40TH ANNIVERSARY OF AUDEMARS PIGUET’S ROYAL OAK IN PARIS
This exhibition put together by Audemars Piguet retraces 40 year of the iconic Royal Oak in a very artistic environment. After New York and Milan, the exhibition is currently opened to the public in Paris until June the 10th at the Palais de Tokyo. Interview with Octavio Garcia, Chief Artistic Officer of Audemars Piguet, and Eric Collombin, project manager.
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