Original Design of The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Sells For $610,586 USD

The original hand-painted design of the watch that would go on to become the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak was sold at auction in Geneva yesterday for $610,586 USD.Legendary designer Gerald Genta hand-painted the many thousands of watch designs he created over a five decade-long career.Thirty bidders battled it out to secure the painting, in the first of the Gerald Genta: Icon of Time series of auctions to be held by Sotheby's this year offering up 100 of Genta's original designs, each paired with N...