Vintage Audemars Piguet 9698 Ultra-Thin 33mm Cal.K2001/1A 18K White Gold Watch

Good vintage condition. Clean dial. Leather strap and steel tang buckle are aftermarket. Tested and calibrated timekeeping. Backed by a 2-year warranty and a 30-day return window. Audemars Piguet, alongside Vacheron Constantin and Patek Philippe, competed fiercely in this arena. The Reference 9698 was born from this golden era of classic watchmaking. Instead of utilizing standard, bulkier third-party ebauches, Audemars Piguet leaned on elite, exclusive ultra-thin caliber architectures. This allowed them to construct elegant, time-only dress watches that could glide effortlessly beneath a tailored tuxedo cuff without creating a bulky silhouette on the wrist. "K2001/1A" upgraded iteration—distinguished by its free-sprung Gyromax balance system and multi-position adjustment layout—was rolled out later. It served as the primary workhorse variant driving luxury dress watches predominantly throughout the 1970s and 1980s. SKU: 047484