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Looking Through the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Double Balance Wheel Openworked

Audemars Piguet’s Royal Oak Double Balance Wheel Openworked pairs a visible movement with two balance-wheel assemblies on the same axis. Here are the documented specifications and the limits of the brand’s stability claim.
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The Royal Oak Double Balance Wheel Openworked combines a visible, skeletonised movement with a timing regulator built around two balance wheels. Audemars Piguet says the second balance wheel and balance-spring assembly shares the first’s axis and is intended to improve stability and precision. The brand’s published specifications establish what is in the watch; they do not independently demonstrate a timekeeping advantage.

What the double balance wheel describes

A balance wheel and its hairspring act as a movement’s timing regulator. In its description of the 41 mm Royal Oak Double Balance Wheel Openworked, Audemars Piguet says the defining arrangement is a second balance wheel and balance-spring assembly fixed on the same axis as the first. The brand states that the patented geometry tackles stabilising issues and improves precision and stability. That is AP’s explanation of the design, not a result established by comparative timekeeping tests in the cited material.

Phillips’ catalogue essay describes the positional concern behind the design: a watch’s rate can be affected by the orientation of a movement with one balance and hairspring. It describes the 15407’s solution as two superimposed balance wheels, each with its own hairspring. This helps explain the architecture, but it does not establish that the watch is immune to positional variation or more accurate in everyday wear.

What is visible through the openworked movement

Openworking removes much of the solid dial and movement material that would otherwise conceal the mechanism, making the movement visible from the dial side. AP specifically says the mechanism can be seen from both sides on the documented 37 mm pink-gold version. That description applies to that listed version; it should not be treated as a complete specification for every reference.

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Phillips’ catalogue describes the 15407 movement’s bridges as ruthenium-coated, with a golden balance bridge, and notes hand-finishing on the pink-gold balance bridge. Those are catalogue descriptions of the example and finishing discussed there, rather than a universal finishing specification for every variant.

Verified specifications of the 41 mm steel 15407ST

Audemars Piguet’s official listing for reference 15407ST.OO.1220ST.01 identifies the following case, dial and movement details:

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Item AP-listed specification
Case Stainless steel; 41 mm diameter; 9.9 mm thick
Water resistance 50 m
Crystal and caseback Glareproofed sapphire crystal and sapphire caseback
Dial and hands Slate-grey openworked dial; pink-gold applied hour markers; Royal Oak hands with luminescent coating
Bracelet and clasp Stainless-steel bracelet with AP folding clasp
Calibre and functions Self-winding calibre 3132; hours, minutes and centre seconds
Movement dimensions 26.6 mm total diameter; 4.4 mm thick
Jewels and components 38 jewels; 245 parts
Frequency and reserve 3 Hz (21,600 vibrations per hour); 45-hour power reserve

These figures are AP’s current published specifications for the named reference and calibre, not measurements from an independent inspection.

How the 37 mm gold references differ

AP also documents 37 mm versions in pink gold and white gold. They show that the design appears in different sizes and metals; they are examples, not an exhaustive list of past or current references.

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Reference Documented details
15467OR.OO.1256OR.01 37 mm pink gold. AP says the openworked mechanism is visible from both sides and lists calibre 3132 with a 45-hour power reserve.
15467BC.OO.1256BC.01 37 mm white gold, with a tone-on-tone openworked movement and light-blue inner bezel. AP lists calibre 3132 and 50 m water resistance.
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Price and availability

AP’s product listing does not provide a current retail price or live stock status. For region-specific pricing and availability, use the boutique-finding option on the official 15407ST product page.

Phillips recorded a $139,700 sale result for one 2022 example of reference 15407ST.00.1220ST.01. That is the result for an individual auction lot with its own stated condition and accessories—not an AP retail price or a present-day market valuation. See the Phillips lot listing for the lot details.

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