For its latest high jewellery collection, Audemars Piguet starts with one of the Royal Oak’s most recognisable details: the bracelet. Broad links narrow towards the clasp, small raised studs punctuate the surface, and satin-brushed metal meets polished edges that catch the light as the wrist moves.
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That language goes back to Gérald Genta’s original Royal Oak from 1972. The links and studs are decorated and assembled by hand, while the mix of satin brushing and polished chamfers gave stainless steel an unusually precious finish for a sports watch. In 1976, Jacqueline Dimier, Audemars Piguet’s first in-house designer, revisited the Royal Oak for women, refining its proportions and bringing even more attention to its faceted surfaces.
The move from sports watch to choker works because the original bracelet already has weight, articulation and a strong line around the wrist. At a larger scale, those qualities suit a neck or a cuff.
Built largely with jewellery and watch designer Nathalie Barzilay, Royal Oak Joaillerie uses that bracelet as the starting point. The links move into gold and titanium, across cuffs, chokers, tie necklaces and earrings, with stones and finishes changing the character without losing the original shape.
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Dream of Joux is where the Vallée de Joux comes through most clearly. Frozen lakes, blue moons and local flora appear through colour and texture. On the Blueberries cuff, a yellow-gold branch runs across brilliant-cut diamonds, with amethyst and black spinel cabochons forming the fruit. Frozen Lake breaks the surface up with different cuts and sizes of blue and white stones, while the tie necklace keeps to the same cold palette in anodised titanium, sapphires and pear-shaped diamonds.
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Darker in mood is the Risoud Eclipse with sugarloaf emeralds sitting high against black PVD titanium so the green feels almost lit from within. Frosted Gold shifts the attention to the metal itself. Developed with Carolina Bucci in 2016, the finish leaves the gold finely textured by a diamond-tipped tool, with polished studs and edges cutting through the shimmer.
Jewellery has been part of Audemars Piguet for much longer than the Royal Oak. The manufacture worked with Tiffany, Cartier, Oscar Heyman and Bvlgari on pendant, brooch and ring watches, and established its own jewellery workshop in the 1980s. In 1929, its Tutti Frutti watch brought diamonds, emeralds, rubies and blue and yellow sapphires around the smallest movement Audemars Piguet had produced at the time.
Royal Oak Joaillerie launches on 2 October 2026, bringing the Royal Oak’s familiar geometry into high jewellery.
