Royal Oak Concept

The Royal Oak Concept is Audemars Piguet's laboratory — a series of watches that abandons convention to showcase what AP's movement engineers and designers can achieve when freed from the constraints of commercial production. Launched in 2002 with a flying tourbillon and skeletonized movement visible through both sides of the case, the Concept has evolved into a series of technically radical objects including carbon fiber cases machined to tolerances of microns, flyback chronographs with titanium pushers, and gravity-defying movement architectures. The RD#1 Concept (26221FT) with its flying tourbillon and titanium/rubber case became the template for a generation of Concept watches. More recent references include the Black Panther Concept watch (26620IO.OO.D002CA.01) created in collaboration with Marvel Studios — one of the most extraordinary celebrity partnership watches ever produced. Each Concept reference is produced in extremely limited numbers, making them among the rarest watches AP makes. Pre-owned Concept pieces are avidly sought by serious collectors who appreciate both the engineering and the rarity.