Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Tourbillon

AP tourbillon prices by model

Prices are the lowest live Bizak catalogue price for each model on 19 October 2026, new or pre-owned as the listing states; tap a price to open that watch and reserve it. Calibres, thicknesses and power reserves are Audemars Piguet’s figures.

Royal Oak Selfwinding Flying Tourbillon: 26530, 26730 and 26735

The Selfwinding Flying Tourbillon is the tourbillon version of the 41 mm Royal Oak: on a bracelet, water resistant to 50 m, with a flying tourbillon at 6 o’clock and the selfwinding calibre 2950 (27 jewels, 270 parts, 65-hour power reserve). AP says it reserved its selfwinding flying tourbillon for 41 mm cases until the RD#3 of 2022. The earlier 26530 is 10.7 mm thick, with a sunburst “Evolutive Tapisserie” dial that spreads out from the tourbillon cage, smoked blue on the steel 26530ST, or a sandblasted slate grey dial on the titanium 26530TI; the 26532IC adds a white gold bezel set with baguette-cut emeralds. The 26730 brought AP’s 2022 Royal Oak design evolution and the “50-years” oscillating weight in a case 10.6 mm thick (10.7 mm with a diamond bezel), with “Grande Tapisserie” or sandblasted dials; on its GG versions the bezel is hammered Frosted Gold and the dial dimpled. The openworked 26735 uses calibre 2972, first released in 2022 for the Royal Oak’s 50th anniversary, and the 26735SG was AP’s first watch in sand gold, an 18-carat alloy that sits between white and pink gold.

Yellow gold with a smoked yellow gold-toned dial (26730BA) starts at $325,499 and white gold with a bezel of 32 baguette-cut diamonds (26730BC.ZZ) at $249,202. Our 26735ST up close looks at the openworked steel model, and our Royal Oak 41 mm page shows the time-only 41 mm models.

Royal Oak Tourbillon Extra-Thin: hand-wound and 9 mm thick

The Tourbillon Extra-Thin is AP’s hand-wound alternative: a 41 mm Royal Oak 9 mm thick, water resistant to 50 m, with calibre 2924 (4.5 mm thick, 25 jewels, 216 parts) and a 69-hour power reserve. AP lists its functions as tourbillon, power reserve, hours and minutes, and calls it a tourbillon rather than a flying tourbillon. It has run through several references, from the 26510 to the 26522, whose steel version has a purple “Tapisserie Evolutive” dial. The openworked 26518 keeps the calibre and the 9 mm case: AP made the pink gold 26518OR as a 50-piece edition with a slate grey dial, and the steel 26518ST, with a rhodium-toned openworked dial, as a limited edition. Against the 26730 it is 1.6 mm thinner and runs four hours longer, but it has to be wound by hand.

RD#3 and RD#5: the extra-thin selfwinding flying tourbillons

For the Royal Oak’s 50th anniversary in 2022, AP fitted a selfwinding flying tourbillon into the 39 mm “Jumbo” case for the first time. The RD#3 Selfwinding Flying Tourbillon Extra-Thin 26670 is 8.1 mm thick; its calibre 2968, only 3.4 mm thick, has a titanium tourbillon cage with a peripheral drive and a 50-hour reserve. A 37 mm version, the 26660, followed as AP’s first selfwinding flying tourbillon in that size, in steel with a plum “Petite Tapisserie” dial and later in white gold with a bezel of baguette-cut diamonds. On Bizak the 26670ST starts at $205,884, the 26660ST at $226,600 and the 26660BC at $371,999; our RD#3 flying tourbillon Jumbo 26670 page sets them beside the time-only Jumbos.

RD#5, the Royal Oak Extra-Thin Selfwinding Flying Tourbillon Chronograph 26545XT, marks AP’s 150th anniversary: a 39 mm Royal Oak 8.1 mm thick in titanium and bulk metallic glass, whose new selfwinding calibre 8100 combines a flying tourbillon with a flyback chronograph and a 72-hour reserve, with touch-sensitive pushers and an instantaneous jump minute counter. AP made 150 pieces and calls it one of the slimmest chronographs ever created; it is $679,999 on Bizak.

Royal Oak Concept tourbillons

AP launched the Royal Oak Concept in 2002 for the Royal Oak’s 30th anniversary, inspired by concept cars and first planned as a one-off limited edition of 150 pieces; it has since become AP’s platform for new materials and complications. The 38.5 mm Concept Flying Tourbillon is hand-wound and water resistant to 20 m: calibre 2951, with a 77-hour reserve, drives the gem-set 26227 and the 26228, AP’s first Concept for women, set with baguette-cut diamonds, while calibre 2964 drives the 26630, the first Concept with a Frosted Gold case. The 44 mm Flying Tourbillon GMT 26589 shows a second time zone at 3 o’clock and the crown position at 6, and its hand-wound calibre 2954 runs for 237 hours; its green ceramic bezel version was a first for the line. The 26587 Tourbillon Chronograph Openworked Selfwinding (calibre 2949) is the first selfwinding Concept since 2002, with a platinum peripheral oscillating weight, and the 42 mm Tourbillon “Spider-Man” 26631, AP’s second Marvel collaboration, uses the hand-wound calibre 2974.

