Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Jumbo Extra-Thin
The version the trade calls the Jumbo. Thirty-nine millimetres, around eight millimetres thick, hours, minutes and a date only. Two different dials within the same reference.
We buy Audemars Piguet Royal Oak
Sell your Audemars Piguet Royal Oak
You can sell your Audemars Piguet Royal Oak to Reuven Watches in Utrecht. We buy every reference, from a thin 15202 to a 15400, a chronograph or an Offshore, in steel and in gold. Send a few photos and you will hear what we offer within 24 hours.
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What is my Audemars Piguet Royal Oak worth?
What a Royal Oak is worth depends first on which line you have: the thin thirty-nine millimetre version without a seconds hand, or the everyday one with a date and a thicker case. Then come the metal, the state of the bezel and the stretch in the bracelet. We assess every watch on its own, and within 24 hours you hear an offer without obligation, weekends included.
The Royal Oak arrived in 1972 as a steel watch at the price of a gold one, designed by Gérald Genta. Everything the model is known for was there from the start: an octagonal bezel with eight visible screws, a dial with a fine tapisserie pattern, and a bracelet that flows into the case without end links. Anyone assessing a Royal Oak looks at exactly those three things.
First which line, then the rest
Within this single model two families run side by side that look much alike in a photo. The thin thirty-nine millimetre version has hours, minutes and a date only, no seconds hand, and a case around eight millimetres thick. The everyday version does have a seconds hand, is forty-one or thirty-seven millimetres and is noticeably thicker. That difference decides which market your watch falls into, so it is the first question we ask.
We can go ahead without box or papers
If you no longer have the box or the warranty card, we still buy the watch; there is no minimum value and nothing is turned down in advance. It does make a difference, so it is worth a quick search before you send a request.
Versions
The Royal Oak versions we see most
Within this single model a thin classic, an everyday version with a date, two chronographs and the Offshore run side by side. Below are the six that reach us most, with the number alongside so you can find it on your card or between the lugs.
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Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Selfwinding 15400
Forty-one millimetres with a seconds hand and a date at three o'clock. The version most people mean when they say "the steel Royal Oak".
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Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Selfwinding 15500
The same size as the 15400 but with a new movement, a slightly thicker case and a revised dial with longer hour markers.
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Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Selfwinding 15300
Thirty-nine millimetres with a seconds hand. Sits between the thin version and the forty-one millimetre, and is confused with both.
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Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Chronograph 41 mm
Three sub-dials in a contrasting colour, which makes the dial calmer than on the 26320. Date at half past four.
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Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Chronograph 42 mm
The rugged line: thicker, with a coarser tapisserie pattern on the dial and pushers with a rubber cap. Its own audience, and its own market.
On this brand a letter after the number stands for the metal: ST for steel, OR for rose gold, BA for yellow gold, BC for white gold and PT for platinum. If you do not know the rest of the code, that is no obstacle; we work it out from the photos.
Reference numbers
Royal Oak references we buy often
On this brand the reference number is on the warranty card and usually engraved between the lugs on the six o'clock side as well. The letters after the number give the metal. If you cannot find it, we work it out from the photos.
| Reference | Version | Period | Feature |
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| 5402ST | Royal Oak, first generation | circa 1972 to 1990 | 39 mm, one-piece case, no window in the back |
| 14802ST | Royal Oak, twenty years | 1992 | run of 1000, first sapphire caseback |
| 15002ST | Royal Oak Extra-Thin | circa 1996 to 1999 | 39 mm, small run, steeper chamfer on the bezel |
| 15202ST and 15202OR | Royal Oak Extra-Thin, 39 mm | 2000 to 2022 | no seconds hand, two different dials |
| 16202ST | Royal Oak Extra-Thin, 39 mm | from 2022 | new movement, anniversary rotor in the back |
| 15300ST | Royal Oak Selfwinding, 39 mm | 2005 to 2012 | seconds hand, thicker than the 15202 |
| 15400ST | Royal Oak Selfwinding, 41 mm | 2012 to 2019 | the steel version we come across most |
| 15500ST | Royal Oak Selfwinding, 41 mm | from 2019 | new movement, longer hour markers |
| 15450ST | Royal Oak Selfwinding, 37 mm | from 2012 | the smaller size, also with brilliants |
| 25860ST | Royal Oak Chronograph, 39 mm | circa 1997 to 2008 | the first chronograph in this model |
| 26300ST | Royal Oak Chronograph, 39 mm | circa 2008 to 2012 | revised case, still 39 mm |
| 26320ST | Royal Oak Chronograph, 41 mm | circa 2012 to 2017 | the jump to 41 mm, screw-down pushers |
| 26331ST | Royal Oak Chronograph, 41 mm | circa 2017 to 2022 | sub-dials in a contrasting colour |
| 26240ST | Royal Oak Chronograph, 41 mm | from 2022 | new movement with a flyback function |
| 25721ST | Royal Oak Offshore, first generation | circa 1993 to 2004 | 42 mm, rubber crown and pushers |
| 26470ST | Royal Oak Offshore Chronograph | from 2014 | 42 mm, coarser pattern on the dial |
| 26420 and related | Royal Oak Offshore, latest | from 2021 | 43 mm, revised movement and case |
Not finding your reference here? We also buy the perpetual calendars, the skeleton versions, the limited-run Offshore editions and the ladies' models.
