The AP Royal Oak Selfwinding Flying Tourbillon 26730OR replica (ref. 26730OR.OO.1320OR.01) is the 41 mm tourbillon Royal Oak in rose gold tone with a smoked blue dial. The dial lightens toward the middle and darkens almost to black around the rim, under the larger Grande Tapisserie pattern, with rose gold-tone baton markers, luminescent hands and the open tourbillon cage at 6 o’clock; there is no seconds hand and no date. Audemars Piguet introduced this version in 2022, with a “50-years” oscillating weight. On our watch the steel case and bracelet carry a rose gold-tone finish, whereas Audemars Piguet uses 18K pink gold for the genuine.

Royal Oak Flying Tourbillon 26730OR Specifications

• Reference: 26730OR.OO.1320OR.01
• Collection: Royal Oak Selfwinding Flying Tourbillon
• Case diameter: 41 mm
• Case thickness: 10.6 mm on the genuine
• Case and bracelet: rose gold-tone steel (genuine: 18K pink gold)
• Dial: smoked blue Grande Tapisserie, rose gold-tone applied hour markers, luminescent Royal Oak hands
• Functions: hours, minutes, flying tourbillon at 6 o’clock
• Movement: clone Cal. 2950 (genuine: selfwinding, 3 Hz); clone tourbillon; function video on request
• Power reserve: about 55 hours (genuine Cal. 2950: 65 hours)
• Water resistance: 50 m (not for swimming)

26730 Selfwinding Flying Tourbillon vs 26510 Tourbillon Extra-Thin

Both are 41 mm Royal Oak tourbillons, but from different generations. The genuine 26510 Tourbillon Extra-Thin is hand-wound, runs on the Calibre 2924 with about 70 hours of reserve and holds its cage under a bridge. The 26730 winds itself through a central rotor, uses the Calibre 2950 at 3 Hz with 65 hours, and has a flying cage held only from below, so nothing crosses the opening on the dial side. The Calibre 2950 first appeared in 2019 in the Code 11.59 collection before it moved into the Royal Oak. If you like winding by hand and want the slimmer case, the 26510 suits you; if you want a tourbillon that keeps itself wound on the wrist, choose the 26730.

What makes the tourbillon on this Royal Oak replica “flying”?

The cage has no upper bridge: it is supported from the movement side only, so the tourbillon at 6 o’clock seems to float in the dial opening, the same layout as on the genuine 26730.

Is the 26730OR super clone made of real gold?

No. Case, bezel and bracelet are steel in a rose gold tone; the genuine 26730OR has an 18K pink gold case and bracelet.

Other Royal Oak tourbillon versions in stock: the compact 37 mm Flying Tourbillon 26660ST with a purple dial, the Tourbillon Extra-Thin 26510ST in steel, the 26510IP in titanium and platinum look and the black ceramic Tourbillon Extra-Thin 26522CE. See the full AP Royal Oak replica collection.