Bruno Mars gave Audemars Piguet Royal Oaks to his band members after the 24k Magic tour, and at least four are now being flipped on the open market.
With This Reissue, Grand Seiko Embraces the Spurned ‘Seiko’ Dial and Ignores Japan’s Micro Seasonsalbum and tour. Accordingly, “XXIVK” and “Magic” are engraved around the case-back, and each timepiece spins a customized solid-gold rotor with each band member’s initials.With This Reissue, Grand Seiko Embraces the Spurned ‘Seiko’ Dial and Ignores Japan’s Micro Seasonsto his manager at the time, Aaron Elharar .
Condition of the Royal Oak for sale through M.S. Rau in New Orleans is excellent, but the watch was obviously worn. It is priced at $200,000.Putting emotions to the side, however, we can’t fault the collectability of these customized Royal Oaks, nor can we fault the timing of these flips. In 2018, when Mars gifted the watches, the watch market was just building serious steam. By 2020 the—especially for Royal Oaks.
Sotheby’s sold another one of the band’s watches with a gold dial in June, and this one likely belonged to the bass player, Jamareo Artis. The “JA” on the rotor makes that obvious, and Sotheby’s head of watchestold me as much when I previewed the timepiece at earlier this year. Interestingly, this watch also sold in a direct on-line sale to a private collector who may have been the one to re-flip it atThe customized rotors of the Royal Oaks being flipped spell out who has flipped their watch.
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