentation card
GOLDAMMER box

GOLDAMMER REFERENCE: #1460

Audemars Piguet

In the Vallée de Joux — cradle of Swiss high horology — two young watchmakers joined forces in 1875. Their names were Jules-Louis Audemars and Edward-Auguste Piguet. From that moment on, Audemars Piguet has remained fiercely independent, family-owned, and uncompromising in its vision of what fine watchmaking should be.

Among the elite houses of horology, AP is the rebel artist. Innovative, daring, and forever rewriting the rules of design and engineering. In the 20th century, they were the first to create minute repeaters in wristwatch form. But it was in 1972 that Audemars Piguet changed watchmaking forever — with the birth of the Royal Oak.

A steel sports watch. With visible screws. An octagonal bezel. And a level of finishing usually reserved for gold. It was radical. Audacious. And in time, it became iconic.

Today, vintage watch collectors consider early Royal Oak references among the most desirable timepieces in the world. But the brand’s legacy runs deeper than one model. AP has always walked the fine line between artistry and technical prowess — whether through skeletonized perpetual calendars, ultra-thin tourbillons, or experimental case materials that push what a vintage watch can be.

To wear an Audemars Piguet is to wear confidence. It is for the collector who appreciates the avant-garde but demands heritage. Someone who seeks boldness, but never at the cost of substance. Someone who chooses a vintage watch not because it follows the rules — but because it rewrites them.

Audemars Piguet doesn’t just make watches. It creates icons that break molds — and then hand-finishes them to perfection.

Because tradition isn’t meant to be preserved under glass. It’s meant to evolve — beautifully, fearlessly, and with purpose.