Specifications
The Royal Oak in specifications
The figures below apply to the steel versions with a date, so the 15300, the 15400 and the 15500. On the thin version, on the chronographs and on the Offshore they differ; that is noted line by line.
- On this brand the case number is often engraved between the lugs, on the six o'clock side, and it is small. A photo with the light coming from the side helps more than one taken straight from above.
- If you see no seconds hand on the dial, you probably have the thin version rather than the everyday one. On this model that is the quickest distinction you can make yourself.
- Bezel
- Octagonal, on eight hexagonal screws The screws are tightened from the back, so the heads on the front always sit level
- Case size
- 41 mm at 15400 and 15500 The 15300 and the thin version are 39 mm, the 15450 is 37 mm
- Case thickness
- Around 9.8 mm on the 15400 The thin version is around 8 mm, the Offshore well over 15 mm
- Case material
- Steel, white, yellow or rose gold, platinum The letters after the reference give the metal
- Dial
- Tapisserie, in three sizes Fine, large and extra coarse. The coarsest is on the Offshore
- Bracelet
- Integrated, in metal, leather or rubber The links differ per reference and are not interchangeable
- Water resistance
- 50 metres on most versions The Offshore is 100 metres. Neither is a dive watch
- Papers
- Warranty card with case and reference number On recent watches registered digitally rather than on paper
Use this table to work out which Royal Oak you have. An offer does not follow from it: we make that on the individual watch, with it in hand.
Check it yourself
Four places you can check yourself
You do not have to be an expert to see what your Royal Oak has been through. Take the watch in hand, stand by a window and tilt it slowly; these four things then come up by themselves.
The edge of the octagonal bezel
Hold the watch at an angle to the light and follow the line between the brushed top of the bezel and the polished chamfer around it. On an unspoilt example that line is equally crisp all the way round and runs in eight straight sections. If it has gone soft and rounded and the polished surface bleeds into the brushed one, material has been taken away. That does not come back.
The eight screws on the bezel
Check whether the heads of the eight hexagonal screws all sit at the same depth and in the same alignment. They are tightened from the back, so nothing on the front should sit askew. Scratches around a single screw give away that someone has worked on it with the wrong tool.
The pattern on the dial
Tilt the dial slowly under a lamp and see whether the tapisserie pattern is equally regular throughout and whether the applied hour markers sit straight. Note too where the text and the monogram are placed: on the thin version that says something about the year. Stains, a broken pattern or a crooked marker are reasons to look more closely.
The stretch in the integrated bracelet
Lift the watch by the clasp and see how far the links in the middle sag apart. This bracelet flows into the case without end links, so buying loose links is not an option. Stretch therefore counts double here. Then click the clasp open and shut a few times and note whether it still catches with a clear snap.
If you cannot capture all of this, no problem. Send what you can manage and write down what you noticed yourself; we will work out the rest.
Have your Royal Oak assessedValuation
What sets the value of a Royal Oak?
Two watches with the same number can sit far apart. On the Royal Oak that is mainly down to the case: it consists of surfaces meeting in a crisp line, and that line tells you what has happened to the watch over the years. The six points below are in order of how heavily they weigh.
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Which line and which reference
A thin 15202 without a seconds hand, a 15400 with a date, a chronograph and an Offshore are four different watches with four different markets. Until this is settled, talking about the rest is pointless.
Impact on the value: Large
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The state of the bezel and the flanks
The surfaces meet in a crisp line: brushed next to polished. Material buffed away makes that line rounded, and on this case shape it shows at once. On this model that is the point that most often costs money.
Impact on the value: Large
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The metal
Steel, rose gold, yellow gold, white gold or platinum, and on the Offshore also ceramic and titanium. The letters after the reference say which, and the difference is large.
