Audemars Piguet Announces Death of Designer Jacqueline Dimier

Dimier designed the first women’s Royal Oak in 1976, adapting the watch’s angular case and integrated bracelet into a smaller model. The company paid tribute to her contribution to its design during her 24 years at the manufacture. The brand’s historical archive identifies that watch as Model 8638, with a 29mm steel case.

It was presented at jeweller FRED in Paris before the 1976 Basel Fair. The model subsequently appeared in yellow gold and in a two-tone steel-and-gold version in 1977.