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Ananya Panday embraced timeless luxury with the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Mini Frosted Gold, a coveted celebrity favourite blending heritage design and modern sparkle
Ananya Panday turned heads with the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Mini Frosted Gold Quartz—an 18-carat stunner retailing at $34,400.
For true connoisseurs of luxury fashion, the ultimate indulgence lies in exclusivity—the thrill of owning what few others can. Nowhere is this more evident than in the universe of haute horology, where rare timepieces can command staggering prices, bypass conventional retail altogether, and often appear in editions numbering barely a handful. Yet, intriguingly, there is one watch that has become a recurring sight on the wrists of the style elite: the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Mini.
Hailey Bieber, a devoted admirer of the house, has often been seen sporting multiple iterations of the piece, cementing its place as a modern icon. Closer home, Bollywood’s Gen Z star Ananya Panday recently offered her own take on effortless chic. In a series of Instagram photos, she posed in a MontSand ensemble, but what truly captivated the fashion crowd was her wristwear: the Royal Oak Mini Frosted Gold Quartz.
This jewel of a timepiece is priced at $34,400 (approximately ₹29.97 lakh) and comes in variants of white, pink, and yellow gold. Its aesthetic traces its lineage back to the Mini Oak of 1997, reimagined with contemporary finesse. The 23mm case and bracelet are forged from 18-carat yellow gold, finished in Audemars Piguet’s signature Frosted Gold technique. The look is completed by a Petite Tapisserie dial, subtly echoing the Maison’s heritage of precision artistry. Beating within is the quartz Calibre 2730, a movement that ensures reliability without compromising elegance.
Though compact in diameter, the Royal Oak Mini is not the tiniest creation in AP’s archives. Its true distinction lies in craftsmanship. As Robb Report noted in its feature Audemars Piguet Just Dropped a Bevy of New Watches—Including a Mini Royal Oak, the brand employs an artisanal process adapted from jewellery-making. The technique, first introduced to the Royal Oak in 2016 and later revisited in 2018 in collaboration with designer Carolina Bucci, involves hand-hammering the gold with a diamond-tipped tool. The result is a finish that glimmers with understated radiance, catching light like stardust while retaining the clean geometry of Gérald Genta’s legendary Royal Oak design.
It is this alchemy, rarity, history, artistry, and celebrity cachet—that makes the Royal Oak Mini a true object of desire. A watch not just to tell time, but to define it.
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