Just before year-end, on the 24th of December to be exact, I traded my Audemars Piguet Royal Oak ref.15300 for a 15202ST (or 15202ST.OO.0944ST.02 in full). Although I was very happy with my white dialed
If you look even more closely, you will notice that the dial pattern is a bit different too. The squares are a bit smaller than on the current models of the
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