AUDEMARS PIGUET – Royal Oak RD#2 Ultra-Thin Perpetual Calendar Platinum 41mm
Thin, thinner, thinnest
It took 5 years of research and development for Audemars Piguet to create the new ultra-thin 5133 calibre, the beating heart of the Royal Oak RD#2 self-winding perpetual calendar watch unveiled at SIHH 2018 haute horlogerie exhibition.
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Enhancing the Royal Oak design codes, Audemars Piguet pushes watchmaking boundaries yet again with the Royal Oak RD#2 prototype - a Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar Ultra-thin model.
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The ingenious redesign of the perpetual calendar function constitutes a tribute to AP’s long history of producing world premiers.
A new record-breaker
The Royal Oak RD#2, the world’s thinnest Selfwinding Perpetual calendar at just 6.3 mm thick, marks a new watchmaking record. At just 6.30 mm, the redesigned case shaves almost 2 mm off the Royal Oak Extra Thin Jumbo.
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For this extremely slim perpetual calendar watch, the engineers and watchmakers from Audemars Piguet have re-engineered a three-storey movement into a single level, making it ultra-thin while combining and re-arranging functions to boost ergonomy, efficiency and robustness. This patented system features a 2.89mm central rotor.
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This new movement boasts 40-hour power reserve, and same frequency (2.75Hz / 19’800 vibrations per hour) as calibre 5134.
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This record breaking perpetual calendar watch comes dressed in a 950 platinum case and bracelet. The watch boasts a “Grande Tapisserie” pattern blue dial featuring improved readability with expanded counters and a night and day indication.
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At just 6.30mm, the redesigned case shaves almost 2mm off the Royal Oak Extra-Thin Jumbo, making the Royal Oak RD#2 the thinnest self-winding perpetual calendar on the market today.
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The 12 o’clock moon phase of the new ultra-thin watch pays homage to the company’s first Perpetual calendar wristwatch that came out in 1955.
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TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Model: Royal Oak RD#2 Perpetual Calendar
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MOVEMENT
Self-winding Manufacture Calibre 5133
Total diameter: 32.00mm (14 ¾ lignes)
Total thickness: 2.89mm
Number of jewels: 37
Number of parts: 256
Minimal guaranteed power reserve: 40h
Frequency of balance wheel 2.75Hz (=19,800 vibrations/hour)
FUNCTIONS
Perpetual calendar with day, date, astronomical moon,
month, leap year, night and day indication, hours and minutes
CASE
950 platinum case
Glare-proofed sapphire crystal and caseback,
Royal Oak – RD#2 engraved on the caseback.
Water-resistant to 20m.
DIAL
Blue dial with “Grande Tapisserie” pattern, blue counters.
White gold applied hour-markers and Royal Oak hands with luminescent coating
BRACELET
950 platinum bracelet with AP folding clasp
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Press Release - 2018
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