The Watch: The Royal Oak is to today what The Submariner was to the 20th century: THE watch design. You can thank this case and Mr. Genta for the profusion of integrated bracelet watches post-1972, and for reconciling the aesthetics of “watch-as-masculine-tool” and the aesthetics of “watch-as-luxury-jewelry” decades before Rolex fully bridged the gap.
This is a 56303SA: a 33mm that wears like a 36, an ultrathin quartz movement, a masterpiece of a bracelet, a tapisserie dial that threatens to hypnotize, and shockingly intact bevels for a pre-owned piece.