Impact on the value: Large
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Warranty card and box
The card carrying the case and reference number makes the watch traceable. On recent examples the warranty is registered digitally; do say so, because then there is nothing on paper.
Impact on the value: Average
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The bracelet and the clasp
Sagging links cannot be fixed on this bracelet with a set of new ones, because they exist only in this version. We take the clasp into account too: does it still catch, and does the folding clasp still sit flat?
Impact on the value: Average
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Dial variant and service history
Blue, black, white, grey or a special edition, and sometimes with brilliants. A service at Audemars Piguet itself with the receipt to match is a plus.
Impact on the value: Average
You will not find figures or guide prices here. With these references the market moves too fast to pin a number to a web page, and you are better served by an offer on your own watch.
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The edge of a Royal Oak runs in eight crisp sections. If they are still crisp, little has been polished away.
Side by side
15202, 15400 or Offshore?
All three of these are called "the Royal Oak" and yet each is a different market. The good news: you can tell them apart yourself without tools. Put them side by side and the differences jump out.
| Royal Oak 15202 | Royal Oak 15400 | Offshore 26470 | |
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| Case size | 39 mm | 41 mm | 42 mm |
| Case thickness | Around 8 mm | Around 9.8 mm | Well over 15 mm |
| Seconds hand | None | Yes | Yes, in a counter |
| Pattern on the dial | Fine or large, depending on the year | Large | Extra heavy |
| Period | 2000 to 2022 | 2012 to 2019 | from 2014 |
| How often we see it | Less often, and sought after | The most common of the three | Regularly |
Not sure which you have? First look for a seconds hand on the dial. No seconds points to the thin version, seconds to the everyday one, and pushers beside the crown with a rubber cap to the Offshore.
The market
How does the market for the Royal Oak behave?
Four things that on a Royal Oak make the difference between a sale settled in a day and one that lingers. We predict nothing about the market; this is what comes across our counter.
Leave the case alone
The whole visual language of this watch consists of brushed surfaces with polished edges between them. A well-meant refresh at a jeweller takes those edges off and makes the octagon softer and rounder. Anyone who knows the watch sees it at a glance. So leave the case as it is: on this model a polish costs more than it earns.
The same reference, two dials
The thin 15202 ran from 2000 to 2022 and got a different dial halfway through. The early one has a coarser pattern and the monogram at the top; the later one a fine pattern, a double marker at twelve and the monogram at the bottom. Two examples with the same number are therefore not the same watch, and that is exactly why a photo of the dial is the first thing we ask for.
The Offshore is a market of its own
The Offshore is larger, thicker and far bolder, and so has a different audience from the ordinary Royal Oak. Versions in ceramic, in a limited run or in a special colour follow their own line within that. So put "Offshore" in your request if that is what you have; otherwise you get an answer about the wrong watch.
A gold rotor dates the watch
If your watch has a window in the back, look at the rotor. On the watches from the 2022 anniversary year it carries a fifty-year logo and is finished in the colour of the case. That is one of the few things by which you can establish a year yourself without having the papers to hand.
If you cannot work out where your watch belongs in this list, let us look at it. The offer carries no obligation, and we handle everything discreetly: there is no advert and no strangers at your door.
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All versions
Which Royal Oak do you want to sell?
We buy every Audemars Piguet Royal Oak, from an early 5402 to a 15500 or an Offshore in ceramic. For each reference we look at the metal, at the state of the bezel and the flanks, and at the stretch in the bracelet. Keep the warranty card to hand if you have it, because with it the conversation is about the watch and not about the doubt.
Sell your Audemars Piguet Royal Oak 15400
The 15400 is the steel forty-one millimetre Royal Oak with a seconds hand and a date at three o'clock, made from 2012 to 2019. If you want to sell a Royal Oak 15400, the first things we ask for are the colour of the dial and a photo of the bezel held at an angle to the light, because on this model the finish of the case decides most of the difference.
Sell your Royal Oak 15500
The 15500 succeeded the 15400 in 2019: the same forty-one millimetres, but with a new movement, a slightly thicker case and longer hour markers on the dial. To sell a Royal Oak 15500 we look at how complete the set is and at the state of the flanks, because this is a recent reference of which most examples ought still to be unmarked.
Sell your Royal Oak Jumbo or 15202
The thin thirty-nine millimetre version is called the Jumbo in the trade, even though it is in fact the smallest. It has no seconds hand and a case around eight millimetres thick. If you want to sell a Royal Oak 15202, a sharp photo of the dial is the first thing we need: this reference ran from 2000 to 2022 and got a different dial halfway through.
