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Audemars Piguet Cobra – Champagne Diamond Dial

Details

Here's a vintage Audemars Piguet Cobra in 18K yellow gold with a champagne diamond dial manual wind from the 1980s. Measurements include a 28mm case and bracelet that fits up to a 6.75 inch wrist. Classic cobra look. Beaded finish bracelet. All parts, including the crown, dial, movement, and caseback are original.

Ready to wear!

Key Specs

Model: Round Case Baby Cobra

Year: 1980s (C-Series)

Movement: Manual

Case Size: 31mm

Bezel: 18K YG

Bracelet: 18K YG Integrated (Uncut)

Dial: Champagne with Diamond Hands and Hours

Wrist Size: 7.25-7.5in

Metal: 18K YG

Weight: 87.8g

SKU: 293

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.