First version, no leap year, four subdials
Classic (non-Royal Oak) 5516 — First version, no leap year, four subdials
c. 1948–?
Earliest layout on record: four registers with moon at 6, month at 12 and date at 3, no leap-year display – the template of the 1984 Royal Oak QP.
12 pieces. AP’s archive counts all 12 of its 1924–1969 perpetual-calendar wristwatches as 5516s produced in 1955 and 1957.
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Identifying details
- Perpetual calendar
Calendar that accounts for month lengths and leap years.
- Moon phase
Variants of 5516
Reference overview →| Variant | Production |
|---|---|
| First version, no leap year, four subdialsCurrent | c. 1948–? |
| Second version, moon at 12, peripheral date | c. 1950–? |
| First leap-year version (combined 48-month subdial) | 1955–? |
| Final version (separate leap-year dial) | 1957–? |
Case & movement
- Reference
- 5516
- Production
- c. 1948–?
- Movement
- Manual winding
- Date
- Yes
- Caliber
- Audemars Piguet 13VZSSQP
Dial, bezel & hands
Unknown attributes are left out rather than guessed.
Movement
Audemars Piguet 13VZSSQP
13-ligne VZ-family movement with perpetual calendar used in the 5516; the 1955 ébauche of the example in AP’s heritage collection is numbered 66136.
Manual winding