Sell your Royal Oak 16202
The 16202 arrived in 2022 as successor to the 15202, with a new movement and a longer power reserve. When selling a Royal Oak 16202 we look at the rotor behind the window in the back: on the watches from the anniversary year it carries the fifty-year logo. We also buy the versions in gold, platinum and titanium.
Sell your Royal Oak 15300 or 15450
The 15300 is the thirty-nine millimetre version with a seconds hand, made from 2005 to 2012, and the 15450 is the thirty-seven millimetre that joined it from 2012. To sell a Royal Oak 15300 or 15450 we measure the case if there is any doubt, because in a photo these two are confused with the forty-one millimetre.
Sell your Royal Oak Chronograph
The chronograph has existed since about 1997 and grew in 2012 from thirty-nine to forty-one millimetres. The 26320 has sub-dials in the same colour as the dial; the 26331 from 2017 has them in a contrasting colour. If you want to sell a Royal Oak Chronograph, we check that it starts, stops and resets to zero cleanly.
Sell your Royal Oak Offshore
The Offshore began in 1993 with the 25721, forty-two millimetres with a rubber crown and rubber pushers, and in 2021 received a revised forty-three millimetre case. To sell a Royal Oak Offshore we ask which version it is, because within this line ceramic, titanium, gold and limited runs sit side by side and those are different markets.
Sell your gold Royal Oak
The letters after the number give the metal: OR for rose gold, BA for yellow gold, BC for white gold and PT for platinum. If you want to sell a gold Royal Oak, the weight of the case and bracelet counts, but on this model the trade value is usually higher than the material value. We bid on the watch and not on the gold.
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Frequently asked questions
Questions about selling a Royal Oak
What is my Audemars Piguet Royal Oak worth?
That depends on which line you have, on the metal, on the state of the bezel and the flanks, and on whether the box and warranty card are included. A thin 15202 and an Offshore in ceramic sit in different markets.
We do not add a guide price. On this model it would depend on things a web page cannot show, such as the state of the bezel. Send a few photos and you will hear what we offer within 24 hours.
What is the difference between a Jumbo and an ordinary Royal Oak?
Look for a seconds hand on the dial. The thin version, which the trade calls the Jumbo, has none: hours, minutes and a date only. It is thirty-nine millimetres and around eight millimetres thick.
The everyday version does have a seconds hand, is forty-one or thirty-seven millimetres and is noticeably thicker. That is the quickest distinction you can make yourself.
Where do I find the reference number and the case number?
The reference is on the warranty card. On this brand the case number is often engraved between the lugs, on the six o'clock side, and it is small.
Take that photo with the light coming from the side rather than straight from above; then the engraving is legible. If it does not work, we work it out from the other photos.
My Royal Oak has been polished. Will you still buy it?
Yes. We buy it and tell you what we can see on the case.
On this model polishing is hard to hide: the brushed surfaces and the polished edges between them form a line that distorts under buffing. So leave any further work until after the sale, because it makes the watch worth less rather than more.
Do you also buy a Royal Oak Offshore?
Yes, all versions. From the first 25721 of 1993 with the rubber pushers to the revised forty-three millimetre case.
Do say which version it is and what the case is made of, because within this line steel, ceramic, titanium and gold run side by side and those are different markets.
Will you resell my watch with my name attached?
No. We buy the watch ourselves and handle the onward sale without involving your details.
There is no advert that can be traced back to you and no strangers at your door. At this price level that is, for many people, the reason to sell to a dealer rather than advertise it themselves.
I only have the watch, no box and no card. Is that all right?
That is fine. Any brand, any condition, and we set no lower limit.
On recent examples the warranty is registered digitally rather than on paper; just say so. A service receipt from Audemars Piguet or from a good workshop fills in the picture further.
How soon do I get an offer on my Royal Oak?
Usually the same day and in any case within 24 hours, Saturdays and Sundays included.
After that you decide. You may set the offer alongside others and turn it down; the watch simply stays yours.
Assessed by
Beni Reuben
Owner and valuer at Reuven Watches
On a Royal Oak, Beni Reuben starts with the bezel and not with the dial. He holds the case at an angle to the light and follows the edge round: if that line is still crisp in eight straight sections, nothing has been polished away. Then comes the bracelet, because stretch in an integrated bracelet is not easily put right.
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Curious what we would offer for your Royal Oak?
Send photos of the dial, of the bezel held at an angle to the light, and of the lug end at six o'clock. Within 24 hours you will hear what we offer, weekends included.
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