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Audemars Piguet Cobra 5403 – Blue Diamond Dial

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Here we have a vintage Audemars Piguet Cobra reference 5403 automatic in 18k yellow gold with a beautiful blue diamond dial from the 1970s. Keeps great time and is fully functional. Measurements of the case are 36mm including the crown. Non quickset date function at 3 a clock. It's on its original matching integrated 18k white gold bracelet measuring 7 inches long with its micro adjuster. 18K yellow gold case and cashback. The bracelet is fully integrated with a woven finish through the case. Unusual to find this in an automatic iteration. All parts are original including the dial, crown, movement, and caseback. Both the dial and case are in great cosmetic, untouched condition.

Ready to wear!

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History

The Cobra is one of the most sinuous and distinctive watches in the Audemars Piguet dress catalog — a bracelet watch whose integrated 18-karat gold links undulate in a pattern that evokes, and earns, the name. Produced primarily in the late 1970s through the 1990s, the Cobra houses ultrathin manual-wind movements in cases ranging from 26mm to 35mm.

These are watches that rewarded you for being close to them: the bracelet articulation, the surface contrasts between polished and brushed gold, and the dial finishing are all things a photograph undersells. Reference 5403 in yellow gold and 4239BA with pave diamond dials represent the range from elegant everyday wear to full haute joaillerie. The Cobra is AP at its most purely luxurious — no sport pretense, no complications for their own sake.