More Concept models are on our Royal Oak Concept page.

Royal Oak Offshore and Royal Oak tourbillon chronographs

AP currently lists two Offshore tourbillons. The 43 mm Selfwinding Flying Tourbillon Chronograph 26622 uses calibre 2967, which combines a flying tourbillon with a flyback chronograph and a 65-hour reserve, in a case 15.5 mm thick and water resistant to 100 m, in black ceramic (26622CE) or as a sandblasted titanium limited edition (26622TI) with AP’s interchangeable strap system. The 44 mm Tourbillon Chronograph 26407 is hand-wound, with calibre 2943 (72-hour reserve) visible through a sapphire dial; the 26407TI is a full titanium edition 14.5 mm thick, water resistant to 100 m. Earlier tourbillon chronographs include the selfwinding 44 mm Offshore 26540, the 45 mm Offshore 26421, the openworked 26348IO, and the Royal Oak Tourbillon Chronograph 26347 and openworked black ceramic 26343CE, both 44 mm.

Our Royal Oak Offshore page has the rest of the Offshore line.

Code 11.59, Jules Audemars and Millenary tourbillons

Outside the Royal Oak, the Code 11.59 by Audemars Piguet puts AP’s tourbillons in a round case, and it includes the least expensive AP tourbillon on Bizak. Its 41 mm Selfwinding Flying Tourbillon 26396 is 11.8 mm thick, with an aventurine enamel dial on the white gold 26396BC (blue) and the pink gold 26396OR (black); the Tourbillon Openworked 26600 is 10.7 mm thick; the Selfwinding Flying Tourbillon Chronograph 26399 uses calibre 2952 with a flyback chronograph; the 26601, with calibre 2980, is the first Selfwinding Flying Tourbillon Openworked in the Code 11.59; and the 38 mm 26665 uses the same calibre 2968 as the RD#3. Bizak also lists the Jules Audemars Tourbillon Chronograph and the 45 mm Millenary Tourbillon.

See also our Code 11.59, Jules Audemars and Millenary pages.

Tourbillon or flying tourbillon?

Abraham-Louis Breguet developed the tourbillon in 1801 to offset the effect of gravity on a pocket watch held upright: the escapement and the balance wheel sit in a cage that turns once a minute, so their running errors average out. In a flying tourbillon the cage is supported only from below, with no bridge across the top, which leaves it in full view on the dial. AP calls the 26530, 26730, 26735, RD#3, RD#5, Concept Flying Tourbillon and Code 11.59 26396 flying tourbillons, and the Royal Oak Tourbillon Extra-Thin a tourbillon. AP made the world’s first selfwinding tourbillon wristwatch in 1986; its tourbillon, 7.2 mm across, is still one of the smallest. Our guide to AP complications and movements sets the tourbillon beside AP’s other complications.

Which AP tourbillon should you buy?

• To wear every day: the 41 mm Selfwinding Flying Tourbillon 26730 or 26530, selfwinding and water resistant to 50 m, from $156,559.
• The thinnest: the RD#3 26670 or 26660 at 8.1 mm, or the hand-wound Tourbillon Extra-Thin at 9 mm, from $153,690.
• To see the movement: the openworked 26735 or 26518, a Royal Oak Concept, or the Code 11.59 Tourbillon Openworked.
• For a smaller wrist: the 37 mm RD#3 26660, the 38 mm Code 11.59 26665 or the 38.5 mm Concept Flying Tourbillon.
• With a chronograph: the Offshore 26622 or 26407, a Concept Tourbillon Chronograph or the RD#5.
• For the lowest price: a Code 11.59 26396 from $106,019 or a Royal Oak Concept GMT Tourbillon from $110,209.

Our Audemars Piguet tourbillon references guide compares the families in more depth.

What to check before you buy an AP tourbillon

• The full reference. The letters after the five digits give the material, such as ST steel, TI titanium, OR pink gold, BC white gold, CE black ceramic and SG sand gold; GG marks the Frosted Gold of the 26730 and 26630, and ZZ a diamond-set version. The papers should match the watch exactly.
• Limited editions. The 26518OR (50 pieces), the RD#5 26545XT (150), the Code 11.59 26399NR (50), the Concept 26630 “Tamara Ralph” and the Offshore 26622TI are limited editions; the number engraved on the watch should match the papers.
• Service history. Ask when and where the watch was last serviced: AP notes that only a few watchmakers are trained to perfect a tourbillon.
• Winding. A hand-wound calibre such as the 2924 should wind smoothly to a firm stop and then run close to AP’s figure, 69 hours for the 2924 and 237 hours for the Concept GMT’s 2954.
• Case and bracelet. Look for chamfers softened by polishing and a stretched bracelet; on ceramic, carbon and bulk metallic glass, look for chips.
• Warranty. AP guarantees its watches against manufacturing defects for two years and gives a five-year warranty on watches bought through its authorised network since 1 January 2017, so the date on the warranty card shows how much may remain.

Our Royal Oak authentication guide explains these checks in detail. Found your reference? Open its listing and tap Reserve with $200. Our buyer protection page sets out the deposit terms, and our authentication page lists the checks made on the specific watch before dispatch. Selling or trading an AP tourbillon instead? See sell or trade your watch.

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