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Audemars Piguet
57 references catalogued, spanning production starts from 1972–2022.
Gérald Genta drew it overnight for the 1972 Basel fair. AP priced a steel watch above its gold ones, which the industry considered commercial suicide, and built 1,000 A-series pieces to limit the damage. It rescued the company during the quartz crisis and created the luxury sports watch as a category — the Nautilus, the 222, the Overseas and the Ingenieur all follow from it. The exposed hexagonal bezel screws are functional and hand-aligned.
5402ST. 39mm, 7mm thick, the first 1,000 pieces.
36mm and 39mm mid-size models broaden the line.
Keeps the original 39mm ultra-thin proportions throughout.
41mm becomes the volume reference.
50th-anniversary Jumbo with the new calibre 7121.
References without production years are catalogued but do not yet carry a verified production record. Those fields are added as they are confirmed rather than estimated.