Today famed for their octagonal design elements as best seen in the Royal Oak, Royal Oak Offshore, Royal Oak Concept, Code 11.59 and others, Audemars Piguet, like just about every other high-end watchmaker, was once best-known for their round dress watches. Designed with a minimalist aesthetic that epitomized the timepiece’s functional nature, these dress watches were round, thin and had elegantly legible dials – just as this vintage dress watch has. Hailing from the 1960s, this dress watch is an 18kt yellow gold example that features a white dial with long thin applied indices and simple hands that feed into its design language all the more. Echoing this design language is this example’s running seconds subdial at 6 o’clock that takes the appearance of a delicate crosshair that reaches all the way down to the edge of the dial. Featuring a svelte case that allows this watch to be extra-thin, as AP was known for at the time, it is powered by a manual-wind movement like most dress watches from the same era.

Watch is in very good overall vintage condition. Case in excellent condition, with some wear, hallmark on the inner mid case fully visible, as is serial number on exterior of caseback. Dial in very good condition with some light spotting, visible primarily around the applied indexes.

An understated timepiece with fine details that reveal themselves the more you look, this example highlights the importance of looking at a piece of design for just a moment longer.