These new Audemars Piguet Replica Royal Oak 34 millimeter models are a first. The family company is using white ceramic for the case and strap for the first time. The rose gold elements of the dial provide colorful accents. We looked at the little sisters of the big Royal Oak.

Ceramics for the Royal Oak

The new Audemars Piguet Royal Oak 34 mm Automatic with a white ceramic case and strap is not the first of its kind at AP. The classic, launched in 1972, has had almost countless variations since its debut, including some in ceramic. A completely black Royal Oak with a perpetual calendar, in which ceramic characterizes the entire external appearance, caused a particular stir in 2024.

Compared to stainless steel, the original material of this model, the production of the ceramic link strap alone takes five times as long. In this respect, the price of 91,800 euros for the reference 26579CE.OO.1225CE.01 was not surprising. The highlight: Anyone who was able to get a copy at the official retail price will now get twice as much or even more for this technically complex Black Beauty.

Royal Oak 34

In 2024, a 34 millimeter Royal Oak with an automatic movement and a black outfit made of black ceramic and contrasting red gold accents came onto the market for 45,200 euros. The reference 77350CE-OO-1266CE-01 is equipped with the automatic caliber 5800, which measures 23.3 millimeters and is exactly four millimeters high. This is not of our own design, but is based on the VMF 3002 from Vaucher SA, based in Fleurier. Once fully wound, around 50 hours of autonomy are available.

This automatic caliber 5800, whose balance completes 21,600 semi-oscillations every hour, is logically also installed by Audemars Piguet in its white sister of the year 2023. In the case of the reference 77350CB.OO.1266CB.01, which measures 8.8 millimeters on the wrist, the monochrome ceramic is accompanied by rose gold accents . The dial, updated in 2022 to mark the 50th anniversary of Royal Oak, stands out with its shimmering Grande Tapisserie motif.

The luminosity of the Royal Oak 34 mm made of white ceramic is intensified by further rose gold accents in the luminous indices and the three centrally rotating hands. The duo for hours and minutes is also filled with luminous material. The galvanized signature is in the same color.

If you turn the back of the case, which is pressure-resistant up to five bar, forward, you will discover a wide rose gold bezel around the sapphire crystal, behind which the clockwork with rose gold ball bearings ticks. The black and therefore strongly contrasting folding clasp is made of steel and DLC-coated.